Tensegrity

Firm overview:

Tensegrity Law Group has grown in strength and reputation since its founding in 2011 by former Weil Gotshal & Manges partners and associates. The firm handles all stages of patent litigation and related matters, and the trial team has a positive track record trying cases before juries, judges and arbitration panels across the US.

Alongside its specialities in patent enforcement and monetisation, Tensegrity also offers guidance on the strength of a company’s patent portfolio, providing assessment and mining services on a fixed-fee basis and as a prelude to litigation.

Team overview:

Founding partner Matt Powers is renowned for winning tough cases at trial, in matters involving patents, trade secrets, fraud, fiduciary duty and more. He has tried patent cases in every major patent venue, and has led teams to win billion-dollar cases for some of the leading companies in the world.

Paul Ehrlich, another founding partner at Tensegrity, has served as trial counsel in matters for industry-leading companies with billions of dollars at stake. Ehrlich is adept at handling complex patent cases in US district courts and the International Trade Commission (ITC), and his expertise spans diverse technology areas from mobile phones and consumer electronics to medical devices and biotechnology.

Key matters:

• Medtronic v Axonics Modulation Technologies, US District Court for the Central District of California, 2024.

Medtronic sued medical device maker Axonics in 2019, alleging that its rival had infringed on proprietary nerve-stimulation technology. In September 2024, a California jury found Medtronic’s patents to be valid but not infringed by Axonics. Medtronic said it would seek to overturn the verdict.

Tensegrity’s Matthew Powers, Aaron Nathan, Azra Hadzimehmedovic and William Nelson represented Axonics along with Olson Stein’s David Stein. For Medtronic was Winston & Strawn.

• 10x Genomics v Curio Bioscience, US District Court for the District of Delaware, 2023.

Tensegrity represents 10x in its lawsuit against Curio Bioscience, which alleges that Curio infringed its patents related to genetic analysis.

Clients:

10x, Arista Networks, Memory Technologies, Skyhook Wireless, Wake Forest University Health Sciences.