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My practice focuses on intellectual property, business litigation, and corporate formation and governance.  I have represented clients in trademark, copyright, breach of contract, unfair competition, internet, gaming, and sports and entertainment matters, and has also advised clients on corporate structuring and asset protection issues.. I have litigated cases in state and federal courts and have represented clients in private arbitration.  I recently defended multiple clients in a trademark, copyright, and patent infringement case, securing a dismissal for all clients on a motion for summary judgment.  I also successfully represented multiple clients in trademark disputes before the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

I represent high-technology companies in various intellectual property matters, including prosecution, litigation, transactions, and counseling involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, domain names, and trade secrets.. Practice Areas. I am a patent attorney with over 20 years of experience in the intellectual property field. My practice focuses on the acquisition, protection, licensing, and litigation of intellectual property.. My practice includes preparing and prosecuting patent applications in diverse technical areas, including computer hardware and software, communication networks, telephony, radar, signal processing, electrical and electronic medical devices, Internet-related applications, semiconductors, image and video compression, and analog circuits.. I am often called upon to assess intellectual property portfolios, evaluate the strength of competitors’ portfolios, negotiate and draft licenses, and conduct infringement and validity analyses.. Representative Legal Experience. I am a member of my clients’ litigation teams, often as lead counsel on patent issues. I have defended against charges of patent infringement for some of the world’s best-known companies in the fields of microprocessor architecture, hard disk drives, semiconductor packaging, printers, video game distribution systems, and cardiac pacemakers.. I have also asserted patents relating to plasma displays, digital video recorders, and semiconductor circuits.. I recently prepared and prosecuted patent applications for Internet-based mapping applications, video signal processing, and software simulator/debugger systems.. I have taught a course on International Intellectual Property Transactions at Stanford Law School as an Adjunct Professor.

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I am an attorney specializing in intellectual property (patent, trade secret, trademark & copyright law) litigation and transactions.  I have a broad technical background in science and engineering, with a focus on biomedical engineering and semiconductor/MEMS engineering (M.S. UCLA, B.S. UC San Diego).  I have considerable experience litigating intellectual property cases before federal courts, the International Trade Commission (ITC), and the USPTO. Patent applications I have drafted span a variety of fields including consumer products, semiconductors, medical devices, electronics, and mechanical. My clients range from individual inventors and start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.  I have over 15 years of legal experience gained at major law firms and corporations.

David A. Robinson is the Executive Partner of Holland & Knight's Newport Beach office. Martindale-Hubble AV+ rated for more than 30 years and a Southern California Super Lawyer, Mr. Robinson focuses in complex business trials and arbitrations, has appeared as counsel in over 10 states, and serves as outside general counsel and chief legal strategist for select clients.. Mr. Robinson's clientele includes corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and other business entities, industry associations, governmental agencies, high-net-worth individuals and family offices. Licensed in California, Colorado and Nevada, Mr. Robinson has successfully prosecuted and defended cases involving real estate acquisition and development, land use, water rights, environmental and regulatory (e.g., Clean Air Act) disputes, unfair competition, trade secret misappropriation, corporate governance (e.g., disputes involving shareholder voting rights, stock buyouts, mergers, acquisitions, the appointment of provisional corporate directors and other corporate control issues), patent and trademark infringement, healthcare (on behalf of hospitals and physician groups), breach of contract, fraud, false arrest, defamation, product liability, wrongful death, First and Fifth Amendment, civil and voting rights, wrongful discharge, employment practices, Ponzi schemes and taxation,. In addition, Mr. Robinson has extensive experience litigating shareholder derivative actions filed in federal and state courts.. Before joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Robinson founded and served as the president of a business law firm that focused in trial, appellate, transactional, labor and real estate matters. After completing law school, he interned with the Hon. Joseph R. Grodin of the California Supreme Court.. Mr. Robinson presently serves as the chairman of the University of California at Riverside's A. Gary Anderson School of Business Dean's Council, formerly served as a member of the California State Bar Judicial Evaluations Nominations Commission (JNE), chairman of the Orange County Bar Association Legislative Affairs Committee, member of Chapman Law School's Board of Visitors, chairman of the Irvine Valley College Foundation, and as vice president of Finance and Strategic Planning for the Boy Scouts of America, Orange County Council.. Mr. Robinson's reported decisions include: Barnes, Crosby, FitzGerald & Zeman LLP v. Jerome L. Ringler, 212 Cal. App. 4th 172 (2012); Choi v. Orange County Great Park Corp, 175 Cal. App. 4th 524 (2009); Ekstrom v. Marquesa at Monarch Beach Homeowners Association, 168 Cal. App. 4th 1111 (2008); Joseph P. Saline v. Superior Court (Commonwealth Energy Corporation), 100 Cal. App. 4th 909 (2002); and Videotape Plus Inc. v. Lyons, 89 Cal. App. 4th 156 (2001).