Alexander Hadjis

Partner

T 202.973.4291 Washington, D.C.
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Alex Hadjis is known as a standout first-chair patent trial attorney and litigator. He has more than two decades of experience handling complex, high-stakes disputes before federal courts and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).

Recognized as a leading IP litigator—including being named one of Law360's 2021 MVPs for his successful defense of Roku in a high-profile patent infringement jury trial—Alex has regularly earned accolades for his work from Chambers, Legal 500, IAM Patent 1000, Super Lawyers, and The Washington Post. Alex also has received recognition for his pro bono work, having been named to the Capital Pro Bono High Honor Roll.

Alex serves as lead trial counsel in noteworthy cases. For example, he has successfully tried and litigated cases for companies such as Cypress Semiconductor, Freescale, Genesis Microchip, Huawei, Intel, Roku, Spansion, and Thomson Consumer Electronics. He has also led several amicus briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court as well as the Federal Circuit.

Alex focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation and cases involving the interface between intellectual property and antitrust law. He has handled cases that cover the semiconductor, liquid crystal display, telecommunications, medical device, optical storage media, software, biotechnology, small molecule, biologics, electronic systems, computer network, fluid dynamics and heat exchange, xerography, chemical, and automotive component fields. He has extensive experience litigating cases involving technology standards.

Beyond his own practice, where he has represented market-leading tech companies and startups, Alex has been instrumental in spearheading patent practice groups at previous law firms. He is regularly a featured speaker and author on patent law.

Alex served as a judicial law clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. And, Alex is a board member and pro bono advocate for the Wheeling Country Day School, serving lower and middle school students in West Virginia.

Practice Highlights

IP litigation accolades

Alex is widely recognized for trying high-stakes cases and his other litigation work, earning praise from Chambers USA, Chambers Global, Legal 500, IAM Patent 1000, Super Lawyers, and The Washington Post. They state, for example, that: "Alexander Hadjis is the standout name here, winning praise for his litigation prowess before district and federal courts as well as the ITC." … "an 'outstanding attorney who knows how to make an impact'" … "sharp and experienced lawyer" … "one of those leaders who people gladly follow."

Major patent victory—trial and appeal

Lead trial counsel defense victory for Roku in a patent suit on streaming media player and TV technology against MV3 Partners. Alex successfully obtained a complete jury defense verdict of non-infringement and succeeded on appeal before the Federal Circuit in obtaining an affirmance of the district court judgment.

Defense and litigation wins

Some of Alex's other representative trial victories include: major defense win against Philips, where as lead counsel he successfully employed an antitrust-based patent misuse defense that pertained to patents from a pooling arrangement that reportedly garnered over $1 billion in revenues; plaintiff win for Genesis Microchip, in which he was responsible for obtaining an injunction against the entire LCD controller product line of MStar Semiconductor.