Bio

Amanda Tessar represents leading technology companies in their most important and challenging intellectual property matters. Amanda Tessar litigates patent infringement and related claims, including indemnity issues specific to patent and intellectual property disputes. She has successfully represented leading technology companies in some of their most important and challenging intellectual property matters. She has litigated complex, high-stakes patent cases around the country, including before a variety of federal district courts, the Federal Circuit, and the International Trade Commission, and through private arbitration. These cases have spanned a range of technical fields, including semiconductors and semiconductor packaging, GPS, WiFi, cellular telecommunications (including issues relating to 5G), audio and video codecs, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, chemistry, mechanical devices, and biotechnology. She has significant experience with standard essential patents and FRAND (fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory) licensing disputes. Following law school at the University of Colorado, Amanda served as a law clerk for Justice (later Chief Justice) Michael L. Bender of the Colorado Supreme Court. While in law school, she interned for Judge (later Chief Judge) Wiley Y. Daniel of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.