Erick S. Robinson

• Represented a patent owner in patent litigation in the Eastern District of Texas against a prominent technology company resulting in a ruling of willful infringement and an injunction plus over $290 million in damages.
• Represented the plaintiff in a trade secret case in California regarding non-volatile memory with a jury verdict of over $465M, which was the largest IP verdict in California history and the third largest IP verdict in the U.S. at the time. Case later settled for $288M
• Represented patent owner against major electronic communications company in multi-national patent litigation, including Germany and the Eastern District of Texas, resulting in a settlement of over $267M million.
• Represented patent owner against major product manufacturing / sales company in the Eastern District of Texas, obtaining an injunction and enhanced damages, resulting in a $31 million settlement.
• Representing patent owner against major electronics company accused of infringing multiple patents covering LED technology.

• Patexia, Top 50 Best Performing Patent Litigation, 2022
• IAM, Top 10 patent developments, 2019
• IAM, Strategy Global Leaders, 2021
• IAM Strategy 300 – The World’s Leading IP Strategists, 2015-present
• Legal Aid Society of New York, Access to Justice Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service
• Texas Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Intellectual Property Litigation, 2007-2011
• Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Grant

• Working Committee of the Hon. Alan D. Albright, 2018-present
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• University of Texas School of Law, Technology Law Conference Committee, 2007-2011
• American Bar Association, Patent Jury Instructions Committee, Co-Chair, 2006-2007
• American Bar Association, International Trade Commission / Section 337 Committee, Chair, 2007-2008
• Southern District of Texas, Patent Rules Committee, 2006
• Eastern District of Texas, Bench / Bar Committee, 2006-2010

• Author / owner of ChinaPatentBlog.com blog regarding Chinese patent litigation
• Author / owner of WacoPatentBlog.com blog regarding patent litigation in the Waco division of the Western District of Texas
• “The Venue Decision: Stats & Strategy at Top U.S. Patent Courts,” IP Dealmakers Forum, December 2022
• “The CAFC vs. Texas: Mandamus and the Battle Over Venue,” IPWatchdog’s Patent Litigation Masters, May 2022
• “The Federal Circuit’s 2020-2021 Patent Venue Mandamus Cases,” Texas Lawyer, March 7, 2022
• “The Future of Patent Monetization,” IP Watchdog LIVE 2021, September 12, 2021, Dallas, Texas
• Live Interview on CNBC regarding Chinese patent litigation, October 8, 2019
• “New Preliminary Injunction Rules Set Stage for Apple’s Showdown With Qualcomm,” Intellectual Asset Management (IAM), January 25, 2019
• “China’s New Draft Patent Law Has Innovation at Heart,” China Law & Practice (ALM), January 10, 2019
• “Opinion: Establishment of IPR Court Sign of China’s Continued Innovation” CGTN (China Global Television Network), a Chinese international English-language news channel of the State-owned China Global Television Network group, part of the China Central Television (CCTV), January 2, 2019
• “Everything You Need to Know about China’s New Preliminary Injunction Rules,” Intellectual Asset Management (IAM), December 21, 2018
• “Leveraging China to Commercialize Your Invention: Licensing and Enforcement in a Chinese Commercialization Strategy,” ABA IP West, Newport Beach, California, October 4, 2018
• “China Has Gone From Worst To First In Patent Enforcement,” Licensing Executives Society (LES), September 17, 2018
• “How To Win a Patent Case In China as a Plaintiff,” IAM Magazine, August 2018
• “The Patent Systems In Asia And Their Importance For International IP Enforcement,” Sedona Conference, Reston, Virginia, February 2018
• “Why You Should Protect and Enforce Your IP in China,” Managing Intellectual Property, July 10, 2017
• “Why the Unified Patents Model Would Not Work in China,” IPR Daily, April 27, 2017
• “Why the Unified Patents Model Would Not Work in China,” IP Watchdog, April 26, 2017
• “IP in China,” Fordham IP Institute, April 20, 2017
• “Why China Is A Good Place For NPEs,” Law360, March 13, 2017
• “Why NPEs are Necessary for China to Dominate Its Domestic Chip Industry,” IP Watchdog, February 2, 2017
• “Non-Practicing Entities Can Help Support Innovation and Tech Companies in China,” Global Times (in conjunction with The People’s Daily), December 28, 2016
• “Defending a Patent Case in the Brave New World of Chinese Patent Litigation,” IAM Magazine, December 1, 2016
• “China: New King of the Patent Litigation Hill” IP Dealmakers Forum, NYC, November 17, 2016
• “IIPLA Global IP Summit 2016 London: Patent Litigation in China,” October 14, 2016
• “How to Obtain Effective Evidence in China,” Managing IP, October 2016
• “China’s Evolution From Manufacturing To Innovation: Erick Robinson Examines How Patents And The Anti-Monopoly Law Are Changing The Rules In China And How Companies Can Protect Themselves,” Intellectual Property Magazine, July 7, 2016
• “Foreign Companies in China Must Learn That Respect Is Paramount,” Financial Times, November 20, 2015
• “China Increasing Patent Rights as US Goes the Other Way,” IP Law 360, October 22, 2015
• “Status of Software Patents in the U.S. and Asia,” Global IP Convention, Hyderabad, January 2014
• “The Role of Patent Aggregators,” Advanced Patent Law Institute, Austin, October, 2011
• “Patent Reform,” 2011 Federal Circuit / Eastern District of Texas Conference, September 2011
• “Emergency Ignored: Current Status of the Patent Reform Act,” OpenSource.com, March 2011
• “Emerging Trends and Opportunities in Protecting Intellectual Property including European Forums,” 24^th Annual Technology Law Conference, Austin, Texas, May 2011
• “A Hazy Shade of Value: Software Patents Just Took A Hit,” OpenSource.com, January 2011
• “Non-Practicing Entities v. Alleged Infringers,” 2010 Eastern District of Texas Bench / Bar
• “Perspectives of Patent Owners and Accused Infringers,” 2009 Eastern District of Texas Bench/Bar Conference, Frisco, Texas, October 2009
• “The Ethics of Contingency Fee Relationships,” 2009 AIPLA Spring Meeting, Presentation
• “Effective Use of Intellectual Property: Business, Patents, and Litigation,” Association of Small Business Development Centers 2008 Annual Conference, Chicago, September 2008
• “Patent Reform 2007 – Where Are We Now?” 45th Annual IP Law Conference, Plano, Texas
• “Patent Law Update and Strategies for Litigating Patent Cases in the Eastern District of Texas,” 2007 Eastern District of Texas Bench/Bar Conference, Galveston, October 2007
• “Strategic Use of IP Rights: Patent Productization and Patent Litigation,” Association of Small Business Development Centers 2006 Annual Conference, Houston, Texas, September 2006
• “The Satire / Parody Distinction in Copyright and Trademark Law – Can Satire Ever Be a Fair Use?” American Bar Association Litigation Section, ABA Roundtable, Houston, Texas, June 2006
• “Open Source: An Overview of the Risks and Rewards of the Mysterious World of Open Source Software Licensing,” Hispanic National Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Conference, Seattle, March 2006
• “Arbitration: Advantages, Disadvantages, and a Potential Hazard of Arbitration Clauses.” Mealey’s Environmental Litigation Conference, Houston, Texas, April 2005
• “Protecting Licensed Intellectual Property in Bankruptcy.” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, May 2004
• “Intellectual Property Licensing: Not One Size Fits All,” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, February 2004
• “How to Protect Your Software: Copyright,” Computer User, May 2004
• “How to Protect Your Software: Patents,” Computer User, April 2004
• “Bankruptcy Considerations in Erick Software Licenses,” Kansas City Business Journal, March 2004
• “Exercising Rights: Fitness Industry Now Patently Competitive,” San Antonio Business Journal, October 2003

Quoted in Major Publications

• “West Texas Patent Case Assignment Order Stays in Place, for Now,” Bloomberg Law, December 22, 2022
• “Soaring US Patent Litigation Funding Triggers Intense Disclosure Debate,” IAM, October 7, 2022
• “Albright’s Dimmed Power Upsets New Waco Patent Practices,” Law360, July 28, 2022
• “The Federal Circuit’s 2020-2021 Patent Venue Mandamus Cases,” Texas Lawyer, August 10, 2022
• “A Cautious Welcome: Patent Community Chimes in on Tillis’ Eligibility Bill,” IP Watchdog, August 3, 2022
• “Albright’s Dimmed Power Upsets New Waco Patent Practices,” Law360, July 28, 2022
• “Patent Plaintiffs Scrambling After Texas Court Cools Hotspot,” Bloomberg Law, July 27, 2022
• “American Axle Denied: Patent Stakeholders Sound Off on SCOTUS’ Refusal to Deal with Eligibility,” IP Watchdog, July 4, 2022
• “Venue Discovery May Help Patent Owners Keep Suits In WDTX,” Law360, May 23, 2022
• “Judge Albright Only Got More Popular In 2021,” Law360, May 18, 2022
• “Patent Litigation Finance Moves Into The Mainstream, But Splits Opinion As It Does So,” Intellectual Asset Management (IAM), September 27, 2021
• “One Judge Turned Waco, Texas Into The Go-To City For Big Tech Patent Lawsuits, With Nearly 800 Cases Iin the Past Year, and No End in Sight” Business Insider, April 24, 2021
• “What Is In the Water in Waco? A Lot of Patents!” WacoPatentBlog.com blog, April 9, 2021
• “Wave of Litigation Against Netgear Signals Evolving NPE Threat in China” Intellectual Asset Management (IAM), J, February 10, 2021
• “Chinese Government Subsidies Fuel Surge In Patents But Experts Warn It’s Quantity Over Quality” South China Morning Post, April 15, 2020
• “US-China Deal’s Patent Rules Will Boost Branded Drug Cos.” Intellectual Asset Management (IAM), January 16, 2020
• My settlement listed as #8 of the top 10 worldwide patent market developments of 2019 by IAM, December 30, 2019
• “China Is Taking Patents Seriously. The World Should Take Notice” The Diplomat, December 12, 2019
• Interview with CNBC International Regarding Chinese Patent Enforcement and the Trade War, October 8, 2019
• “Tempered TIER Tantalises US-China Trade War Thaw” Financier Worldwide, August 2019
• “Apple Pays $1 Billion for Intel Unit in Push for Chip Independence” Reuters, July 25, 2019
• “Huawei Staff Banned from US Offices as Research Arm Futurewei Seeks Split from Chinese Parent After Trade-War Blacklist” South China Morning Post, June 25, 2019
• “Exclusive: Huawei’s U.S. Research Arm Builds Separate Identity” Reuters, June 24, 2019
• “You’re Huawei Off Base on This, Rubio: Lawyers Slam US senator’s Bid to Ban Chinese Giant from Filing Patent Lawsuits” The Register (UK), June 21, 2019
• “S. Firm Interdigital Still Expects to Strike a 5G Deal with Huawei” CGTN (China Global Television Network), a Chinese international English-language news channel of the state-owned China Global Television Network group, part of the China Central Television (CCTV), May 23, 2019
• “InterDigital Expects to be Able to License 5G Tech to Huawei, Despite U.S. Ban” Reuters, May 20, 2019
• “All the Major China IP Stories You Missed Over the Holidays” Intellectual Asset Management (IAM), January 4, 2018
• “Qualcomm Seeks China Sales Ban on iPhone XS and XR” Financial Times, December 13, 2018
• “Revealed: The Chinese Patents That Earned Qualcomm an iPhone Injunction” Intellectual Asset Management (IAM), December 11, 2018
• “Huawei Arrest Row Could Backfire On The US And End Up Damaging Apple, China Warns” Huffington Post, November 12, 2018
• “China Positioning Itself As A World IP Rights Leader” IP Wire, August 31, 2018
• “Qualcomm Shows How to Learn from China Mistakes” Financial Times, August 7, 2018
• “Criminal Charges Against Shanghai Patent Trolls Could Lead To A Broader NPE Debate in China,” Intellectual Asset Management (IAM), July 26, 2018
• “Injunctive Relief Around the World,” Intellectual Property Magazine, Webinar, July 12, 2018
• “Huawei vs. Samsung Patent Lawsuit Shows The Growing Power of Chinese Courts” Gizmo China, June 12, 2018
• “Huawei Patent Case Shows Chinese Courts’ Rising Clout,” Reuters, June 11, 2018
• “Chinese Courts Curb IP Theft as US Sees Bigger Threat,” Financial Times, May 29, 2018
• “Trump Tweet Brings Sense of Relief, Uncertainty at China’s ZTE,” Bloomberg, May 14, 2018
• “Qualcomm To Refile China Antitrust Application For $44 Billion NXP Takeover: Sources” Reuters, April 16, 2018
• “Qualcomm Seeks More Time on China NXP Approval” Mobile World Live, April 2018
• “China’s Standard-Essential Patents Challenge From Latecomer to (Almost) Equal Player?” Special Report, Centre for International Governance Innovation or its Board of Directors, Dieter Ernst, 2017
• “Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights in China,” Panel Moderator, US Patent & Trademark Office Road Show, Chicago, October 20, 2017
• “Patently Tough: Long Road Ahead For Qualcomm In China Case Against Apple” Reuters, October 17, 2017
• “Don’t Expect A Chinese iPhone Injunction Anytime Soon in the Qualcomm v. Apple Fight” Intellectual Asset Management (IAM), October 16, 2017
• “Long, Rough Road Ahead For Qualcomm and Apple in Chinese Courts” Apple Insider, October 2017
• “Chinese President Xi Jinping Says Infringers Should Be Punished and Pay a Heavy Price” IP Watchdog, July 23, 2017
• “Dominion Harbor Teams Up With Top-Rated Local Law Firm To License Kodak Portfolio in China” Intellectual Asset Management (IAM), June 29, 2017
• “Why China Should Top Your List of Countries for Foreign Patent Filing” Sunstein Law IP Update, June 2017
• “Enclave of Ingenuity: The Plan and Promise of the Beijing Intellectual Property Court,” Max Goldberg, Yale University EliScholar, May 19, 2017
• “Lone Star Strategies For IP In China,” Panel Member, US Patent & Trademark Office Road Show, Houston, May 2, 2017
• “China Becoming More Attractive For Foreign Patent Owners” IP Law 360, April 19, 2017
• “China Is Rising For Patent Litigation” Lexpert, March 15, 2017
• “China Is Poised to Overtake the U.S. As the Leading Patent System” IP Closeup, January 2017
• “Experts: Void From U.S. Patent “Train Wreck” Is Being Filled By China’s Patent System,” Patexia, January 30, 2017
• “Patent Litigation in China,” Online Presentation, January 2017
• “China Smashes World Patent Record with 1M Filings in a Year” Financial Times, November 24, 2016
• “Patent Trolls: Inside Sony’s Cross-border Patent Infringement” ACC Docket, November 22, 2016
• “At Bottom, Nowhere to Go But Up, Patent Investors Say” Bloomberg BNA, November 18, 2016
• “WiLAN Must Navigate Its Local Relationships with Added Care as It Wades Deeper into the Asian Patent Market” Intellectual Asset Management (IAM), November 8, 2016
• “Canadian Company Wilan Sues Sony in China for Patent Violation,” China Topix, November 7, 2016
• “China’s Patent-Lawsuit Profile Grows” Wall Street Journal, November 7, 2016
• “Sony Sued in China for Patent Infringement: WiLAN’s Move Threatens to Stop Japanese Group from Selling LTE Smartphones in Country” Financial Times, November 6, 2016
• “NPE Assertion Comes to China as WiLAN Subsidiary Files SEP Suit Against Sony in Nanjing” Intellectual Asset Management (IAM), November 4, 2016
• “The Cheap Phone Is Dead in China” Bloomberg, October 19, 2016
• “Global Patent Concerns for 2016: 10 Patent Industry Leaders Provide Their Insight” Legal IQ: Global Patent Congress 2016, September 26, 2016
• “Erich Spangenberg Leads Marathon Patent Group’s ‘Transformational’ Focus On Enforcement in China” The Patent Investor, In-Depth Patent Monetization Coverage, Vol. 31-32, August 29, 2016
• “IP Litigation in China: Foreign Companies Still Face Challenges,” The American Lawyer, August 8, 2016
• “Stronger Chinese Patent Laws Also Help U.S. Companies: Chinese Courts Are Increasingly Receptive To Patent Suits, Even When They Are Lodged By Foreign Firms,” Wall Street Journal, July 20, 2016
• “Korea’s Antitrust Watchdog Hints Qualcomm Can Expect Another Near $1B Fine in Patent Probe,” Intellectual Asset Management (Globe Business Media Group), July 18, 2016
• “NPE Enforcement Thirst In China’s IP Courts May Be More Mirage Than Real Opportunity,” The Patent Investor, In-Depth Patent Monetization Coverage, Vol. 26, July 11, 2016
• “Brexit: What Asia Makes of UK’s Vote to Leave EU,” Campaign, July 7, 2016
• “China’s Innovators Set to Ratchet Up Patent Wars,” Thompson Reuters Breaking News, June 28, 2016
• “Apple May Be Wise to Settle Infringement Dispute With Chinese Startup Shenzhen Baili To Ease Its Access To The Chinese Market,” The Patent Investor, 24, June 27, 2016
• “Qualcomm brings enforcement action against China’s Meizu in Beijing Intellectual Property Court,” The Patent Investor, In-Depth Patent Monetization Coverage, Vol. 24, June 27, 2016
• “WiLAN, Marathon and Others Closely Watch Apple’s Dispute With Chinese Startup Ahead Of Their Own Suits In China,” The Patent Investor, In-Depth Patent Monetization Coverage, Vol. 24, June 27, 2016
• “Qualcomm’s Licensing Model Will Be “Destroyed” If It Can’t Win Key China Case, Says Its Ex-Asian Patent Director,” Intellectual Asset Management (Globe Business Media Group), June 27, 2016
• “Apple Should Settle Patent Dispute In China To Ease Access To Chinese Market,” PatentVue from EnvisionIP, June 27, 2016
• “Honeymoon Over as Apple Hit with Patent Challenge In China,” Australian Business Review, June 20, 2016
• “Qualcomm Caught in Patent Wars in China,” New York Post, June 24, 2016
• “Apple Can’t Sell iPhone In China: Patent Issue” The Siasat Daily, June 18, 2016
• “Apple Ordered To Stop Selling iPhone 6 in China Following Patent Dispute,” Shanghaiist, June 18, 2016
• “Apple’s Challenges In China Underlined By Patent Dispute; iPhone Patent Case Adds To Increasingly Tough Environment For Western Companies,” Wall Street Journal, June 17, 2016
• “View From the Desk of Erick Robinson, China IP Law Expert,” Licensing Economics Review, June 1, 2016
• “‘Dawn Raid’ Drills May Become De Rigueur as Chinese Authorities Swoop,” Financial Times, November 20, 2015