James S. Hsue

James Hsue provides strategic patent counseling and represents clients before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and foreign patent offices (through international associates) in prosecution, opposition and reexamination proceedings. He renders opinions on patent validity and infringement in relation to patent litigation, licensing, corporate financing and other key matters. James procures patents in a range of technical areas, from semiconductors and software to optical systems, communications and nanotechnology.

Practice Highlights

• Acted as chief intellectual property counsel for medium-size and small companies
• Provided strategic patent counseling for a wide variety of companies, procured U.S. and foreign patents crucial for company success and rendered opinions for product launches, patent litigation, mergers and acquisitions, and initial public offerings
• Successfully overcame challenges to client patents in re-examination proceedings at the U.S. Patent Office:
  • U.S. Patent No. 5,131,755
  • U.S. Patent No. 5,608,526
  • U.S. Patent No. 5,910,842
• Requested re-examination at the U.S. Patent Office of a number of U.S. patents asserted in patent litigation that impacted the litigation:
  • U.S. Patent No. 6,378,114 assigned to Synopsys
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,918,645 assigned to LG Electronics
  • U.S. Patent No. 5,028,122 assigned to Sharp Corporation
• Advised the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in the licensing of technology to Chinese companies for IP trading, and drafted semiconductor intellectual property agreement for outbound and inbound licensing to China and Hong Kong for IP Trading Platform in Hong Kong