Sturgis M Sobin

Sturgis Sobin is a partner in the firm’s Washington office. He has represented clients in more than 45 intellectual property cases, including 17 trials, before the U.S. International Trade Commission under Section 337, as well as in related U.S. District Court litigation. This fast-paced litigation has involved patent, trademark, copyrights and trade secret issues, and has often required the development and implementation of complex worldwide litigation and licensing strategies. Mr. Sobin has served as lead trial counsel in multiple large and complex trials covering a range of technologies and commercially valuable IP rights. In addition to extensive practice of international trade and IP litigation, Mr. Sobin has represented clients involved in large-scale, high technology antitrust and unfair competition cases and complex economic damages. Mr. Sobin has represented and counseled clients in all of the major areas of the international trade regulation field, including Section 337, antidumping, countervailing duty, Section 301, Section 201 and WTO proceedings. His section 337 practice has been noted in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, The American Lawyer, The Recorder, and Legal Times. He has been invited to speak on Section 337 and international IP enforcement issues before professional and business groups, including the California, District of Columbia, Federal Circuit, and America Bar Associations. REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS Section 337 Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Using Tungsten Metallization, Inv. No. 337-TA-648 (LSI/Agere v. UMC, ProMOS, et al.) Hard Disk Drives, Inv. No. 337-TA-616 (Reiber v. Seagate) Flash Memory Devices, Inv. No. 337-TA-619 (SanDisk v. multiple respondents) Set Top Boxes, Inv. No. 337-TA-454 (GemStar v. Echostar (Dish TV)) Excimer Lasers, Inv. No. 337-TA- 419 (VISX v. Nidek) Optical Waveguide Fibers, Inv. No. 337-TA- 189 (Corning v. Sumitomo Electric) Systems for Detecting Computer Viruses/Worms, 337-TA-510 (Trend Micro v. Fortinet) Automated Mechanical Truck Transmission Systems, 337-TA-503 (Eaton v. ZF Meritor, et al.) Human Growth Hormone, 337-TA-358 (Genentech v. Novo Nordisk et al.) Cell Phones, 337-TA-297 (Motorola v. Nokia) DRAMs, 337-TA-242 (Texas Instruments v. NEC et al.) HONORS AND RANKINGS Chambers USA - America's Leading Business Lawyers, International Trade/IP - Section 337 (2009-2012) Legal 500 US, Intellectual Property - Patent Litigation and Patent Litigation: International Trade Commission (2012) IAM Patent 1000 - The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners (2012) IAM Patent Litigation 250 - Individuals - United States International Trade Commission (2011) PUBLICATIONS AND SPEECHES "Implementing Proactive Strategies to Protect Intellectual Property at the Border," American Conference Institute (9/23/2008) "Amicus Briefs—What Would Help the Bar Help the Court," Federal Circuit Bar Association, Forth Bench and Bar Conference (06/27/2002-06/29/2002) "Using Section 337 Proceedings for Effective Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights at the Border," District of Columbia Bar (2/22/2005)