Pete is a seasoned Silicon Valley technology lawyer with a global vision in advising technology, energy, and healthcare clients across different regions, with an emphasis in cross-border transactions between Silicon Valley and China. Pete has successfully advised, completed and developed patent portfolio strategy, patent prosecution, patent office litigation, high-stakes cross-border intellectual property litigation, commercial litigation and corporate transactions. He was formerly a partner in the Palo Alto office of Dentons US LLP.
His work has encompassed cloud computing, search engines, smartphone technologies, artificial intelligence, robotics, drones, autonomous vehicles, solar energy, stem cells, and healthcare.
Pete has represented leading U.S., Chinese, and European technology, energy, and life science companies and venture funds for the past 20 years. The following are among the clients he has represented:
Apple
Cisco
AMD
Varian Medical Systems
Sony
Nintendo
TSMC
Tencent
Lenovo
MOFCOM
SunPower
JA Solar
Bright Oceans Corporation
Sequoia Capital
Venrock
Education
J.D., Syracuse University College of Law, Dean’s List
University of California, Davis School of Law, Visiting Law Student
M.S., Electrical Engineering, San Jose State University; Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu
B.S., Electrical Engineering, San Diego State University
Admissions
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York
California
Washington (inactive)
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Patent and Commercial Litigation
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University v. Chiang Fang Chi-yi et al. (N.D. Cal.).Representing one of the heirs of Chiang Kai-Shek on an interpleader action to resolve diaries and deposits held at Hoover Institution.
Finisar Corp. v. Nistica, Inc. (N.D. Cal.).Representing Nistica, a subsidiary of Fujikura, Ltd., in a six-patent infringement lawsuit between competitors Finisar Corp. and Nistica involving wavelength selective switches (WSS) and reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM), micro electronic mechanical system (MEMS) mirrors and liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) technology for optical switching.
Halo Electronics v. Bel Fuse (N.D. Cal.). Represented the plaintiff in a patent infringement litigation involving power transformers.
Confidential Japanese Multinational (Fed. Cir.). Represented the defendant in defense of patent infringement involving electronic gaming console.
Confidential Chinese Client. Conducting a comprehensive analysis of the Waymo LLC v. Uber Technologies, Inc. litigation in assessing the trade secrets, patents, employment, civil litigation, arbitration, regulatory, and criminal investigation risks involving autonomous vehicles technologies and providing corresponding recommendations.
SunPower. Represented SunPower against AUO in an ICC’s International Court of Arbitration in resolving patent infringement allegations and a joint venture dispute.
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v. TCL Communication Technlogy Holdings, Ltd. et al. (Russia). Representing MediaTek as a third party in the patent infringement litigation on a wireless modem-baseband chipset.
Techno Licensing LLC v. Tait North America, Inc. (E.D. Tx.). Represented defendant on a patent infringement allegation over a two-way radio wireless communication platform.
RFJ Licensing, LLC v. Tait Radio, Inc. (N.D.Tx.).Represented defendant on a patent infringement allegation over a two-way radio wireless communication platform.
Hemlock Semiconductor Ptd. Ld. v. JA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co. Ltd (N.Y. Sup. Ct.).Represented defendant on a long-term supply contract dispute with take or pay provisions.
Hemlock Semiconductor Ptd. Ld. v. Jinglong Industry and Commerce Group Co., Ltd. (N.Y. Sup. Ct.). Representing defendant on a long-term supply contract dispute with take or pay provisions.
Lenovo. Conducted industrywide smartphone patent litigation risk analysis in the US, Japan and Europe across major players and key enabling technologies.
Personalized User Model, LLP v. Google, Inc. (D. Del.). Represented plaintiff in a parallel patent infringement district court and PTAB actions involving personalized Internet search technology.
Shared Medical Resources, LLC & CDX Diagnostics, Inc. v. Histologics LLC (C.D.Ca.). Represented defendant Histologics LLC in patent infringement litigation between competitor medical device companies involving minimally invasive biopsy products.
Actel Corporation v. QuickLogic Corporation (N.D. Cal.). Represented the defendant in a patent infringement litigation involving antifuse field programmable gate arrays.
Akamai Technologies, Inc. and Massachusetts Institute of Technology v. Speedera Networks, Inc. (D. Mass.). Represented the defendant in a patent infringement action involving an Internet content delivery service.
Atmel Corporation v. Information Storage Devices, Inc. (Fed. Cir.). Represented the defendant in patent infringement litigation involving a voice recorder chip.
Corporate Transactions
Bright Oceans Corporation in an asset acquisition of a Nasdaq-listed public company, StemCells, Inc
Confidential Chinese conglomerate in a cross-border investment of autonomous vehicles in a Silicon Valley company
Zhejiang DunAn in a cross-border acquisition of a Silicon Valley technology company developing sensors
Moley Robotics in setting up a worldwide corporate structure
BOE Technologies in conducting due diligence on Nanosys Inc.
BOE Technologies in conducting due diligence on Qeexo, Co.
GCL New Energy in conducting due diligence on project finance of photovoltaic plants
Scalefast in negotiating and completing Series A financing