Caroline Wray Fox
Biography
Caroline Wray Fox focuses her practice on intellectual property litigation. She has experience in patent litigation matters involving a wide range of technologies, including wireless communications, electronics, and life sciences. Caroline has significant experience in all phases of litigation, including trials and appeals. She has also been involved in proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the International Trade Commission.
Caroline holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering with majors in electrical engineering and biomedical engineering. Following law school, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Patricia Minaldi in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
-
- Represented Acufloor, a flooring contractor, in a patent-infringement lawsuit against two infringing competitors. Following an unfavorable order in the district court, we appealed to the Federal Circuit, which sided with Acufloor and remanded to the district court for further proceedings. This ruling confirms Acufloor’s infringement position regarding at least one of the patents asserted, and Acufloor intends to continue to enforce its patent rights on remand.
- Represented a mobile carrier in a patent-infringement case involving wireless hotspot technology. Following successful claim-construction proceedings, secured summary judgment of non-infringement and invalidity and successfully defended the judgment on appeal at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
- Represented a smartphone manufacturer in a 5-patent case involving imaging technology in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Secured jury verdicts of non-infringement and invalidity.
- Represented an international sporting goods company in district court litigation and associated inter partes review proceedings involving wireless fitness technology and wearable devices against a competitor. Secured denial of institution of inter partes review; case settled.
- Successfully defended all challenged claims in inter partes review proceedings involving footwear on behalf of an international sporting goods company.
- Secured summary judgment of invalidity of patents related to ATM technology on behalf of an international bank.
- Successfully represented a leading healthcare diagnostics company in patent litigation related to genetic testing technology.
-
- Included in the "Ones to Watch" category of The Best Lawyers in America, Woodward/White, Inc., 2025
- Included in Texas Super Lawyers Women's Edition Rising Stars directory, Thomson Reuters, 2023-2024
- Recognized by Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars in Intellectual Property Litigation, Thomson Reuters, 2020- 2023.
- Recognized as a North Carolina "Rising Star” in Intellectual Property Litigation by Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2017-2019.
-
Education
- B.S.E., Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, 2006
- J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2011, Senior Editorial Board, Virginia Tax Review
Clerkships
Law Clerk to the Honorable Patricia H. Minaldi, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, 2011-2012
Admissions
- North Carolina
- Texas
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Texas Super Lawyers Lists 24 Haynes Boone Attorneys as 2024 Rising Stars
March 22, 2024