Yitai Hu is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group. Named in 2008 by IP Law & Business as one of the "Top 50 Under 45" IP practitioners, Yitai focuses his practice on international intellectual property litigation and client counseling. With regard to litigation, he has served as lead counsel in more than 30 cases before U.S. district courts and state courts concerning patent, trade secret and licensing disputes. Having handled more than 18 cases, ten of which as lead counsel, he also has extensive experience with Section 337 investigations before the U.S. International Trade Commission. He has represented clients in litigation involving semiconductor technologies, non-volatile memories, liquid crystal displays, light emitting diodes, computer monitors, projectors, optical mouse technologies, computer network products, wireless network communications products, integrated circuit (IC) packaging, microprocessor technologies analog circuit designs and general circuit designs.
Yitai Hu is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group. Named in 2008 by IP Law & Business as one of the "Top 50 Under 45" IP practitioners, Yitai focuses his practice on international intellectual property litigation and client counseling. With regard to litigation, he has served as lead counsel in more than 30 cases before U.S. district courts and state courts concerning patent, trade secret and licensing disputes. Having handled more than 18 cases, ten of which as lead counsel, he also has extensive experience with Section 337 investigations before the U.S. International Trade Commission. He has represented clients in litigation involving semiconductor technologies, non-volatile memories, liquid crystal displays, light emitting diodes, computer monitors, projectors, optical mouse technologies, computer network products, wireless network communications products, integrated circuit (IC) packaging, microprocessor technologies analog circuit designs and general circuit designs. He also has arbitrated cases, both in the United States and abroad, involving licensing and technology transfer disputes.
Outside the United States, Yitai has been involved in patent cases in court and in administrative proceedings. He also has assisted clients with intellectual property theft and misappropriation matters, including identifying the source of pirated trademarked and copyrighted products abroad, securing search warrants to seize pirated products and pursuing those responsible through available criminal and civil proceedings.
Yitai’s has also negotiated a number of complex international patent and technology license agreements. His counseling practice also includes mergers and acquisitions involving technology companies.
Yitai is a member of the California, Maryland and District of Columbia Bars. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of California, the Central District of California, the District of Columbia, the Western District of Wisconsin and the Eastern District of Michigan; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; and the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
He is a frequent speaker on the topic of international patent laws at conferences and seminars and has also frequently spoken on topics related to U.S. intellectual property protection in China and Taiwan. Yitai currently serves as an assistant professor at the National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan, where he lectures on U.S. patent litigation. He has also been invited to provide training to the Taiwanese judiciary, including its new-established IP courts, on U.S. litigation. From 2004 to 2006, he also served on the editorial board of Patent World magazine.
The following are representative cases where Mr. Hu acted as lead counsel unless otherwise indicated:
District Court Cases
- Avago v. Elan Microelectronics Corp. Northern District of California (Case No. 5:04-cv-05385)
- Elan Microelectronics Corp v. Apple Inc. Northern District of California (Case No. 5:09-cv-01531)
- Elan Microelectronics Corp v. Pixcir Microelectronics Co., Ltd., Pixcir AG. District Court of Nevada (Case No. 2:2010-cv-00014)
- Elantech Devices Corporation v. Synaptics and Averatec. Northern District of California (Case No. 5:06-cv-01839)
- Synaptics v. Elantech Devices Corporation. Northern District of California (Case No. 3:07-cv-06434)
- Seiko Epson Corporation v. Coretronic Corporation and Optoma Technology, Inc. Northern District of California (Case No. 3:06-cv-06946)
- Avepoint Inc. v. Janalent Corp. District of New Jersey (Case No. 09-cv-03694)
- Ours Technology Inc. (OTi) v. Data Drive Thru, Inc. Northern District of California (Case No. 3:09-cv-00585)
- Data Drive Thru Inc v. Radioshack Corporation et al. Eastern District of Texas (Case No. 2:08-cv-00485)
- 3Com v. D-Link and Realtek Semiconductor Corporation. Northern District of California (Case No. C03-2 177)
- Adams v. Dell et al. (representing 3rd party defendant Winbond Electronics Corp.) District of Utah (Case No. 1 :05-cv-64)
- Guardian Industries, Inc. v. Proview International Holdings, Ltd., Proview Technology, Inc., and Proview Electronic Co. et al. District of Delaware (Case No. 05-cv-0027)
- Positive Technologies, Inc. v. Proview Technology, Inc. et al. Eastern District of Texas (Case No. 2:07-cv-0067)
- Nichia Corp v. Jiawei North America Inc., Jiawei Technology (HK) Ltd., and Shenzhen Jiawei Industries Co., Ltd. Eastern District of Texas (Case No. 2:09-cv-346)
- Epistar Corporation v. Lumileds Lighting U.S., LLC. Northern District of California, Case No. 07-5194 CW
- Lenovo Singapore Pte., Ltd. v. Clevo Computer Company. Southern District of New York (Case No. 1 :07-cv-01 843)
- Shuffle Master v. Taiwan Fulgent Enterprise Co. Ltd. District of Nevada (Case No. 2:09-cv-02 194)
- Lite-On IT Corporation v. Toshiba Corp. American Arbitration Association (Reference No. 50-133-T-000386-06). Central District of California (Case No. 2:07-cv-04758)
- Synchrome v. Lite-On (USA) International, Inc. Eastern District of Texas (Case No. 4:06-cv-00155)
- Mosaid v. ProMOS Technologies, Inc. and Mosel Vitelic, Inc. Eastern District of Texas (Case No. 2:06-cv-302)
- Hitachi Ltd. v. Proview International Holdings, Ltd., et al. Northern District of California (Case No. C05-cv-02305)
- Clevo Corporation v. Hecny Shipping Limited, Hecny Group, Manaus-AM Brasil, Hecny Transportation Inc., MI. Central District of California (Case No. 2:09-cv-09 135
ITC 337 Cases
- Inv. No. 337-TA-714, Certain Electronic Devices With Multi-Touch Enabled Touchpads and Touchscreens. Representing complainant Elan Microelectronics Corp.
- Inv. No. 337-TA-711, Inkjet Ink Cartridges with Printheads and Components Thereof. Represented respondent Microjet Technology Co., Ltd.
- Inv. No. 337-TA-698, Certain DC-DC Controllers, and Products Containing Same. Representing complainant Richtek Technology Corp. Parallel district court case in California
- Inv. No. 337-TA-691, Inkjet Ink Supplies and Components Thereof. Represented Zhuhai Gree Magneto-Electric Co., Ltd.
- Inv. No. 337-TA-640, Certain Short-Wavelength Light Emitting Diodes, Laser Diodes and Products Containing Same. Represented respondents Unity Opto Technology, FOREPI, Exceed Perseverance Electronic Ind. Co., Ltd., and Lucky Light Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Inv. No. 337-TA-619, Flash Memory Controllers, Drives, Memory Cards, and Media Players and Products Containing Same. Represented respondents Skymedi Corp. and Transcend Information, Inc. (co-counsel; did not attend trial). Parallel district court case Wisconsin
- Inv. No. 337-TA-617, Digital Televisions and Certain Products Containing Same and Methods of Using Same. Representing respondent AmTran Technology Co., Ltd. (Post-hearing issues and Customs clearance)
- Inv. No. 337-TA-600, Certain Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Batteries, Components Thereof, and Products Containing Same. Represented respondents Lenovo Group Ltd., Lenovo (U.S.), Inc.
- Inv. No. 337-TA-589, Certain Switches and Products Containing Same. Represented complainants ATEN International Co. Ltd., ATEN Technology, Inc.
- Inv. No. 337-TA-556, Certain High-Brightness Light Emitting Diodes and Products Containing Same. Represented respondent Epistar Corp. Parallel district court action in California
- Inv. No. 337-TA-531, Certain Network Controllers and Products Containing Same Represented respondents Realtek Semiconductor Corporation, and Real Communications, Inc.
- Inv. No. 337-TA-523, Certain Optical Disk Controller Chips and Chipsets and Products Containing Same, Including DVD Players and PC Optical Storage Devices II. Represented respondent Sunext Technology
- Inv. No. 337-TA-506, Certain Optical Disk Controller Chips and Chipsets and Products Containing Same, Including D\TD Players and PC Optical Storage Devices. Represented complainant Zoran (co-counsel)
- Inv. No. 337-TA-491, Certain Display Controllers and Products Containing Same. Represented MStar Semiconductor, Inc. (post-hearing issues and customs clearance)
- Inv. No. 337-TA-435, Certain Integrated Repeaters, Switches, Transceivers and Products Containing Same. Represented respondent Altima Communications, Inc.
- Inv. No. 337-TA-428, Certain Integrated Circuit Chipsets, Components Thereof and Products Containing Same. Representing respondents First International Computer Inc., First International Computer of America, Inc., and Everex Systems, Inc.
- Inv. No. 337-TA-401, Certain CD-ROM Controllers and Products Containing Same. Represented respondent Winbond Electronics Corp.
- Inv. No. 337-TA-395, Certain EPROM, EEPROM, Flash Memory and Flash Microcontroller Semiconductor Devices and Products Containing Same. Represented respondent Winbond Electronics Corp.
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May 3, 2010
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June 1, 2009
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December 2007
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"The Status of IP Protection in China," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, December 2007.
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June 2006
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"Protecting Intellectual Property in China — Part II," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, June 2006.
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May 2006
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"Protecting Intellectual Property in China — Part I," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, May 2006.
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