Overview
Jeffrey Moyer is executive vice president of the firm.
Jeff’s varied litigation practice has included trying cases in all of Delaware’s state and federal courts. A “talented lawyer with great judgment and client service” (Chambers USA), he focuses his practice primarily on complex commercial and intellectual property litigation.
Jeff has represented some of the world’s leading technology companies in intellectual property and licensing disputes in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware and the Delaware Court of Chancery. He also has represented clients in some of the largest civil cases brought in the Delaware Superior Court.
Jeff regularly speaks on litigation practice and ethics, and he contributes to the firm’s publications concerning litigation practice in Delaware.
PRACTICES
Intellectual Property
Commercial Litigation
Corporate & Chancery Litigation
Select Experience
- Represented global semiconductor manufacturer in action alleging infringement of a U.S. patent directed to a coding method for increasing speed and compression ratio for digital image storage
- Represented U.S. based airline accused of infringing two U.S. patents directed to a method and system of facilitating wireless e-commerce transactions
- Represented Delaware limited liability company in complex commercial dispute concerning potentially unlimited environmental liabilities arising out of mining and related businesses which had been transferred numerous times over the course of several decades
- Represented one of the world’s largest defense contractors in commercial dispute arising out of asset purchase agreement transferring contractor’s business unit
- Represented leading semiconductor chip manufacturer in dispute concerning alleged violations of confidentiality provisions and covenant not to sue in patent portfolio licensing agreement
- Represented international law firm in dispute concerning drafting and enforcement of earn out provisions in asset purchase agreement
- Representing multinational semiconductor manufacturer in toxic tort case relating to fabrication of integrated circuits
- Temple University School of Law, J.D., 1994
- University of Delaware, B.S., 1991
Education
Publications
U.S. Supreme Court Adopts New Indefiniteness Standard
Delaware Business Court Insider | June 25, 2014
In a decision that will doubtless lead to more patent claims being challenged as indefinite, the U.S. Supreme Court in Nautilus v. Biosig Instruments, unanimously held that a claim is indefinite if it fails to inform one of ordinary skill in the art of the scope of the invention with reasonable certainty.
Recognition
- Chambers USA
- IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals, since 2015
- The Best Lawyers in America, since 2012
- Best Lawyers in America Wilmington, DE Patent Law Lawyer of the Year, 2018; Wilmington, DE Copyright Lawyer of the Year, 2021, 2019, 2016
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America, 2024, 2023
- Benchmark Litigation, since 2015
- Super Lawyers, since 2013
- Delaware Today Top Lawyer, 2023, 2022, 2021
Bar Admissions
- Delaware
- United States District Court, District of Delaware
- United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- United States Supreme Court