Tammy Terry
Partner
1111 Bagby Street
Suite 2100
Houston, TX 77002
Tammy is a seasoned trial lawyer and registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, bringing more than 22 years of experience representing clients in high stakes patent and other complex intellectual property cases. She represents companies at the forefront of innovation across a wide range of industries and handles complex IP litigation...
Tammy is a seasoned trial lawyer and registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, bringing more than 22 years of experience representing clients in high stakes patent and other complex intellectual property cases. She represents companies at the forefront of innovation across a wide range of industries and handles complex IP litigation and dispute resolution matters involving cutting-edge technologies.
In addition to her patent and IP litigation practice, Tammy leads trademark prosecution strategies, developing and implementing tailored domestic and global branding programs. She advises clients across diverse sectors, including emerging technologies, fashion, and the arts, on building, protecting, and optimizing their brand portfolios.
Tammy has extensive first- and second-chair trial experience in high-stakes matters involving patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, unfair competition, and antitrust disputes. Her practice also includes complex commercial litigation, where she applies her trial experience to achieve favorable outcomes.
Her experience spans jury trials in federal and state courts, Section 337 investigations before the International Trade Commission, and cases before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. She also counsels clients through mediations, arbitrations, and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.
and dispute resolution matters involving cutting-edge technologies.
In addition to her patent and IP litigation practice, Tammy leads trademark prosecution strategies, developing and implementing tailored domestic and global branding programs. She advises clients across diverse sectors, including emerging technologies, fashion, and the arts, on building, protecting, and optimizing their brand portfolios.
Tammy has extensive first- and second-chair trial experience in high-stakes matters involving patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, unfair competition, and antitrust disputes. Her practice also includes complex commercial litigation, where she applies her trial experience to achieve favorable outcomes.
Her experience spans jury trials in federal and state courts, Section 337 investigations before the International Trade Commission, and cases before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. She also counsels clients through mediations, arbitrations, and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.
Experience
Representative Experience
Tammy represents clients in high-stakes patent and IP litigation across a broad range of industries, including semiconductors and electronics, software and platform technologies, consumer products, medical and life sciences technologies, energy and industrial systems, and emerging materials and advanced manufacturing. She is a first-chair patent trial lawyer who can step into any technology or industry and try the case—distilling complex technical issues into clear, compelling narratives for courts, juries, and tribunals.
Patent Litigation & Trial Work
- Lead trial counsel in complex federal patent litigation involving technologies including consumer products and electronics, securing a multi-million-dollar jury verdict for patent owner, including findings of willful infringement against the opposing party.
- Defended patent infringement cases for clients in semiconductor, electronics, software, and advanced manufacturing sectors, including actions brought by non-practicing entities, achieving early and favorable resolutions where appropriate.
- Secured a finding of inequitable conduct rendering asserted patents unenforceable in an oil-and-gas-technology patent dispute.
- Represented parties in high-value, multi-million-dollar patent disputes involving mechanical, electrical, and software technologies, achieving favorable outcomes through summary judgment and strategic resolution.
- Lead trial counsel in parallel district court and PTAB proceedings involving electronics and software patents, obtaining litigation stays and invalidation of asserted claims.
PTAB / Federal Circuit Appeals
- Challenged patents before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board across technologies including consumer products and electronics, software platforms, communications systems, automotive technologies, and industrial components, securing favorable institution and final written decisions.
- Defended patents before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board across technologies including consumer products and electronics, software platforms, communications systems, and industrial components, securing favorable institution and final written decisions.
- Represented patent owner on appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, obtaining affirmance of multiple PTAB decisions.
International Trade Commission (Section 337)
- Co-lead counsel for complainant in Section 337 investigation involving patent infringement claims related to consumer products that went through full evidentiary hearing, obtaining a general exclusion order against any importer seeking to import infringing products, which was upheld by the Commission.
- Lead counsel for multiple respondents in Section 337 investigation involving patent infringement claims related to imported products in a variety of industries and sectors, achieving a finding of no violation following expedited domestic industry evidentiary hearing.
- Represented multiple respondents in Section 337 investigation involving patent infringement claims related to imported consumer products, achieving favorable outcomes through summary determination and resolution.
Trademark, Copyright, Trade Secret & Business Tort Litigation
- Lead counsel in trademark infringement case in federal court and parallel Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings, achieving favorable outcomes through strategic resolution prior to preliminary injunction hearing in district court.
- Tried architectural copyright case to jury verdict and successfully defended the judgment on appeal.
- Represented clients in trade secret and business tort disputes involving proprietary technology, product design, and competitive business practices, obtaining temporary injunctive relief and jury verdicts in favor of clients.
Injunctive Relief & Expedited Proceedings
- Lead counsel for patent owner product-based company in patent infringement case involving consumer products, obtaining preliminary injunctive relief in favor of client.
- Represented technology and product-based companies in fast-moving disputes requiring preliminary injunction relief, including matters involving competitive products and proprietary technology, achieving favorable results under compressed timelines.
Commercial, Energy & Regulatory Matters
- Represented clients in commercial disputes involving energy assets, infrastructure projects, and related contractual rights, resolving matters on an accelerated basis.
- Represented a professional services firm in a high-profile federal regulatory investigation involving financial disclosures in the energy sector.
Publications
- “Apple Watch. Border Ban. And a Legal Shift Every Patent Owner and Importer Should Know About,” Author (April 2026)
- “Lashify’s Lashes Get a Second Look: Federal Circuit Reverses ITC Decision on Domestic Industry – Will ITC’s Lashes Flutter Open?” Author (March 2025)
- “Could Patent Office IPR/PGR Filing Fee Increases Encourage Bad Patent Drafting?” Author (May 2024)
- “The Supreme Court Reminds U.S. Courts That U.S. Trademark Law ‘Does Not Rule the World’ – The Arbitron Case,” Author (July 2023)
- “PTAB Discretionary Denials Survive For Now: The Latest NHK/Fintiv Attack Ruling,” Author (Nov. 2021)
- “Unpacking Amazon’s Patent Infringement Evaluation Process,” Law360, Co-author (March 2021)
- “Which PTAB Decisions Are Appealable to the CAFC and Which Are Not? The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Weighs in Again…,” Author (March 2021)
- “To Institute or Not to Institute: That Is the Question – Recent PTAB Precedential Decisions on § 325 Denials,” Author (April 2020)
- “Enforcing Patents the Amazon Way,” Author (Feb. 2020)
- “Ready for Your Next Trade Show? The TRO Trend Continues,” Co-author, Law360 (Nov. 2016)
- “Cuozzo: Long Live IPRs,” Co-author, *Bright Ideas* (Vol. 25, No. 2, Fall 2016), quarterly publication of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the New York State Bar Association (Sept. 2016)
- “The Hottest Product At Your Next Trade Show – A TRO,” Co-author, Law360 (March 2016)
Education
- California Western School of Law, JD, magna cum laude (2003)
- Texas Tech University, BS, Biology, magna cum laude (2000)
Admissions
- Texas
- California
- U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
- 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 Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Representative Experience
Tammy represents clients in high-stakes patent and IP litigation across a broad range of industries, including semiconductors and electronics, software and platform technologies, consumer products, medical and life sciences technologies, energy and industrial systems, and emerging materials and advanced manufacturing. She is a first-chair patent trial lawyer who can step into any technology or industry and try the case—distilling complex technical issues into clear, compelling narratives for courts, juries, and tribunals.
Patent Litigation & Trial Work
- Lead trial counsel in complex federal patent litigation involving technologies including consumer products and electronics, securing a multi-million-dollar jury verdict for patent owner, including findings of willful infringement against the opposing party.
- Defended patent infringement cases for clients in semiconductor, electronics, software, and advanced manufacturing sectors, including actions brought by non-practicing entities, achieving early and favorable resolutions where appropriate.
- Secured a finding of inequitable conduct rendering asserted patents unenforceable in an oil-and-gas-technology patent dispute.
- Represented parties in high-value, multi-million-dollar patent disputes involving mechanical, electrical, and software technologies, achieving favorable outcomes through summary judgment and strategic resolution.
- Lead trial counsel in parallel district court and PTAB proceedings involving electronics and software patents, obtaining litigation stays and invalidation of asserted claims.
PTAB / Federal Circuit Appeals
- Challenged patents before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board across technologies including consumer products and electronics, software platforms, communications systems, automotive technologies, and industrial components, securing favorable institution and final written decisions.
- Defended patents before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board across technologies including consumer products and electronics, software platforms, communications systems, and industrial components, securing favorable institution and final written decisions.
- Represented patent owner on appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, obtaining affirmance of multiple PTAB decisions.
International Trade Commission (Section 337)
- Co-lead counsel for complainant in Section 337 investigation involving patent infringement claims related to consumer products that went through full evidentiary hearing, obtaining a general exclusion order against any importer seeking to import infringing products, which was upheld by the Commission.
- Lead counsel for multiple respondents in Section 337 investigation involving patent infringement claims related to imported products in a variety of industries and sectors, achieving a finding of no violation following expedited domestic industry evidentiary hearing.
- Represented multiple respondents in Section 337 investigation involving patent infringement claims related to imported consumer products, achieving favorable outcomes through summary determination and resolution.
Trademark, Copyright, Trade Secret & Business Tort Litigation
- Lead counsel in trademark infringement case in federal court and parallel Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings, achieving favorable outcomes through strategic resolution prior to preliminary injunction hearing in district court.
- Tried architectural copyright case to jury verdict and successfully defended the judgment on appeal.
- Represented clients in trade secret and business tort disputes involving proprietary technology, product design, and competitive business practices, obtaining temporary injunctive relief and jury verdicts in favor of clients.
Injunctive Relief & Expedited Proceedings
- Lead counsel for patent owner product-based company in patent infringement case involving consumer products, obtaining preliminary injunctive relief in favor of client.
- Represented technology and product-based companies in fast-moving disputes requiring preliminary injunction relief, including matters involving competitive products and proprietary technology, achieving favorable results under compressed timelines.
Commercial, Energy & Regulatory Matters
- Represented clients in commercial disputes involving energy assets, infrastructure projects, and related contractual rights, resolving matters on an accelerated basis.
- Represented a professional services firm in a high-profile federal regulatory investigation involving financial disclosures in the energy sector.
Publications
- “Apple Watch. Border Ban. And a Legal Shift Every Patent Owner and Importer Should Know About,” Author (April 2026)
- “Lashify’s Lashes Get a Second Look: Federal Circuit Reverses ITC Decision on Domestic Industry – Will ITC’s Lashes Flutter Open?” Author (March 2025)
- “Could Patent Office IPR/PGR Filing Fee Increases Encourage Bad Patent Drafting?” Author (May 2024)
- “The Supreme Court Reminds U.S. Courts That U.S. Trademark Law ‘Does Not Rule the World’ – The Arbitron Case,” Author (July 2023)
- “PTAB Discretionary Denials Survive For Now: The Latest NHK/Fintiv Attack Ruling,” Author (Nov. 2021)
- “Unpacking Amazon’s Patent Infringement Evaluation Process,” Law360, Co-author (March 2021)
- “Which PTAB Decisions Are Appealable to the CAFC and Which Are Not? The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Weighs in Again…,” Author (March 2021)
- “To Institute or Not to Institute: That Is the Question – Recent PTAB Precedential Decisions on § 325 Denials,” Author (April 2020)
- “Enforcing Patents the Amazon Way,” Author (Feb. 2020)
- “Ready for Your Next Trade Show? The TRO Trend Continues,” Co-author, Law360 (Nov. 2016)
- “Cuozzo: Long Live IPRs,” Co-author, *Bright Ideas* (Vol. 25, No. 2, Fall 2016), quarterly publication of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the New York State Bar Association (Sept. 2016)
- “The Hottest Product At Your Next Trade Show – A TRO,” Co-author, Law360 (March 2016)
Media
Recognitions
- "Top Lawyer," H Texas magazine (2016-2020)
- "Top 50 Women in PTAB Trials List," PTAB Bar Association (2019)
- "Texas Rising Star," Texas Super Lawyers (2008, 2009)
Professional Activities
- American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
- Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriete Intellectuelle (AIPPI)
- International Trademark Association (INTA)
- European Community of Trademark Attorneys (ECTA)
- Marques
Tammy is a seasoned trial lawyer and registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, bringing more than 22 years of experience representing clients in high stakes patent and other complex intellectual property cases. She represents companies at the forefront of innovation across a wide range of industries and handles complex IP litigation... and dispute resolution matters involving cutting-edge technologies.
In addition to her patent and IP litigation practice, Tammy leads trademark prosecution strategies, developing and implementing tailored domestic and global branding programs. She advises clients across diverse sectors, including emerging technologies, fashion, and the arts, on building, protecting, and optimizing their brand portfolios.
Tammy has extensive first- and second-chair trial experience in high-stakes matters involving patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, unfair competition, and antitrust disputes. Her practice also includes complex commercial litigation, where she applies her trial experience to achieve favorable outcomes.
Her experience spans jury trials in federal and state courts, Section 337 investigations before the International Trade Commission, and cases before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. She also counsels clients through mediations, arbitrations, and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.
Experience
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.Representative Experience
Tammy represents clients in high-stakes patent and IP litigation across a broad range of industries, including semiconductors and electronics, software and platform technologies, consumer products, medical and life sciences technologies, energy and industrial systems, and emerging materials and advanced manufacturing. She is a first-chair patent trial lawyer who can step into any technology or industry and try the case—distilling complex technical issues into clear, compelling narratives for courts, juries, and tribunals.
Patent Litigation & Trial Work
- Lead trial counsel in complex federal patent litigation involving technologies including consumer products and electronics, securing a multi-million-dollar jury verdict for patent owner, including findings of willful infringement against the opposing party.
- Defended patent infringement cases for clients in semiconductor, electronics, software, and advanced manufacturing sectors, including actions brought by non-practicing entities, achieving early and favorable resolutions where appropriate.
- Secured a finding of inequitable conduct rendering asserted patents unenforceable in an oil-and-gas-technology patent dispute.
- Represented parties in high-value, multi-million-dollar patent disputes involving mechanical, electrical, and software technologies, achieving favorable outcomes through summary judgment and strategic resolution.
- Lead trial counsel in parallel district court and PTAB proceedings involving electronics and software patents, obtaining litigation stays and invalidation of asserted claims.
PTAB / Federal Circuit Appeals
- Challenged patents before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board across technologies including consumer products and electronics, software platforms, communications systems, automotive technologies, and industrial components, securing favorable institution and final written decisions.
- Defended patents before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board across technologies including consumer products and electronics, software platforms, communications systems, and industrial components, securing favorable institution and final written decisions.
- Represented patent owner on appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, obtaining affirmance of multiple PTAB decisions.
International Trade Commission (Section 337)
- Co-lead counsel for complainant in Section 337 investigation involving patent infringement claims related to consumer products that went through full evidentiary hearing, obtaining a general exclusion order against any importer seeking to import infringing products, which was upheld by the Commission.
- Lead counsel for multiple respondents in Section 337 investigation involving patent infringement claims related to imported products in a variety of industries and sectors, achieving a finding of no violation following expedited domestic industry evidentiary hearing.
- Represented multiple respondents in Section 337 investigation involving patent infringement claims related to imported consumer products, achieving favorable outcomes through summary determination and resolution.
Trademark, Copyright, Trade Secret & Business Tort Litigation
- Lead counsel in trademark infringement case in federal court and parallel Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings, achieving favorable outcomes through strategic resolution prior to preliminary injunction hearing in district court.
- Tried architectural copyright case to jury verdict and successfully defended the judgment on appeal.
- Represented clients in trade secret and business tort disputes involving proprietary technology, product design, and competitive business practices, obtaining temporary injunctive relief and jury verdicts in favor of clients.
Injunctive Relief & Expedited Proceedings
- Lead counsel for patent owner product-based company in patent infringement case involving consumer products, obtaining preliminary injunctive relief in favor of client.
- Represented technology and product-based companies in fast-moving disputes requiring preliminary injunction relief, including matters involving competitive products and proprietary technology, achieving favorable results under compressed timelines.
Commercial, Energy & Regulatory Matters
- Represented clients in commercial disputes involving energy assets, infrastructure projects, and related contractual rights, resolving matters on an accelerated basis.
- Represented a professional services firm in a high-profile federal regulatory investigation involving financial disclosures in the energy sector.
Publications
- “Apple Watch. Border Ban. And a Legal Shift Every Patent Owner and Importer Should Know About,” Author (April 2026)
- “Lashify’s Lashes Get a Second Look: Federal Circuit Reverses ITC Decision on Domestic Industry – Will ITC’s Lashes Flutter Open?” Author (March 2025)
- “Could Patent Office IPR/PGR Filing Fee Increases Encourage Bad Patent Drafting?” Author (May 2024)
- “The Supreme Court Reminds U.S. Courts That U.S. Trademark Law ‘Does Not Rule the World’ – The Arbitron Case,” Author (July 2023)
- “PTAB Discretionary Denials Survive For Now: The Latest NHK/Fintiv Attack Ruling,” Author (Nov. 2021)
- “Unpacking Amazon’s Patent Infringement Evaluation Process,” Law360, Co-author (March 2021)
- “Which PTAB Decisions Are Appealable to the CAFC and Which Are Not? The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Weighs in Again…,” Author (March 2021)
- “To Institute or Not to Institute: That Is the Question – Recent PTAB Precedential Decisions on § 325 Denials,” Author (April 2020)
- “Enforcing Patents the Amazon Way,” Author (Feb. 2020)
- “Ready for Your Next Trade Show? The TRO Trend Continues,” Co-author, Law360 (Nov. 2016)
- “Cuozzo: Long Live IPRs,” Co-author, *Bright Ideas* (Vol. 25, No. 2, Fall 2016), quarterly publication of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the New York State Bar Association (Sept. 2016)
- “The Hottest Product At Your Next Trade Show – A TRO,” Co-author, Law360 (March 2016)
Education
- California Western School of Law, JD, magna cum laude (2003)
- Texas Tech University, BS, Biology, magna cum laude (2000)
Admissions
- Texas
- California
- U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
- 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 Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Practice Areas
- "Top Lawyer," H Texas magazine (2016-2020)
- "Top 50 Women in PTAB Trials List," PTAB Bar Association (2019)
- "Texas Rising Star," Texas Super Lawyers (2008, 2009)
- American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
- Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriete Intellectuelle (AIPPI)
- International Trademark Association (INTA)
- European Community of Trademark Attorneys (ECTA)
- Marques
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