Stanley Young

Partner

syoung@cov.com
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Covington & Burling LLP
333 Twin Dolphin Drive
Suite 700
Redwood Shores, CA  94065-1418
Tel: 650.632.4704
Fax: 650.632.4804


 

Practices

Education

  • Harvard Law School, J.D., 1985
    • magna cum laude
  • Stanford University, A.B./A.M., 1982 Phi Beta Kappa

Judicial Clerkship

  • Hon. Charles Merrill, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Bar Admissions

  • California


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 conflicts over technology exchange agreements and 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

  • 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.
  • 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).  Represents several respondents in an International Trade Commission action relating to patents asserted against flash memory controllers and devices, brought by SanDisk Corporation.
  • MedioStream, Inc. v. Acer America, et al., No. 2:07-CV-00376-TJW (E.D. Tex.).  Represents DVD authoring software manufacturer in defending lawsuit involving patents on recording video onto disk, as well as trade secret and other claims.
  • Disc Link Corporation v. Oracle Corporation, et al., No. 5:07-CV-58 (DF/CMC) (E.D. Tex.).  Defended seven companies against patent that was asserted against CD-Roms containing software with links to websites.

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
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