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Robert Haslam is a partner in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. His practice has emphasized trial work involving patent and trade secret litigation and other related high technology disputes. He has represented clients in litigation involving a range of arts and practices, including semiconductor products and processes, cryptography, GPS and cellular technology, electronic circuits, microprocessors and software products, and medical devices and other life science products. He has tried cases in both federal and state court. In addition, Mr. Haslam advises clients on strategies relating to intellectual property matters.
Mr. Haslam is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, which is composed of the best of the trial bar and is widely considered to be the premier professional trial organization in America. Membership in the College can never be more than 1% of the total lawyer population of any state or province, and fellowship in the College is extended by invitation only to those experienced trial lawyers who have mastered the art of advocacy and whose professional careers have been marked by the highest standards of ethical conduct, professionalism, civility and collegiality.
He has also been recognized as a leading intellectual property lawyer by a number of publications, including Chambers USA; The Recorder, where they named him as one of the top two “go to” patent litigators in Northern California; and the Daily Journal who has named him not only as one of the “brain trust of 25 lawyers who comprise the state’s best and brightest” intellectual property lawyers in California, but as one of the “Top IP Litigators in California” for each year the list has been in existence.
Mr. Haslam has also twice served on, once as chair of, the Northern District of California Patent Rules Committee, which issued revisions to the local rules for the management of patent litigation. These rules have served as a model and have been adopted in whole or in part by other judicial districts.
Representative Matters
- Representation of Huawei Technologies in trade secret lawsuits against Motorola Solutions involving wireless base station technology; obtained a preliminary injunction preventing the transfer of confidential information in the context of a corporate acquisition.
- Representation of Samsung entities in the Section 337 ITC Investigation In the Matter of Certain Electronic Devices Including Handheld Wireless Communication Devices, Inv. No. 337-TA-673, involving interrupt control circuitry, keypad monitoring, and interprocessor communications.
- Ariba v. Emptoris. Secured a jury verdict for Ariba Inc., including a finding that two patents involving online auction technology were valid and infringed.
- Sky Technologies v. Ariba Inc. Represented Ariba in Boston in patent infringement litigation on two patents relating to automated negotiation software. Case settled favorably two weeks into trial.
- Advanced Micro Devices v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, et al. Represent Samsung entities in patent litigation defending against 7 AMD patents allegedly infringed by potentially 15,000 products and in asserting 6 Samsung patents against AMD.
- Agere Systems, Inc. v. Atmel Corp. Major victory in March 2005 on behalf of long-time client Atmel in a Philadelphia federal court jury trial in Agere v. Atmel. Agere claimed that Atmel infringed four semiconductor patents, including what it touted as its key tungsten patents. Agere sought damages of approximately $200 million as well as enhancement for claimed willful infringement. After a three-week trial, the jury returned a verdict in Atmel’s favor, invalidating the tungsten patents, finding the fourth not infringed as well as invalid, and awarding Agere zero in damages.
Honors and Rankings
- California Lawyer, “Attorney of the Year” (2012)
- Chambers USA - America's Leading Business Lawyers, Intellectual Property/Patent (2009-2013)
- IAM Patent 1000 - The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners (2012)
- The AmLaw Litigation Daily, "Litigator of the Week" (4/15/2011)
- Daily Journal, Top IP Litigators in California (2008-2011)
- The Best Lawyers in America (2009-2014)
- Euromoney's Benchmark Litigation, National Star for IP litigation and CA State Star (2010)
- Northern California Super Lawyers, Intellectual Property Litigation (2009-2013)
- Guide to the World's Leading Patent Law Practitioners (2009)
- Who's Who Legal, Patents (2012-2013)
- Legal 500 US, Recognized for Patent Litigation - International Trade Commission (2012-2013)
- United States Lawyer Rankings, Nation's Top 10 Intellectual Property Lawyers (2007)
- San Francisco and Los Angeles Daily Journal, "Brain Trust of 25 Lawyers Who Comprise the State's Best and Brightest" intellectual property lawyers in California (2003)
- The Recorder, "Go To" patent litigators in Northern California (2003)
Memberships and Affiliations
- State Bar of California
- American Bar Association
- Bay Area Intellectual Property Inns of Court
- American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
- Northern District Patent Rules Revision, Chair
- Patent Rules Revision Committee, Chair (2000)
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