Integrated legal strategy, technical analysis and patent intelligence Houston, Texas · Serving litigation teams nationwide
Founded by a patent litigator for patent litigators

One team for the law, technology and economics of patent disputes.

SethLaw-PatBak combines senior patent-litigation judgment with experienced engineers, source-code reviewers, patent analysts and expert-support professionals—working behind the scenes to strengthen your case without displacing your litigation team.

Legal StrategySenior, defined-scope patent-litigation analysis
Technical ProofEngineering, product, document and code review
Expert SupportBack-office analysis for consulting and testifying experts
Patent IntelligenceSearch, landscaping, valuation and portfolio analytics
The integrated model

Not another litigation firm. Not merely a technical vendor.

Patent cases fail when legal theories, technical evidence and damages proof are developed in separate silos. SethLaw-PatBak brings those disciplines together under experienced patent-litigation supervision.

We can serve as a focused strategic adviser, a scalable technical back office, or an integrated support team across the litigation life cycle. The retaining law firm remains in command of the representation.

Engagement scope, attorney responsibility and confidentiality arrangements are documented at the outset.

“You manage the client and the case. We focus on infringement, validity, damages, technical proof and appellate strategy.”
Experience that strengthens the merits

Senior patent-litigation judgment, available to your team.

Sandeep Seth has spent more than 25 years working at the intersection of patent law, engineering and litigation strategy. His practice has focused on the issues that usually determine the value and outcome of a patent case: infringement, non-infringement, validity, claim construction, technical discovery, expert development and damages.

From 2008 through 2014, Sandeep served as Of Counsel to Susman Godfrey LLP, working with Max Tribble, Kalpana Srivastava and other members of the firm’s patent-litigation teams on major technology disputes. His principal responsibility was developing the infringement and validity theories—and the supporting technical evidence—needed to turn complex patent claims into persuasive litigation positions.

During his six-year tenure at Susman Godfrey, Sandeep’s work supported patent matters that generated more than $100 million in settlements and offers of settlement.

Sandeep worked directly with technical experts, helped develop and defend their opinions, defended expert depositions, and took technical Rule 30(b)(6) depositions designed to establish the admissions and evidentiary foundation required for dispositive motions, trial and settlement. His work was not limited to reviewing what others had assembled; he helped identify the theory, locate the proof and build the record.

Through SethLaw-PatBak, litigation firms can now obtain that same level of focused analysis without surrendering control of the client or the case. Sandeep can participate openly as co-counsel where appropriate, or work behind the scenes as a confidential strategic and technical resource to trial counsel and testifying experts.

25+ YearsPatent litigation and IP strategy
$100M+Settlements and offers supported by his analysis
6 YearsOf Counsel at Susman Godfrey

Representative outcomes depend on the facts, law, evidence, opposing parties and counsel in each matter. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Full-service patent dispute support

From pre-suit assessment through appeal

Select a defined assignment or assemble a coordinated team for the life of the matter.

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Case Assessment & Strategy

Independent, candid evaluation before major litigation dollars are committed.

  • Go/no-go and second-opinion reviews
  • Merits, risk and leverage assessment
  • Case-theory optimization
  • Settlement and funding diligence

Infringement & Non-Infringement

Claim-by-claim analysis grounded in products, documents, testing and code.

  • Evidence-of-use investigations
  • Claim charts and contentions
  • Indirect and divided infringement
  • Design-around and exposure analysis

Validity, Prior Art & Section 101

Focused invalidity work that separates meaningful references from noise.

  • Sections 102, 103 and 112
  • Patent and non-patent literature searches
  • Prior-art mapping and scoring
  • Eligibility and preemption analysis

Source Code & Technical Discovery

Targeted review by professionals who understand both the technology and the claims.

  • Source-code inspection
  • Technical-document review
  • Discovery targeting and gap analysis
  • Deposition question development

Claim Construction & Tutorials

Translate complex technology into a coherent, persuasive legal story.

  • Term selection and proposed constructions
  • Intrinsic and extrinsic support
  • Markman presentations
  • Technology tutorials and demonstratives

Damages & Case Valuation

Connect liability theories to a defensible economic model.

  • Reasonable royalty and lost profits
  • Apportionment and comparable licenses
  • Damages-expert support and challenge
  • Portfolio and claim value assessment

Expert Back-Office Support

Give testifying experts a disciplined analytical and evidentiary foundation.

  • Technical research and evidence compilation
  • Report and declaration support
  • Rebuttal and deposition preparation
  • Daubert and admissibility review
IPR

PTAB & Inter Partes Review

Technical support for petitioners and patent owners.

  • Prior-art searching and charting
  • Petition and response technical analysis
  • Expert declaration support
  • District court–PTAB coordination

Dispositive Motions & Appeals

Identify the issues that matter before they are waived, excluded or lost.

  • Summary judgment and JMOL review
  • Expert exclusion and prejudice analysis
  • Appellate preservation
  • Federal Circuit strategy and briefing support
Patent analytics & corporate intelligence

Make better IP decisions before a dispute begins.

Our patent analytics team supports corporations, investors, innovators and counsel with practical, decision-oriented work products—not undigested search results.

Evidence-of-use and licensing opportunity studies
Freedom-to-operate and design-around analysis
Patent landscapes and state-of-the-art reviews
Validity, invalidity and patentability searches
Portfolio strength, coverage and competitive analysis
Patent evaluation, monetization and diligence reports
Who we support

Built to work behind the scenes

Our role is tailored to the needs and professional responsibilities of the retaining team.

Patent Litigation FirmsScalable strategic and technical resources without adding permanent overhead.
Commercial LitigatorsPatent-specific experience for firms handling an occasional technology dispute.
Testifying ExpertsTechnical research, evidence organization, code review and report support.
Corporations & In-House TeamsRisk assessment, portfolio intelligence and support coordinated with outside counsel.
Patent OwnersPre-suit merits, infringement, validity, damages and monetization assessment.
Accused InfringersEarly non-infringement, invalidity, technical discovery and design-around analysis.
Litigation FundersIndependent diligence on merits, damages, procedure, timing and appeal risk.
Appellate CounselPatent-record analysis, preservation review and technical support for Federal Circuit issues.
How we work

A disciplined engagement process

Conflict Check

Provide the parties, adverse parties, patents and principal entities before sharing substantive confidential information.

Define the Question

We identify the decision to be made, the record to be reviewed, timing, staffing and the precise deliverable.

Integrated Review

Legal, technical and economic workstreams are coordinated rather than developed in isolation.

Actionable Work Product

Receive a written assessment, claim chart, search report, expert-support package, strategy session or other agreed deliverable.

Defined scope. Senior supervision. Scalable execution.

Use SethLaw-PatBak for a discrete strategic review, a technical workstream, or coordinated support throughout the case.

Start with a Conflict Check
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