U.S. firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has hired patent litigation specialist Yitai Hu as a partner in its Palo Alto office from Alston & Bird. He will divide his time between the firm’s offices in Greater China and Palo Alto.
Hu has been lead counsel in more than 50 cases before U.S. federal and state courts, litigating patent, trade secret, and licensing disputes. He also has experience with Section 337 investigations before the U.S. International Trade Commission. Across his legal career, he has obtained more than $100 million in patent licensing fees for his clients.
In addition to patent litigation, Hu has represented clients in other intellectual property matters, including trademark, copyright, and trade secret-related disputes. He also has experience with IP counseling, arbitration, technology transactions, white collar criminal defense matters associated with the Economic Espionage Act, commercial disputes, and mergers and acquisitions.
Hu, who was a partner at Alston & Bird for the last 10 years, helped to open the firm’s Silicon Valley office in 2008 and the firm’s Beijing office in 2015 and served as the latter office’s chief representative.
Prior to Alston & Bird, Hu was a partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, and Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner.
“We are seeing increasing demand for patent litigation experience, and a steady rise in cases involving China-based clients. Yitai is an experienced patent litigator and trial attorney who provides Asia-based companies the highly sophisticated representation they need," Says Doug Clark, managing partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
美国奥斯顿律师事务所前专利诉讼专家加入美国威尔逊律师事务所
美国威尔逊•桑西尼•古奇•罗沙迪律师事务所帕罗奥多办公室迎来美国奥斯顿律师事务所前专利诉讼合伙人胡亦台律师的加入。加入威尔逊之后，胡亦台律师将在威尔逊大中华区的各地办公室及帕罗奥多办公室多地办公。
胡亦台律师在美国联邦法院和州法院的审判中为50多个案件担任首席律师，这些案件涉及专利、商业秘密和许可纠纷，同时也在美国国际贸易委员会提起的337条款调查方面具备丰富经验。自执业以来，胡亦台律师已为客户赢得价值超过1亿美元的专利许可费。
除了专利诉讼，胡亦台律师也代表客户从事知识产权其他业务，包括商标、著作权、商业秘密类争议等，同时也拥有知识产权咨询、仲裁、技术交易、经济间谍法相关案件的白领犯罪辩护、商事争议解决、以及兼并和收购。
加入威尔逊之前，胡亦台律师在过去十年一直在奥斯顿做合伙人，并协助该所在2008年设立了奥斯顿硅谷办公室、在2015年设立了奥斯顿北京办公室，并担任北京办公室首席代表。
加入奥斯顿之前，胡亦台律师曾分别在美国飞翰律师事务所、美国必百瑞律师事务所、美国艾金•岗波律师事务所任职。
“我们注意到，精通专利诉讼法律服务的需求正变得越来越多，涉及中国客户的案件也在逐步增加。胡亦台在专利诉讼及庭审方面均具备丰厚经验，确保能为亚洲公司的复杂疑难案件提供更好的法律服务。”威尔逊管理合伙人Doug Clark评论到。
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