Theodore "Ted" Stevenson III

Theodore "Ted" Stevenson III


Alston & Bird LLP

Recognized since 2007

Dallas, Texas

Practice Areas

Bet-the-Company Litigation

Commercial Litigation

Litigation - Intellectual Property

Litigation - Patent

Trade Secrets Law

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A preeminent trial attorney, Ted Stevenson’s clients turn to him for staunch advocacy when key intellectual property assets are on the line.

Ted is a partner in the Intellectual Property Litigation Group. He is a trial lawyer and registered patent attorney who has been focused on IP and competition cases for over 25 years. Ted has extensive federal trial experience, having tried over 25 patent and technology cases involving diverse technologies such as cellular telephones, balloon angioplasty catheters, integrated circuits, hydraulic fracturing, and enterprise software. Ted is one of the world’s foremost patent attorneys in cases alleging competitive violations in patent licensing, having handled six trials and an arbitration adjudicating whether proposed royalties for standard essential patent portfolios complied with fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory statutes (FRAND). Many of the world’s leading innovators turn to Ted to defend their licensing programs from claims of anti-competition behavior.

Location
  • Chase Tower
    2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2300
    Dallas, TX 75201
Education
  • University of Virginia, J.D., graduated 1989

Alston & Bird LLP
Dallas, Texas

244 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

149 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Trade Secrets Law, Dallas/Fort Worth (2022)
  • Litigation - Patent, Dallas/Fort Worth (2020)
  • Trade Secrets Law, Dallas/Fort Worth (2017)
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation, Dallas (2014)
  • Litigation - Patent, Dallas (2012)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Patent
  • Trade Secrets Law
Special Focus:
  • Antitrust
  • Civil Litigation
  • Electronics
  • False Advertising
  • Intellectual Property
  • Internet
  • Licensing
  • Litigation
  • Patent
  • Software
  • Technology
  • Trade Secrets

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