Practices
Education
- The University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1976
- cum laude
- Order of the Coif
- University of Chicago Law Review, Articles Editor
- Wesleyan University, B.A., 1970
Judicial Clerkship
- Hon. Irving L. Goldberg, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Bar Admissions
- California
- District of Columbia
- Arizona
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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Alan Blankenheimer is a partner in the firm’s San Diego office and has substantial experience litigating patent cases, other intellectual property matters and antitrust disputes for the semiconductor, computer hardware and software industries. He has represented leading technology companies such as Maxim Integrated Products, Microchip Technology, Azul Systems, Intersil, Cypress Semiconductor, and Intel Corporation. Mr. Blankenheimer is a frequent lecturer on intellectual property and antitrust issues facing technology companies.
Representative Matters
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. adv. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.: representation of Samsung in on-going case involving 13 patents (N.D. Cal. 2008).
- Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. v. Freescale Semiconductor Inc.: representation of Maxim in case involving 13 patents (N.D. Cal. 2008).
- ArrayComm LLC v. Atheros Communications Inc.: on-going enforcement of 3 telecommunications patents (E.D. Tex. 2007).
- Microchip Technology Inc. adv. LSI/Agere: defense of suit for infringement of tungsten metallization patent (ITC, E.D. Tex. 2008).
- Azul Systems, Inc. adv. Sun Microsystems, Inc.: representation of Azul Systems, Inc., an early-stage company whose pioneering work in "network attached processing" technology has the potential to disrupt the established market for corporate computing resources, in a declaratory judgment action against Sun Microsystems, Inc. involving patent infringement and trade secret allegations; the technologies at issue include transactional memory, use and integration of multiple core processors, distributed processing, garbage collection techniques, and array bounds checking. (N.D. Cal. 2006).
- Maxim Integrated Products adv. Analog Devices: defense in trade secret case involving analog-to-digital converters; successfully defended against issuance of a preliminary injunction; litigation ultimately settled in 2007 (North Carolina 2001).
Honors and Rankings
- Guide to the World's Leading Patent Law Practitioners (2009)
- San Diego Super Lawyers, Intellectual Property (2007-2009)
Memberships and Affiliations
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
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