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Brock S. Weber

Partner
San Francisco

Partner, San Francisco

T: +1.415.983.1059
T: +1.415.983.1059

Areas of Focus

Brock achieved for us exactly what we hoped as the ideal outcome.
—Dean Sappey, President and Co-Founder of DocsCorp

Brock Weber is a litigator with extensive first chair experience helping clients succeed in their complex intellectual property disputes.

Brock focuses on intellectual property litigation, including patent litigation and trade secrets disputes. He handles matters through trial, but takes pride in developing strategies for successful early resolution. His technical background includes industry experience as a software engineer, a systems analyst and web developer.

Brock has successfully litigated all aspects of patent disputes, in particular, including through trial and in Covered Business Method and inter partes review proceedings. Brock represents global clients in industries such as semiconductor design and fabrication, wireless communications, distributed processing, remote storage, network security, network communications, digital media, medical device, video game technology and chemical processes.

Representative Experience

  • Represented leading internet companies in consolidated patent infringement actions related to distributed processing technology; obtained judgment on the pleadings invalidating all three asserted patents for claiming unpatentable subject matter; the judgment was affirmed by the Federal Circuit (Fed. Cir.); (N.D. Cal.).
  • Counseled a social networking company in a patent infringement action relating to online marketplaces; obtained dismissal of litigation after successfully invalidating the asserted patent in a Covered Business Method review before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (D. Del.); (PTAB).
  • Defended a leading technology company through trial on three patents that covered searching and indexing technology; obtained complete defense victory on JMOL with potential damages exceeding $1 billion (E.D. Tex.).

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  • Represented leading internet companies in consolidated patent infringement actions related to distributed processing technology; obtained judgment on the pleadings invalidating all three asserted patents for claiming unpatentable subject matter; the judgment was affirmed by the Federal Circuit (Fed. Cir.); (N.D. Cal.).
  • Counseled a social networking company in a patent infringement action relating to online marketplaces; obtained dismissal of litigation after successfully invalidating the asserted patent in a Covered Business Method review before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (D. Del.); (PTAB).
  • Represented a leading semiconductor fabricator in multiple patent lawsuit regarding fabrication technologies; successfully moved to transfer from E.D. Tex. to N.D. Cal., where we prevailed on a motion to dismiss for lack of standing (E.D. Tex.); (N.D. Cal.).
  • Counseled a leading technology company in a patent suit concerning digital rights management and encryption technology (N.D. Cal.).
  • Counseled a leading technology company through trial on three patents that covered searching and indexing technology; obtained complete defense victory on JMOL (E.D. Tex.).
  • Represented leading technology companies in a patent infringement action relating to distributed file system technology (D. Del.).
  • Counseled for leading DRAM memory manufacturer in four separate patent infringement suits, each with multiple patents-in-suit (C.D. Cal.).
  • Counseled a television company in a patent infringement action relating to MPEG-2 technology (C.D. Cal.).
  • Patent Litigation
    • Counseled an enterprise software company in a patent infringement action relating to database access control technology (D. Conn.).
    • Represented leading technology companies in related patent cases concerning searching and indexing technology (E.D. Tex.).
    • Counseled a leading technology company in a patent dispute concerning digital image processing and display technology (D. Del.).
    • Counseled a medical device company in a patent infringement action relating to dental drill assistance technology (D. Del.).
    • Counseled a social networking company in a patent infringement action relating to search technology (D. Del.)
    • Counseled a leading flash drive manufacturer in defending against a patent concerning USB flash drive technology (N.D. Ga.).
    • Counseled an enterprise software company in a patent infringement action relating to metadata removal and document comparison technology; following institution of the asserted patents at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the case settled favorably (E.D.N.C.)
    • Counseled an enterprise software company in a patent infringement action relating to metadata removal technology (M.D.N.C.)
    • Counseled an Internet company in a patent infringement action relating to mortgage lender database technology (W.D.N.C.).
    • Counseled for a Taiwanese electronics company in a patent infringement action relating to LED technology (D. Mass.).
    • Counseled a leading cloud storage company in a patent dispute concerning remote storage Technology (E.D. Tex.).
    • Counseled a network security company in a patent dispute concerning blade server technology (E.D. Tex.).
    • Counseled a Taiwanese technology company in a patent infringement action relating to optical disk drive technology (E.D. Tex.).
    • Counseled a financial payments company in a patent infringement action regarding data entry terminals and databases (D. Del.).
    • Counseled a television company in a patent infringement action relating to MPEG-2 technology (S.D. Fla.).
    • Counseled a Japanese technology company in a patent infringement suit involving secured network communications (E.D. Tex.).
    • Represented a Japanese gaming company in a patent suit regarding interactive gaming technology (E.D. Tex.).
    • Represented a large vehicle manufacturer in a patent dispute concerning network authentication technology (C.D. Cal.).
    • Represented a chemical manufacturer in a patent suit concerning rubber chemical additives (N.D. Ohio).
    • Represented a Japanese technology company in a patent dispute concerning blade server technology (E.D. Tex.); (D. Del).
  • USPTO Proceedings
    • Counsel for a social networking company in a Covered Business Method (CBM) proceeding challenging a patent relating to on-line marketplaces; successfully obtained invalidation of the patent in a Final Written Determination (PTAB).
    • Counsel for an enterprise software company in Inter Partes Review (IPR) proceedings challenging two patents relating to metadata removal technology (PTAB).
    • Counsel for software companies in Inter Partes Review (IPR) proceedings challenging three patents relating to distributed computing (PTAB).
    • Counsel for a medical device company in an IPR proceeding challenging patent relating to dental drill assistance technology (PTAB).
  • Trade Secrets Litigation
    • Counsel for a music technology company in a trade secrets action concerning computer software for management and cloud storage of music files (D. Mass)
  • Complex Commercial Litigation
    • Counsel for a Taiwanese solar company in a breach of contract action concerning polycrystalline silicon (Mich. Cir. Ct.).
    • Counsel for a Taiwanese technology company in a breach of contract, unjust enrichment and unfair competition action concerning interactive display advertisements (D. Mass).

Professional Highlights

  • Northern California Rising Star, Super Lawyers (2017 – 2018)

Recent Presentations

  • Speaker: “The Risk and Reach of Patent Infringement Damages for Global Businesses,” Legal seminar titled “The Changing Tides in Global IP Protection” hosted by Pillsbury, the Taiwan Intellectual Property Training Academy and the National Taiwan University College of Law, Center for Law, Technology and Ethics, Taipei City, Taiwan, June 2018

Education

  • J.D., The George Washington University Law School, 2008
    Associate Editor, The George Washington University International Law Review, Thurgood Marshall Scholar

    B.S., Computer Science, University of Wisconsin, 2003
    with distinction

Admissions

  • California

Courts

  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

    U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

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