Daniel A. Taylor

Daniel works primarily in the firm’s IP litigation practice and is the firm’s “go to” for federal court matters. Clients and co-counsel benefit from his insight into the procedure and substance of litigation, based upon his five years of experience as a judicial law clerk in the District of Delaware.

Daniel comes to the legal profession after working in the technology industry. He transitioned to the law by first passing the USPTO registration examination and then working during law school as a patent agent for a semiconductor manufacturer.

Following law school, Daniel prosecuted patent applications for computing and networking technologies at an intellectual property boutique. Thereafter, he served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Sue L. Robinson of the District of Delaware and then as a court law clerk to the District of Delaware’s Magistrate Judges and visiting judges for matters involving intellectual property. He later worked as an associate with a major national patent firm. Daniel returned to the District of Delaware to serve as judicial law clerk to Chief Magistrate Judge Mary Pat Thynge during her last two years on the bench. In this role he worked extensively on the court’s ADR program as well as miscellaneous discovery and Rule 45 enforcement matters.

Outside of work, Daniel enjoys spending time with his two daughters, cycling, working on all things mechanical, and returning as often as possible to his home state of Maine.

Daniel's Publications

The meaning of “reasonable effort” under D. Del. LR 7.1.1

Claim Construction Dispositive of Infringement

Daniel's Experience

•In International Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Institute LLC v. International Procurement and Supply Chain Management Institute LLC, C.A. No. 24-1018-CFC (D. Del.), Daniel represented the plaintiff certification organization and won a default judgment and permanent injunction against a cybersquatter for violations of 43(a) of the Lanham Act, the Delaware Deceptive Trade Practices Act 6 Del. C. 2531 et seq., and state law.

Daniel's News

Daniel Taylor Promoted to Partner Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP

Daniel Taylor moderated a panel discussion at the 2025 AIPLA Spring Meeting