1001 West Fourth Street, Winston-Salem, NC USA 27101
Andy Rinehart focuses his practice on patent litigation matters.
Mr. Rinehart was recognized in 2025 as one of the "Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch" for Patent Litigation by The Best Lawyers in America®. Managing IP's PTAB 2020 rankings named him as one of the "Top 50 Petitioner and Patent Owner Attorneys at the PTAB in Proceedings Filed in 2020".
Mr. Rinehart worked with the firm as a summer associate in 2012. Before attending law school, Mr. Rinehart was a Captain in the United States Army and the North Carolina National Guard, where he served in several command and staff assignments. Mr. Rinehart deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom for 15 months with the 1st Infantry Division, during which time he was awarded a Bronze Star Medal and a Combat Action Badge.
Experience
Counsel for patentee Racing Optics in four inter partes review petitions filed by competitor Aevoe challenging validity of Racing Optics’ patents related to touch screen protectors, with related action in D. Nevada. U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, Case Numbers IPR2016-01164, IPR2016-01165, IPR2016-01166, and IPR2016-01745.
On March 5, 2014, Kilpatrick Townsend was successful on behalf of Motorola Mobility in winning summary judgment against EON Corp. IP Holdings, LLC less than three weeks before trial, in a case that had been pending in the District of Delaware for nearly three and one-half years. The court’s grant of summary judgment was decided on the relatively uncommon ground of invalidity by indefiniteness, and entirely invalidated EON’s patent, ending the case at the district court. On May 6, 2015, the Federal Circuit, in a unanimous opinion, affirmed summary judgment granted by the District of Delaware. EON Corp. IP Holdings, LLC v. FLO TV Inc., No. 10-812-RGA, 2014 WL 906182 (D. Del. Mar. 4, 2014).
As lead trial counsel to the inventor and patent owner, obtained a verdict of willful infringement and an award of $20.3 for past damages after a seven day jury trial in the Eastern District of Texas. The Court increased the award to $23.6 million after ruling on post-trial motions. The two related inter partes review hearings resulted in an exceedingly rare final determination upholding the patentability of all challenged claims.
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Wake Forest University School of Business M.B.A. (2013) with honors
Wake Forest University School of Law J.D. (2013) cum laude
Wake Forest University B.S. (2005) Computer Science, magna cum laude
North Carolina (2013)
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (2013)
21st Judicial District Bar, Member
Wake Forest Law Review, Staff Member (2011-2013)
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