Gabriel Bell is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins and head of the firm’s intellectual property appellate practice.

Mr. Bell advises clients on intellectual property litigation in the Federal Circuit and federal district courts. He has argued over 20 Federal Circuit appeals and has led the briefing in dozens of others. He also routinely argues and briefs dispositive motions in district courts.

Mr. Bell has represented a range of companies in the computer, telecommunication, pharmaceutical, biotech, automotive, and financial sectors. Representative clients include:

  • Abbott
  • Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals
  • Duolingo
  • InfoBionic
  • J&J
  • Jaguar Land Rover North America
  • Natera
  • Meta
  • Peloton

Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Bell was counsel for the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary. He has also held positions at the US Department of Justice and NASA Langley Research Center. In addition, he clerked for judges on the D.C. Circuit and the Fifth Circuit.

Mr. Bell is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court and the Fifth, Ninth, D.C., and Federal Circuits.

Representative appellate victories in intellectual property matters include:

  • Jazz Pharms. v. Avadel CNS, 60 F.4th 1373 (Fed. Cir. 2023)
  • CareDx, Inc. v. Natera, Inc., 40 F.4th 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2022)
  • CardioNet, LLC v. InfoBionic, Inc., 2021 WL 5024388 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 29, 2021)
  • Nuance Commc’ns v. MModal, 847 F. App’x 860 (Fed. Cir. 2021)
  • CardioNet v. InfoBionic, 816 F. App’x 471 (Fed. Cir. 2020)
  • EnerPol, LLC v. Schlumberger Tech. Corp., 809 F. App’x 795 (Fed. Cir. 2020)
  • Cheetah Omni LLC v. AT&T Servs., Inc., 949 F.3d 691 (Fed. Cir. 2020)
  • Pac. Coast Bldg. Prod., Inc. v. CertainTeed Gypsum, Inc., 816 F. App’x 454 (Fed. Cir. 2020)
  • In re IPR Licensing, Inc., 942 F.3d 1363 (Fed. Cir. 2019)
  • TriPlay, Inc. v. WhatsApp, Inc., 771 F. App’x 492 (Fed. Cir. 2019) (§ 101)
  • Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Symantec Corp., 725 F. App’x 976 (Fed. Cir. 2018) (§ 101)
  • Realtime Data, LLC v. Riverbed Tech., Inc., 742 F. App’x 505 (Fed. Cir. 2018)
  • Braemar Mfg. v. InfoBionic, Inc., 721 F. App’x 990 (Fed. Cir. 2018)   
  • Vehicle Interface Techs. v. Jaguar Land Rover, 691 F. App’x 626 (Fed. Cir. 2017)
  • Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Symantec Corp., 838 F.3d 1307 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (§ 101)
  • Dynamic 3D Geosolutions LLC v. Schlumberger Limited, 837 F.3d 1280 (Fed. Cir. 2016)   
  • Suprema v. ITC & Cross Match Tech., 796 F.3d 1338 (Fed. Cir. 2015) (en banc)   
  • Exela Pharma Sci., LLC v. Lee and Cadence Pharm., 781 F.3d 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2015)   
  • Cadence Pharm. Inc. v. Exela Pharmsci Inc., 780 F.3d 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2015)   
  • Ultramercial v. Hulu, 772 F.3d 709 (Fed. Cir. 2014) (§ 101)

Bar Qualification

  • District of Columbia

Education

  • JD, Harvard Law School, 2004
    magna cum laude
  • BA in Computer Science, Yale University, 1998
    summa cum laude