Stanley Young

Stanley Young is a partner in the firm’s Silicon Valley office.  He has litigated numerous patent, copyright, trade secret and trademark infringement cases, as well as other commercial disputes.  He has appeared in federal and state trial and appellate courts, the International Trade Commission and the Court of International Trade.  His clients have included companies in the computer, electronics, semiconductor, software, financial services and other industries.

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.
• Safeclick LLC v. Visa International Service Association and Visa U.S.A., Inc., Case 03-5865 (N.D. Cal.).  Represented defendants in a lawsuit over a patent alleged to cover the Verified by Visa service for authenticating the identity of a payment cardholder in an on-line transaction. Defendants won summary judgment of non-infringement.  The judgment was affirmed on appeal.
• O2 Micro v. Beyond Innovation (BiTEK), 521 F .3d 1351 (Federal Circuit 2008).  Represented appellant in overturning on appeal a verdict of infringement of three patents asserted against inverter controllers used in the backlighting of LCD screens.
• In the Matter of Certain Electronic Devices, Including Handheld Wireless Communications Devices, Investigations Nos. 337-TA-667 and 337 TA 673.  Represented Samsung in this ITC investigation involving interrupt control circuitry and interprocessor communications.
• Atmel Corporation v. Silicon Storage Technology, C96 00039 SC (N.D. Cal.).  Represented plaintiff in patent infringement case involving semiconductor technology.  Jury trial resulted in judgment of more than $36 million in client's favor, which was affirmed on appeal.
• In re Certain Flash Memory Controllers, Drives, Memory Cards, and Media Players and Products Containing Same, Investigation No. 337-TA-619 (ITC).  Represented several respondents in an International Trade Commission action relating to patents asserted against flash memory controllers and devices, brought by SanDisk Corporation.

Honors and Rankings

• Best Lawyers in America, Litigation - Patent (2014)
• Legal 500 US, Intellectual Property - Patent Litigation: International Trade Commission and Litigation - Trade Secrets (2012)

Memberships and Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• State Bar of California

Publications and Speeches

• "Intellectual Property Protection in China," Innovations in IP Litigation Spring Briefing (2006)
• "Divided and Indirect Infringement," 7th Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute (2006)
• "Extraterritorial Aspects of US Patent Protection," IP Litigator (11/12/2005), Co-Author