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Robert Williams的业务包括帮助高科技公司处理复杂的知识产权问题以及代表在亚太区运营的公司处理内部调查。
Williams是受过培训的电气和软件工程师，具有无线、互联网和接口标准方面的法律和技术经验。其对高科技公司面临的关键知识产权问题的广泛了解使其能提供深入细微的法律建议。
作为知识产权业务组成员，Williams利用其法律执业之前的电气工程师经验为客户提供有关其宝贵无形资产的各方面的咨询。其代表中国和美国客户处理在美国国际贸易委员会、美国联邦和州法院的境外知识产权诉讼。Williams经常处理同时涉及国际贸易委员会调查和美国联邦法院诉讼的纠纷，以及美国专利审判和上诉委员会的双方复审事宜。作为一名有经验的诉讼律师，Williams还会把法庭经验运用到境内许可谈判和分析中。除处理知识产权纠纷外，罗伯特还帮助客户分析其在中国及世界其他地区的知识产权组合，并会进行诉讼前尽职调查以制定综合、全面策略。
作为一名有内部调查经验的律师，Williams为公司提供最佳惯例咨询，以帮助避免《反海外腐败法》（FCPA）和其他反腐败法律风险。其还协助多家全球化公司处理中国和亚太区的反腐败调查，并会讲普通话和法语。
- 成功为一个“智能”消费电器组合对抗基于流媒体和GPS定位程序的专利侵权指控，该指控同时涉及国际贸易委员会、德克萨斯州东区法院及美国专利审判和上诉委员会法律程序。
- 代表中国固态功率控制器生产商处理国际贸易委员会调查，依据视频博客和接口标准源代码执行信息组织不侵权辩护。
- 利用对视频流、编码译码器和主要消费视频格式的了解，在同时进行的地区法院专利侵权诉讼和美国专利审判和上诉委员会程序中成功为一个核心操作系统特点辩护。
- 为在中国和亚太区运营的全球化公司提供有关其拟议业务活动的潜在反海外腐败法风险的咨询。
- 代表一家发光二极管公司处理基于LED封装技术的国际贸易委员会调查。
- 在基于电源管理和网页浏览子系统的全谱进攻和防御型专利诉讼中，成功为一家创新触摸屏智能手机生产商辩护。
- 代表一家智能手机生产商进行诉讼，诉讼涉及LTE无线标准前导信号的执行。
- 为一家中国客户获得在拟议合并期间阻止客户的保密信息转移的禁令救济。
公益服务
- 其客户控告旧金山市和郡及联邦调查局因种族歧视终止及违反民事权利的案件被驳回，罗伯特帮助客户成功推翻了该案件（第九巡回上诉法院）。
- 代表监狱囚犯参加针对旧金山郡长的部门守卫的1983条款案件诉讼（美国加利福尼亚北区联邦地区法院）。
- 代表个人处理美国司法仲裁调解服务有限公司仲裁，仲裁依据美国仲裁协会适用于人身伤害案件的规则进行。
- 在2010年海地地震后代表非政府组织参与救济相关活动。
October 21, 2020, Covington Alert
Recently, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China approved an amendment to the Patent Law. The amended Patent Law is slated to take effect on June 1, 2021. Most notable among the 29 amended provisions are changes to rules for patent litigation. Below are some highlights that we believe may particularly interest international companies ...
July 14, 2020, Covington Alert
On July 3, 2020, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (“NPC”) of China published a second draft amendment (the “Draft”) on the Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China (“Patent Law”). Most notably among the Draft’s proposed 29 revisions to the Patent Law, the Draft includes high-level provisions that would establish a framework for early ...
June 22, 2020, Covington Alert
On June 10, 2020, the PRC Supreme People’s Court (“SPC”) issued its proposed Interpretation on Certain Issues in Applications of Law in Adjudicating Civil Trade Secret Cases (Draft for Public Comments) (hereinafter the “Draft” or “Draft Judicial Interpretation”) . The Draft includes significant developments in China’s trade secret law following the Economic and ...
December 6, 2019, Covington Alert
The General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council of China jointly published Opinions on Strengthening Intellectual Property Protection (“Opinion”) on November 24, 2019, with the purpose of effectively deterring the occurrence of IP infringement by 2020. The Opinion provides specific and concrete guidelines to strengthen ...
April 25, 2019, Covington Alert
On April 23, 2019, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China passed a bill amending China’s Anti-Unfair Competition Law (“AUCL”). Changes made by the amendment bill took effect on the same day. Further to the last amendment to the AUCL in 2017, the newly introduced burden-of-proof shifting and punitive damages rules will significantly ...
January 10, 2019, Covington Alert
On January 4, 2019, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress ( “NPC”) of China published a draft amendment to the Patent Law (the “Draft”) for public comment. While this draft is not yet final, it indicates China is taking concrete steps to help patent holders with the exercise of their rights.
Could China’s Internet Courts Work in the US?
December 3, 2018, Legaltech News
Robert Williams is quoted in Legaltech News regarding how China’s Internet Courts could provide a model to improve U.S. courts' inefficiencies. Mr. Williams said the Internet Courts can be useful for addressing online copyright infringement and domain name cyber squatting. He says, “The Internet Courts provide a useful set of tools to help address these disputes ...
November 27, 2018, Covington Alert
On October 26, 2018, the Standing Committee of the People’s National Congress of the People's Republic of China (PRC) passed Decisions on Several Procedural Issues Relating to Patent and Other Intellectual Property Cases (the Appellate Rules), which will give the Supreme Court jurisdiction over patent and other complex technical IP cases (the Designated Subject ...
March 15, 2018, Covington Alert
China has continued to develop its adjudicatory framework for intellectual property disputes with the establishment of three Intellectual Property Tribunals (“IP Tribunals”) this month. This reform began with the establishment of three specialized IP Courts in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou at the end of 2014, and has been furthered with the establishment of ...
New Tools for International Competition: Patent Litigation and Antitrust Enforcement in China
June 24, 2015, Silicon Valley Breakfast Series
April 2015, Covington Advisory
August 8, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO, August 8, 2014 — Northern California Super Lawyers named Tammy Albarrán one of Northern California’s “Top 50 Women” lawyers and Robert Haslam one of the region’s “Top 100” lawyers. The publication selected 33 Covington & Burling lawyers for its 2014 list of top legal talent. Super Lawyers selects no more than five percent of the total lawyers who ...
Spotlight on Privacy Law: Nowhere Left to Hide?
November 21, 2013, Panel Moderator, Bar Association of San Francisco Intellectual Property Section CLE
8/23/2012
SAN FRANCISCO, August 23, 2012 — Northern California Super Lawyers selected 24 Covington & Burling lawyers for its 2012 list of top legal talent. Super Lawyers selects no more than five percent of the total lawyers who practice in Northern California based on peer review and the publication’s independent research. Robert Fram and Robert Haslam were named among ...
Recent Developments in Patent La
2012, Panelist, Bar Association of San Francisco Intellectual Property Section CLE
July 13, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO, July 13, 2011 — Twenty-two Covington & Burling LLP lawyers are recognized in the 2011 edition of Northern California Super Lawyers. The annual list by Super Lawyers selects only five percent of the total lawyers in the state based upon peer review and the publication’s independent research. Fourteen Covington lawyers were named Northern ...
July 16, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO, July 16, 2010 — Eighteen Covington & Burling LLP lawyers are recognized in the 2010 Northern California Super Lawyers. The annual list by Super Lawyers selects only five percent of the total lawyers in the state based upon peer review and the publication’s independent research. Eleven Covington lawyers were named Northern California Super ...
- 北加州明日之星，知识产权诉讼 (2010-2015)
- 外国和竞争法领域的Parker School赞誉