Bob Yoches has a practice that focuses on high-technology issues, such as computers, telecommunications, and semiconductors. He has been a first-chair in several U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and district court actions, led teams prosecuting IPRs and CBMs, in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and headed licensing efforts. Many of his clients are from Taiwan and China.
Bob has extensive experience in patent infringement litigation in the U.S. district courts and the ITC. He also has a great deal of experience in filing and prosecuting inter partes review and covered business methods procedure in the USPTO. Many of the clients he works with are from Taiwan and China, and have high technology products and services involving semiconductors, computers and telecommunications networks.
Bob also counsels clients in matters involving portfolio management, negotiating and drafting licenses, trade secret protection, and software copyright protection.
Bob frequently writes on patent-related topics and speaks before academic, business, and legal communities in the United States and Asia on intellectual property issues. He serves on the editorial boards of The Computer Law Reporter (since 1992) and the Internet Newsletter (since 1996). He writes the chapter on litigation for Software Patents. He is also a member of the board of editors of Internet Law and Strategy.
Managing Intellectual Property named Bob as an “IP Star” in Taiwan and Washington, DC. He has been recognized as a leading patent litigator by Intellectual Asset Management.
Representative Experience:
- Represented Starent Networks in a complex patent, trade secret, and copyright case involving wireless telecommunications infrastructure technology in which the plaintiff alleged 20 counts against Starent and 18 of its current or former employees. Prior to settlement, all but four claims and four defendants were dismissed through motion practice, and the court granted Starent’s motion for summary judgment of noninfringement on one of the patents-in-suit.
- Member of district court and appellate team that obtained a judgment of no liability for patent-infringement and trade-secret allegations and then successfully defended the judgment at the Federal Circuit.
- Represented Realtek Semiconductor Corp. in a defensive patent suit relating to IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) wireless technology. After a full trial, the investigation concluded with the ITC finding in Realtek’s favor on non-infringement, invalidity, and complainant’s failure to prove the existence of a domestic industry, and the Federal Circuit affirmed.
Updated Sep 2023
