Daniel (Dan) E. Venglarik is a technology/intellectual property law group partner.

Dan practices in both the enforcement of intellectual property rights and defense of intellectual property claims, providing licensing assistance and domestic and international litigation support, prosecuting and defending patent reexaminations and inter partes reviews, and providing opinions and expert testimony on infringement and validity.  Dan also represents clients in the development of patent portfolios, including drafting patent applications on key technologies for clients and counseling on patent portfolio management for enterprise core technologies.

Before joining Munck Wilson Mandala, Dan was a partner at a Fort Worth-based Texas intellectual property law firm, working with Fortune 50 technology clients. Dan has practiced law in a Houston IP boutique firm and served as a technical advisor for a large regional Texas IP firm.

  • Representing an international pharmaceutical company in patent litigation against two ANDA filers over topical anti-acne gel, and represented the same company against generics manufacturers in patent litigation relating to topical shampoo and lotion
  • Prosecuting key patent applications on standards-essential technologies for international telecommunications equipment manufacturer in ongoing patent litigation with a manufacturer of popular mobile handset “smartphone” devices
  • Prosecuting inter partes reviews relating to asserted patents on thermally stable polycrystalline diamond facings for drill bit cutter inserts, on behalf of the client with customers threatened by Fortune 500 competitor
  • Defending ex parte reexaminations and represented a client in co-pending patent litigation asserting infringement of novel X-Y robotic retrieval system patents, obtaining favorable settlement terms on the eve of trial and obtaining reexamined patent claims suitable for assertion against additional infringers
  • Representing patent owner in infringement suits relating to the revolutionary use of accelerometers in devices to monitor the safety of persons and cargo containers
  • Managed conduct of intellectual property due diligence in $800M+ acquisition of international competitor by payment solutions division of a Fortune 500 enterprise
  • Defended vending machine manufacturer in patent infringement claims on four patents through Markman hearing, and prosecuted co-pending inter partes reexaminations on entire patent family, to obtain favorable litigation settlement terms shortly before trial while USPTO continues invalidity proceedings
  • Managing the development of patent portfolios for a mid-size aerospace electronics manufacturer, international semiconductor manufacturer, and automated merchandising and payment solutions divisions of a diversified holding company
  • Providing updated non-infringement opinions following reexamination and concurrent litigation of patents asserted against customers of international semiconductor device manufacturer
  • Representing clients in licensing negotiations and providing counseling on inter partes review regarding microprocessor patent portfolios asserted by non-practicing entities against purchasers of microprocessors
  • Represented client in defending infringement suits relating to tungsten carbide jewelry, obtaining favorable settlement terms following Markman briefing
  • Defended ex parte reexaminations of patents relating to lithium-ion cathode high-capacity electric batteries being asserted in co-pending litigation

  • Connected Products, Disappearing Features
    Law360, May 19, 2020
  • Bilski’s Impact on In-House Counsel Varies by Client’s Technology,
    Texas Lawyer, August 2, 2010
  • Patent Litigation – Using Reexamination As a Backstop in Your Defense,
    Smart Business, March 2008
  • Patent Case Venue – How the Eastern District of Texas Fits Into Current Patent Suites
    Smart Business, February 2008
  • Hedge Your Bets: How Patent Re-examination Works,
    Smart Business Dallas, July 2007

Press Releases

19 Munck Wilson Mandala Attorneys Named Texas Super Lawyers

The 2021 list of Texas Super Lawyers will be published in the October issue of Texas Monthly. The annual Texas Super Lawyers list honors Texas’ top lawyers based on surveys of more than 57,000 active attorneys across the state. The final list is estimated to be only five percent of Texas’ licensed attorneys. Several MWM partners

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Press Releases

18 Munck Wilson Mandala Attorneys Named Texas Super Lawyers

The 2020 list of Texas Super Lawyers will be published in the October issue of Texas Monthly. The annual Texas Super Lawyers list honors Texas’ top lawyers based on surveys of more than 57,000 active attorneys across the state. The final list is estimated to be only five percent of Texas’ licensed attorneys. Several MWM partners

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In the News

What Intellectual Property Protection is Necessary for Ghost Kitchens?

by Dan Venglarik, Mar. 23, 2020 Ghost kitchens are retail food service enterprises with no meaningful brick-and-mortar service space, as opposed to food preparation space.  Conventional restaurants exploit food delivery to augment existing dine-in, to-go, and/or curbside pickup food service at brick-and-mortar locations.  Pop-up restaurants simply repurpose existing retail locations for a conventional—if temporary—restaurant.  By

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In the News

Munck Wilson Secures 10 Millionth Patent in USPTO History

© 2018 The Texas Lawbook. By Natalie Posgate (June 19) – A group of Dallas lawyers from Munck Wilson Mandala made patent history Tuesday by securing a laser detection technology patent for Raytheon. It is the 10 millionth patent to be issued in the U.S. since George Washington issued the first in 1790 to Samuel

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In the News

Dallas Law Firm Registers the Nation’s 10 Millionth Patent at the USPTO

For some perspective, Raytheon’s patent comes 228 years after the country’s first patent was issued on July 31, 1790, to Samuel Hopkins for a process for making potash, an ingredient used in fertilizer. By John Council | June 21, 2018 at 03:19 PM When Dallas patent attorney David Doyle got a personal telephone call from the U.S. Patent and Trademark

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Press Releases

18 Munck Wilson Mandala Partners Named Texas Super Lawyers

The 2019 list of Texas Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters) will be published in the October issue of Texas Monthly. The annual Texas Super Lawyers list honors Texas’ top lawyers based on surveys of more than 57,000 active attorneys across the state. The final list is estimated to be only five percent of Texas’ licensed attorneys. The following

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16 Munck Wilson Mandala Partners Named Texas Super Lawyers

The 2018 list of Texas Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters) will be published in the October issue of Texas Monthly. The annual Texas Super Lawyers list honors Texas’ top lawyers based on surveys of more than 57,000 active attorneys across the state. The final list is estimated to be only five percent of Texas’ licensed attorneys. The following

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In the News

Munck Wilson Mandala Client Receives Historic 10 Millionth Patent Issued by the USPTO

Jun 19, 2018, 4:18pm EDT DALLAS, June 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Law firm Munck Wilson Mandala prepared and prosecuted the patent issued as U.S. Patent No. 10,000,000 today by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.  The MWM IP team worked with firm client Raytheon and principal engineering fellow Joseph Marron on the underlying patent application.  The USPTO has dedicated a

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Press Releases

16 Munck Wilson Mandala Partners Named Texas Super Lawyers

Dallas, TX, Sep. 5, 2017 —–  16 partners from law firm Munck Wilson Mandala have been selected as Texas Super Lawyers for 2017.  Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.  Produced and managed by Thomson Reuters, the selection

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18 Munck Wilson Mandala Attorneys Named Texas Super Lawyers 2023

Munck Wilson Mandala congratulates 18 attorneys who have been recognized as Texas Super Lawyers for 2023. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Produced and managed by Thomson Reuters, the selection process involves independent research,

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29 Munck Wilson Mandala Lawyers Named to 2025 Best Lawyers List

Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers based on professional expertise and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.  MWM is proud to have lawyers listed in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and

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Press Releases

18 Munck Wilson Mandala Attorneys Named Texas Super Lawyers

The annual Texas Super Lawyers list honors Texas’ top lawyers based on surveys of more than 57,000 active attorneys across the state. The final list is estimated to be only five percent of Texas’ licensed attorneys. Three MWM partners have been recognized for 20 years or more: Global Managing Partner William A. Munck and IP

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University of Houston Law Center, JD, 1993

Texas A&M University, BS, 1991

Electrical Engineering

  • American Bar Association
    Intellectual Property Law Section
  • State Bar of Texas
    Intellectual Property Law Section, IP Council (2005-2006)
  • American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association (AIPLA)
  • Federal Circuit Bar Association
  • Dallas Bar Association
    Intellectual Property and Computer Law Sections
  • International Trademark Association (INTA)
  • Registered U.S. Patent Attorney

  • Best Lawyers in America
    2025
  • Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters
    2004-2024
  • Top Intellectual Property Lawyers
    Super Lawyers Business Edition, Thomson Reuters
    2008-2012
  • Texas Rising Star, Thomson Reuters
    2003
  • Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow

Texas, 1994

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas