杨明道为飞翰加州办公室主持律师,专精于专利与商业秘密诉讼及仲裁、许可谈判、专利布局、多方复审(IPRs)及知识产权策略。技术专长包括人工智能、无线通信、半导体、集成电路(IC)、软件、汽车和网络技术。杨律师汲取20年的诉讼、谈判和仲裁经验服务亚洲和美国客户,并被《知识产权管理》杂志评选为加州的知识产权之星。
杨律师经常担任诉讼案件的首席律师,包括美国地方法院、仲裁庭、国际贸易委员会、加州法院和上诉法院的诉讼,处理超过数百件许可争议及百件诉讼及仲裁案 。此外,杨律师承接的诉讼和谈判案件亦涉及标准必要专利(SEPs)、公平及合理非歧视条款(FRAND)权利金,与知识产权许可违约等的争议 。
杨律师的诉讼经验包括在美国国际贸易委员会(ITC)调查案中代表一集成电路公司与一无线技术产业之知名领导许可厂商所提出的专利侵权之诉做辩护,最终获判不侵权及专利无效的判决,大获全胜。亦曾在软件、影音、半导体、保全监控及家电产业领域中,对非专利实施实体(NPEs)所提出的专利侵权指控做辩护,于许多案件中取得对手的无条件撤诉。也曾代表电脑网络设备供应商及零售品牌商,就竞争对手提出专利侵权的指控做辩护,最终,该竞争对手专利权人自动撤回所有请求。
杨律师经常就诉讼、许可、商业秘密、专利、人工智能(AI)以及开源软件(OSS) 有关的主题演讲、授课及发表文章。曾在知名大学之法学院及商学院担任客座教授并时常受邀为演讲嘉宾,讲授专利诉讼、商业秘密保护、标准必要专利(SEPs)及许可谈判之议题。杨明道律师获国立交通大学授予杰出校友奖、『交大甲子 领航60』奖,表彰排名前 60 位的杰出业界领袖。
杨律师亦致力于公益事务,帮助需要法律服务的民众及美国退伍军人,取得陪审团有利判决、主导和解会议及谈判,以及代表承租人争取权益。杨律师的公益之举亦获Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll 表扬及CLSEPA专访。
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Defending ADATA against allegations of patent infringement directed to ADATA’s solid state drives. Case was stayed after ADATA filed two IPRs against all asserted patents, and both IPRs have been instituted by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the USPTO.
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2:15-cv-00531, E.D. Tex., Judge Gilstrap
5:15-cv-01777, N.D. Cal., Judge Koh
3:15-cv-01632, N.D. Cal., Judges Alsup, Spero, Westmore
3:14-cv-04959, N.D. Cal., Judges Donato, Ryu, Spero, Westmore
337-TA-837, ITC, Judge Shaw
3:09-cv-02535, S.D. Cal., Judges Bencivengo, Houston, Adler, Battaglia, Crawford, Dembin, Major
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Si-Flash Drives, LLC v. ADATA Technology (USA) Co., Ltd.
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MemSmart Semiconductor Corp. v. AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
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Innolux Corporation v. Applied Materials, Inc.
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Logitech Europe SA v. Acrox Technologies Co., Ltd.
3:15-cv-01632, N.D. Cal., Judges Alsup, Spero, Westmore
01-19-0001-6937; 01-20-0000-5081, American Arbitration Association (AAA)
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