Robert Benson

Practice Areas

Robert’s practice focuses on representing Taiwan companies in high-stakes U.S. patent disputes including district court litigation and ITC investigations, as well as USPTO post-grant proceedings, licensing, and patent monetization.

For 35 years, Robert Benson has dedicated his career to helping clients resolve their most challenging legal disputes and prevail in high-stakes patent litigation. Robert blends his commitment to serving others with his legal acumen, creativity, integrity, and collaborative team building to attain the best possible results for his clients. He has a long track record of successfully representing both plaintiffs and defendants in district court litigation, ITC investigations, and USPTO post-grant proceedings.

Robert has focused on serving clients in Asia for the past 25 years. Robert has deep relationships in the Taiwan legal community and is a leader in the firm's Taiwan practice. For the past 9 years, Robert has been ranked by Chambers in the U.S. for the "IP-Foreign Expert for Taiwan" category and in the category of "Foreign Experts Based in USA for Taiwan IP" and has frequently been the only attorney ranked in these categories.

With a focus on navigating the unique issues that arise in multinational litigation and cross-border disputes, Robert has represented leading Taiwan-based companies in a wide range of industries, including the semiconductor industry (e.g., fabless semiconductor companies and semiconductor foundries) and companies that design, manufacture, and supply a wide range of consumer electronics products and components, such as LCD panels, IFP displays, LED products, controllers and memory devices, personal and laptop computers, network devices, and telecommunications equipment.

Robert has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state courts, litigated Section 337 investigations through Final Determinations in the ITC, litigated Part 177 proceedings before the EOEB of CBP, successfully represented both patent owners and challengers in USPTO post-grant proceedings, obtained injunctive relief, and argued before the Federal Circuit. Robert has represented clients in licensing and monetizing their patent portfolios. Robert has also organized and led some of the largest IP conferences previously held in Taiwan.

Professional Memberships

State Bar of California; Registered Foreign Attorney, Taiwan; United States Courts of Appeals for the Federal and Ninth Circuits; United States District Courts for the Central, Northern, Southern, and Eastern Districts of California; United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Personal

J.D., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law 1990

Order of the Coif

B.S., Aeronautical Operations, School of Engineering, San Jose State University 1987

President's Scholar