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Overview

Dustin helps ensure innovations receive the proper protection.

Dustin represents both plaintiffs and defendants in intellectual property (patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret); artificial intelligence (AI); and computer access (CFAA, CDAFA, and Colorado Computer crime law) litigation. He also helps clients with data privacy litigation concerns and has advised clients faced with claims that the use of session replay technology, website chat functionality, and other common website marketing functionality violates state privacy, wiretapping, and pen register and tap and trace laws.

Dustin views himself not only as a litigator but a trial attorney and has substantial experience beyond the discovery phase of litigation. He has appeared in federal trials in Texas and New Jersey and has argued before several other courts in California, New York, Florida, Texas, and New Jersey.

Dustin enjoys learning what makes a client's business and technology unique. He takes pride in understanding not only a client's legal needs but their business needs as well so he can help his clients achieve both their legal and business goals. Dustin has helped clients not only win litigation but avoid litigation in the first place by advising on changes to clients' websites, products, and services. 

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Education

  • J.D., University of Texas School of Law
  • B.S., University of Texas at Austin
    • with honors
    • Advertising

Admissions

  • Colorado
  • Illinois
  • Texas

I essentially closed my laptop in Chicago and opened it in Denver without missing a beat.

Featured Experience

Husch Blackwell Team Gains Favorable Judgment for Client in Trade Secret Litigation

Farmobile, an independent farm data company, faced allegations that it misappropriated trade secrets from competitor Farmers Edge. The lawsuit sought a judgment declaring the plaintiff to be the owner of certain Farmobile intellectual property. Persuasive argument by the Husch Blackwell team, led by Marnie Jensen and including Dustin Taylor, resulted in a complete victory on summary judgment for Farmobile.


Additional Experience
  • Won summary judgment for client in case alleging misappropriation of trade secrets under both state law and Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016.
  • Aided Sigmapharm Laboratories in arguing for claim construction. Court adopted proposed construction verbatim.
  • Prevailed before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on behalf of Sotera Wireless as it successfully invalidated eight of a competitor's patents in final, non-appealable judgments. Husch Blackwell had previously knocked out all disputed patent claims—175 in total—across eight related inter partes review (IPR) petitions before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, resulting in a precedential PTAB decision that provides a strategy for petitioners to avoid discretionary denial of IPR under the Fintiv factors. (Not all decisions by PTAB are marked precedential, but the Board found Husch Blackwell's arguments and methods so useful that it marked this decision precedential to help future IPR parties in navigating PTAB procedure. Read more here.)
Case Studies
Farmobile LLC

Farmobile secured a complete defense victory in enterprise-threatening trade secret litigation.

Articles | November 05, 2024
Legal Insights for Manufacturing: Artificial Intelligence

As the hype subsides, the real work of integrating generative artificial intelligence into day-to-day operations has begun, and manufacturers are well placed to take advantage across all facets of operations, from design and production to supply-chain optimization.

White Papers | October 24, 2024
Legal Insights for Manufacturing: Outlook for 2025

Intensifying geopolitical crises, increasing regulatory burdens, and uncertain macroeconomic conditions have led to an era of caution for manufacturers.

Outside the Office

Dustin enjoys escaping to the mountains outside Denver with his wife and two golden retrievers.

Whether it is skiing, snowboarding, snow shoeing in the winter or hiking and camping in the summer, Dustin enjoys capturing the Colorado landscapes as a hobbyist photographer.