Emily Weber

Emily Weber is an associate in Goodwin’s Intellectual Property Litigation practice whose work focuses on complex patent and technology-driven disputes. She represents both plaintiffs and defendants in federal courts and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, with experience spanning consumer electronics, telecommunications, wearable technology, and software platforms. Emily has worked across all phases of litigation — from pre-suit investigation through trial — including claim construction, fact and expert discovery, dispositive motion practice, and trial preparation.

• Served as trial team member in a patent infringement action involving wearable technology, contributing to a successful jury verdict of infringement and willfulness.
• Directed the lead plaintiff’s witness in federal court during a pro bono trial.
• Defended a leading communications company across several cases in defense against a patent assertion entity.
• Defended a large telecommunications company in a patent infringement action, identifying critical chain-of-title defects that resulted in dismissal of the plaintiff’s claims.
• Represented a leading consumer electronics company in a multi-patent infringement action, advocating for and drafting a motion to strike that strengthened the company’s trial posture.
• Defended a leading communications company against a patent assertion entity’s first-to-file fight between the Northern District of California and the Eastern District of Texas.
• Coordinated district court litigation strategy with parallel inter partes review proceedings, achieving institution and subsequent invalidation of challenged claims.

Emily advises and represents technology companies in complex patent disputes and strategic IP matters across district courts and the PTAB. Her representative experience includes:

• Served as a trial team member in a wearable technology patent infringement action, helping secure a jury verdict of infringement and willfulness through coordinated discovery, motion practice, and trial preparation.
• Represented a leading consumer electronics company in multi-patent litigation, drafting and advancing strategic motions that strengthened trial posture and narrowed asserted claims.
• Defended major communications and telecommunications companies in patent assertion entity disputes, including venue strategy, dispositive motion practice, and coordinated multi-forum litigation defenses.
• Coordinated district court litigation strategy alongside parallel inter partes review proceedings, contributing to claim institution and subsequent invalidation outcomes.
• Advised Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., in offensive IP investigations and counseling matters, supporting strategic assessment of patent positions and enforcement considerations.
• Represented RichRelevance, Inc., in litigation relating to indemnification and defense obligations arising from patent assertions involving e-commerce technology.
• Directed key witness examinations in a pro bono federal jury trial, securing a favorable verdict in a civil rights matter.

Prior to joining Goodwin, Emily was an associate in the SF office of Desmarais LLP. 

In November 2025, Emily represented a pro bono plaintiff in the Northern District of California against a large hospital network for violating her service animal rights. Emily conducted numerous evidentiary arguments and directed the testimony of the star witness, the plaintiff. She and her team secured a favorable jury verdict.

During law school, Emily worked at the University of Missouri Technology Advancement Office, where she conducted patent prior art searches and assisted in the process of protecting university technology. She also worked with Unified Patents in their efforts to challenge patents in inter partes review. Her work at Unified Patents inspired her own personal research on a data-driven relationship between Article III courts and the Patent Office, culminating in her Missouri Law Review publication. Her research focused on the timeliness of district court stays of litigation in relation to a copending inter partes review filing.

Emily N. Weber, Balancing Purpose, Power, and Discretion Between Article III Courts and the Patent Office, 86 Mo. L. Rev. 1019 (2021).

• Cited in one U.S. Supreme Court brief and two amicus briefs.