About Theodore
A preeminent trial attorney, Ted Stevenson’s clients turn to him for staunch advocacy when key intellectual property assets are on the line.Ted is a partner in the Intellectual Property Litigation Group. He is a trial lawyer and registered patent attorney who has been focused on IP and competition cases for over 25 years. Ted has extensive federal trial experience, having tried over 25 patent and technology cases involving diverse technologies such as cellular telephones, balloon angioplasty catheters, integrated circuits, hydraulic fracturing, and enterprise software. Ted is one of the world’s foremost patent attorneys in cases alleging competitive violations in patent licensing, having handled six trials and an arbitration adjudicating whether proposed royalties for standard essential patent portfolios complied with fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory statutes (FRAND). Many of the world’s leading innovators turn to Ted to defend their licensing programs from claims of anti-competition behavior.
A preeminent trial attorney, Ted Stevenson’s clients turn to him for staunch advocacy when key intellectual property assets are on the line.
Ted is a partner in the Intellectual Property Litigation Group. He is a trial lawyer and registered patent attorney who has been focused on IP and competition cases for over 25 years. Ted has extensive federal trial experience, having tried over 25 patent and technology cases involving diverse technologies such as cellular telephones, balloon angioplasty catheters, integrated circuits, hydraulic fracturing, and enterprise software. Ted is one of the world’s foremost patent attorneys in cases alleging competitive violations in patent licensing, having handled six trials and an arbitration adjudicating whether proposed royalties for standard essential patent portfolios complied with fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory statutes (FRAND). Many of the world’s leading innovators turn to Ted to defend their licensing programs from claims of anti-competition behavior.
Practice Areas
Education
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Trade Secrets Law, Dallas/Fort Worth (2026)
- Lawyer of the Year: Trade Secrets Law, Dallas/Fort Worth (2022)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Patent, Dallas/Fort Worth (2020)
- Lawyer of the Year: Trade Secrets Law, Dallas/Fort Worth (2017)
- Lawyer of the Year: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Dallas (2014)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Patent, Dallas (2012)
- Recognized: Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Recognized: Commercial Litigation
- Recognized: Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Recognized: Litigation - Patent
- Recognized: Trade Secrets Law
- Special Focus: Antitrust
- Special Focus: Civil Litigation
- Special Focus: Electronics
- Special Focus: False Advertising
- Special Focus: Intellectual Property
- Special Focus: Internet
- Special Focus: Licensing
- Special Focus: Litigation
- Special Focus: Patent
- Special Focus: Software
- Special Focus: Technology
- Special Focus: Trade Secrets