Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP‘s intellectual property team has a strong track record of handling a wide range of IP matters for Taiwanese companies. The team includes a number of practitioners with diverse technical backgrounds, including Taipei- and Orange County-based team lead Robert Benson, who specialises in patent counselling and litigation matters in the semiconductor, electronics, computer software and hardware, and LED technology industries.
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Testimonials
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‘Robert Benson has excellent communication skills, and his abundant legal knowledge and strategic thinking helps bring cases to a successful conclusion.'
- ‘Robert has extraordinary communication, project management, collaboration, and technical analysis skills.’
- 'Robert Benson will provide his suggestions and strategy, combing both client's and attorney's angles for a more appropriate solution for this client; and he will not provide exaggerative analysis for obtaining the case. He is good at negotiation and very sharp while facing the other party.'
- 'Robert's team is very honest, decent and creative; good at utilising the resources within the firm to find the appropriate expertise to work on your cases at the necessary basis.'
Key clients
- Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
- TCL Corporation
- Epistar Corporation
- Foxconn Interconnect Technology (FIT)
- Compal Electronics, Inc.
- Delta Electronics, Inc.
- ADATA Technology Co., Ltd
- Silicon Motion Technology Corporation
Work highlights
- Represented Realtek in the ITC following a patent infringement trial against Koninklijke Philips.
- Represented ADATA Technology as a plaintiff in a trade secret litigation against two former high-level employees who helped to create a competing company.
- Represented Epistar as the plaintiff in asserting twelve patents relating to LED technology against tech and retail giant, Amazon.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Robert Benson