Bao Nguyen

Partner Intellectual Property

Bay Area – San Francisco +1 415 439 1425

Bao Nguyen

Overview

Bao Nguyen’s practice focuses on high-tech patent litigation in the district courts and before the International Trade Commission (ITC) and in IPR proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). He has represented clients in a wide range of technologies, including cellular and Wi-Fi communications, computer and memory systems, semiconductor processing, chip packaging, voice and data networking, network security and intrusion detection, relational databases, digital and analog integrated circuits, circuit emulation, speech recognition and user interface software. In addition, Bao regularly advises clients on strategic patent development and patent portfolio assessment.

Prior to attending law school, Bao worked as a systems analyst and an engineering manager with a large aerospace firm. There, he managed the Systems & Analysis Group and was engaged in the design, analysis and flight testing of many flight control, navigation and other avionic systems for military and commercial aircrafts, including military helicopters and unmanned air vehicles. He also directed R&D in advanced flight control concepts.

Tela v. Intel (ITC and IPRs; semiconductor processing, FinFETs)

Sonrai v. Intel (ITC and IPRs; SoC power management)

Greenthread v. Intel (W.D.Tex. and IPRs; semiconductor processing, FinFETs)

Netgear v. TP-Link (ITC and IPRs; Wi-Fi 6E/7 products, software and standards)

Samsung v. Nvidia (ITC and IPRs; processor architecture, power management integrated circuits, semiconductor processing)

Greenthread v. Samsung (E.D.Tex; semiconductor processing)

Samsung v. Arbor (IPRs; 3D stacked chips, TSVs)

Ericsson v. Lenovo (ITC and IPRs; RF circuits)

Samsung v. Ericsson (ITC, E.D. Tex. and IPRs; 5G/4G/3G and Wi-Fi wireless communications)

Samsung v. Spansion (ITC and E.D. Tex.; flash memories and semiconductor processing)

PACT v. Xilinx (E.D. Tex.; FPGAs, DSPs and reconfigurable processors)

Finjan v. McAfee et al (D.DE; network intrusion detection)

Sprint v. Big River et al (D.KS; networking technologies)

Oracle litigations (E.D. Tex.; Object Relational Mapping software)

Mosaid v. Micron (N.D.CA; DRAMS and PSRAMs)

SigmaTel v. Actions Semiconductor (ITC; MP3 chips technology)

Tessera v. Infineon (chip packaging technology)

Micron v. Rambus (US and Europe, EPO; DRAM technology)

Plasma Physics v. Micron (semiconductor processing technology)

Broadcom v. Agere (analog and digital circuit technologies)

Cisco v. Alcatel (US and Europe; networking technologies)

Micron v. Lucent (DRAM, network security and speech recognition technologies)

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, 1999–2005

Brobeck, Pheleger & Harrison, LLP, 1998–1999

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Memberships & Affiliations

State Bar of California

Federal Circuit Bar Association

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 1998, California
  • Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Courts

  • United States District Court for the Northern District of California1999
  • United States District Court for the Central District of California2000
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit2010

Languages

  • English
  • French
  • Vietnamese

Education

  • University of Chicago Law SchoolJ.D.1998
  • University of California, Los AngelesM.B.A.1992

    University of Southern California (M.S.E.E.)

    Ecole Centrale Paris, France (B.S./M.S.)