Irell & Manella LLP

Tony Rowles is a member of the firm’s Management Committee and focuses his practice on high-tech patent litigation, counseling and representing clients in district court patent litigation, appeals at the Federal Circuit, Section 337 investigations at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and prosecution and post-grant review proceedings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Tony has experience in all aspects of intellectual property litigation, including analyzing and valuing large IP portfolios, managing complex source code review, working closely with expert witnesses, arguing claim construction at Markman hearings and examining and cross-examining witnesses at trial. He also represents clients in a variety of other technology-related areas, including IP licensing and commercial disputes regarding IP ownership.

Tony has been a core member of multiple Irell trial teams that have obtained significant victories for clients, including most recently securing more than $300 million—plus individual findings of willful infringement—for United Services Automobile Association in separate back-to-back trials against Wells Fargo relating to mobile remote deposit technology.

Prior to law school, Tony helped develop robotic solutions to retail inventory management as a researcher on Intel’s “Future of Retail” project. He also worked as an engineer in the defense industry, creating machine vision and sensor tools for military platforms. Before college, Tony served as an intelligence analyst in the U.S. Army.