Manny J. Caixeiro
Partner
Manny is a recognized leader in the field of patent damages and valuation. He regularly develops and executes damages-forward litigation strategies, counsels clients on the strength and value of patents, and negotiates sophisticated licensing agreements. As a thought leader, Manny has published multiple articles and has been invited to speak in many forums—including the Federal Circuit Bar Association, the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, and the Hispanic National Bar Association—about issues relating to patent damages and remedies.
Manny's litigation experience extends far beyond patent and IP matters, as his clients regularly call on him to represent them in complex commercial disputes. He leads litigation teams in contract and licensing disputes, commercial fraud and false advertising cases, consumer class actions, and business tort disputes.
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Experience
Experience
Representative Matters
Representative Patent & Intellectual Property Matters
- First-chair trial lawyer in a jury trial concerning AI and smart device patents; successfully invalidated one asserted patent and achieved a favorable damages result
- Served as lead attorney representing an entertainment company in defending against patent litigation concerning Wi-Fi technology
- Served as lead attorney representing multiple entertainment and media companies in patent infringement disputes and related licensing negotiations over standard essential patents relating to streaming protocols such as MPEG-DASH and video codecs such as AVC, HEVC, AV1, and VP9
- Served as lead attorney representing a popular cosmetics company in patent infringement litigation and related inter partes review proceedings in a dispute concerning cosmetic formulations; successfully invalidated over 90 claims across five patents, leading to dismissal of the litigation with prejudice
- Executed a successful damages case at a jury trial concerning computer networking and energy management patents
- Successfully defended a smart device company in multiple patent infringement proceedings before the International Trade Commission (ITC)
- Successfully defended a manufacturer of oil drilling equipment in patent infringement litigation; obtained exclusion of the opposing party’s damages expert opinion, leading to settlement
- Served as lead attorney representing a media company in patent litigation concerning adaptive bitrate streaming and video codecs
- Defended a medical device company in a patent infringement case concerning surgical implants. The case settled favorably on the eve of trial
- Negotiated multiple patent license agreements for media and entertainment companies, relating to large portfolios of streaming, codec, user interface, and mobile application patents
- Represented an investment trust in a patent infringement case regarding geolocation technologies in smart phone applications. The case resulted in summary judgment and sanctions awards for the client
- Represented software providers in B2B patent litigation disputes over computerized messaging technologies
- Represented a manufacturer of automatic external defibrillators in a series of patent infringement litigations
Representative Business & Commercial Dispute Matters
- Served as first-chair attorney defending a popular cosmetics company in class action matters relating to allegations of false advertising and consumer fraud with respect to “natural” labeling
- Served as lead attorney representing a music publishing company in a dispute over royalty payments
- Represented an insurance brokerage firm in litigations over employees' post-employment restrictive covenants
- Represented an esports organization in a variety of intellectual property and commercial litigations, including disputes concerning trademark rights, breach of contract, and ownership
- Managed a portfolio of litigations for a national bank, and provided substantial legal advice, in connection with a series of residential mortgage-backed securities litigations
- Represented a nationwide mortgage servicing company in connection with consumer class actions brought under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), and similar state statutes
- Represented an executive of a medical laboratory in a business dispute with his former partners
- Represented a food industry cooperative in a class action lawsuit over an allegedly improper collection of sales tax; obtained dismissal of the complaint
- Represented a software provider in litigation over a licensing agreement; obtained summary judgment for the client
- Represented a talent agency in a dispute over commissions allegedly owed by celebrity clients in connection with a fashion-branding deal and talent agency agreements
Insights
Insights
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- J.D. Columbia Law School 2003
- Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
- Editor, Business Law Review
- B.A. Sociology Yale University 2000
Bar Admissions
- California
- New York
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Recognition
Recognition
- IAM Patent 1000, The World's Leading Patent Practitioners, 2026
- Daily Journal, Top 100 Lawyers, 2023
- Legal 500, Intellectual Property - Patents: Litigation (full coverage), 2023, 2026
- Daily Journal, Top Intellectual Property Lawyers, 2022, 2025
- Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2014 – 2017
- New York State Bar Association, Empire State Counsel Honoree, 2015