Jack Ko, Ph.D.

Jack has 10 years of hands-on technical experience in the design, processing (including MBE, MOCVD,  vapor  deposition, e-beam deposition, chemical etching, reactive ion etching, photolithography and ion implantation); testing (including SEM, TEM, SIMS, AFM, X-ray diffraction), and packaging (including chemical mechanical polishing, wire-bonding, flip-chip bonding, wafer bonding, SOC) of GaAs, InP and GaN-based semiconductor devices (including lasers, detectors, transistors, modulators, diodes, LEDs). In addition, Jack is the inventor of several patents in the field of high-performance optoelectronic devices.

• Inventor of U.S. Patent No. 6,959,027 entitled, “High-Power Coherent Arrays of Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers.”
• Inventor of U.S. Patent No. 7,078,741 entitled, “Enhanced Photodetectors.”
• Inventor of U.S. Patent No. 7,348,607 entitled, “Planar Avalanche Photodiode.”
• Inventor of U.S. Patent No. 7,348,608 entitled, “Planar Avalanche Photodiode.”
• Inventor of U.S. Patent No. 7,468,503 entitled, “Pin Photodetector with Mini-Mesa Contact Layer.”

• ITC Section 337 Action
  • Walbro LLC v. Fujian Hualong Carburetor Co. Ltd. et al. (337-TA-1123)
    Counsel for Fujian Hualong in a five-patent case concerning carburetors; successfully helped the respondent to obtain consent order.
  • Ultravision Technologies LLC v. GLIC LED Displays Inc., et al. (337-TA-1114)
    Counsel for GLIC LED in a two-patent case concerning LED displays; case settled.
  • Straight Path IP Group Inc. v. AmTRAN Technology Co. Ltd., et al. (337-TA-892)
    Counsel for AmTRAN in a three-patent case concerning point-to-point network communication devices; case settled.
  • FlashPoint Technology Inc. v. HTC Corporation, HTC America Inc., et al. (337-TA-850)
    Counsel for HTC in a four-patent case concerning various camera functionality and image processing systems in smart phones; win at trial and final ID.
  • Pragmatus AV LLC v. ASUSTeK Computer Inc. et al. (337-TA-839)
    Counsel for ASUS in a five-patent case concerning teleconferencing technologies; case settled.
  • Graphic Properties Holding Inc. v. HTC Corporation, HTC America Inc., et al. (337-TA-836)
    Counsel for HTC in four-patent case concerning CPU architecture, graphics processing and flat panel technologies; case settled.
  • FlashPoint Technology Inc. v. HTC Corporation, HTC America Inc., et al. (337-TA-726)
    Counsel for HTC in a three-patent case concerning camera functionality in smart phones; win at trial and initial ID; final ID affirmed by CAFC.
  • IBM v. ASUSTeK Computer Inc. and ASUS Computer International (337-TA-628)
    Counsel for ASUS in patent litigation concerning products implementing power supplies, variable speed fans and Network Address Port Translation; win at trial and initial ID, Commission decided not to review initial ID, which became the final ID, and case subsequently settled.
  • JDS Uniphase Corp. adv. Syntune AB, Cyoptics Inc., et al. (337-TA-662)
    Counsel for Syntune AB and Cyoptics Inc. in patent litigation concerning tunable semiconductor lasers and laser assemblies; case settled.

• District Court Action
  • Thompson v. TCT Mobile Inc.et al
    U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
    Counsel for TCT in a two-patent case before Judge Andrews concerning a filter for communications on mobile device; case pending.
  • Cellular Communications Equipment v. ZTE Corporation, ZTE (USA) Inc., et al.
    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
    Counsel for ZTE in a three-patent case before Judge Fitzwater concerning mobile communications and devices; case settled.
  • Cellular Communications Equipment v. HTC Corporation, HTC America Inc., et al.
    U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
    Counsel for HTC in a four-patent case before Judge Mitchell concerning mobile communications and devices; case settled.
  • Cellular Communications Equipment v. ZTE Corporation, ZTE (USA) Inc., ZTE Solutions Inc., et al.
    U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
    Counsel for ZTE in a four-patent case before Judge Mitchell concerning mobile communications and devices; case settled.
  • Cellular Communications Equipment v. HTC Corporation, HTC America Inc., et al.
    U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
    Counsel for HTC in a two-patent case before Judge Davis concerning mobile communications and devices; case settled.
  • Cellular Communications Equipment v. ZTE Corporation, ZTE (USA) Inc., ZTE Solutions Inc., et al.
    U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
    Counsel for ZTE in a two-patent case before Judge Davis concerning mobile communications and devices; case settled.
  • Semcon IP Inc. v. ZTE(TX) Inc., ZTE(USA) Inc., ZTE Corporation.
    U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
    Counsel for ZTE in a four-patent case before Judge Gilstrap concerning adaptive power control; case settled.
  • Evolv, LLC v. Joyetech USA, Inc., et al.
    U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
    Counsel for Joyetech USA in a patent case before Judge Carney concerning electronic cigarettes; successfully defended client against plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction.
  • e-Watch, Inc. v. HTC Corporation and HTC America Inc., et al.
    U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
    Counsel for HTC in a two-patent case before Judge Gilstrap concerning camera functionality in smartphones; case settled.
  • Immersion Corporation v. HTC Corporation, HTC America Inc.
    U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
    Counsel for HTC in a four-patent case before Judge Andrews concerning haptics functionality in smartphones; case settled.
  • Flashpoint v. HTC Corp., et al.
    U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
    Counsel for HTC in patent litigation before Judge Sleet concerning 10 patents related to camera functionality in smartphones; case settled.
  • Round Rock Research v. ASUSTeK Computer Inc. and ASUS Computer International
    U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
    Counsel for ASUS in a nine-patent case before Judge Andrews concerning DDR DRAM memory (data strobe, ODT and write leveling), SSD NAND flash memory, LCD, Bluetooth, USB 3.0, BIOS, CMOS image sensor components in ASUS PC-related products; case settled.
  • ASUSTeK Computer Inc. and ASUS Computer International v. Round Rock Research
    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
    Counsel for ASUS in a six-patent case before Judge Tigar concerning flash memory, DDR DRAM memory and image sensor components in ASUS PC-related products; case settled.
  • Personal Audio LLC v. HTC Corporation and HTC America Inc., et al.
    U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
    Counsel for HTC in a two-patent case before Judge Clark concerning audio playlist functionality; case settled.
  • Transcenic Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., et al.
    U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
    Counsel for Microsoft in patent litigation related to mobile mapping functionality; case settled.
  • Largan Precision Co. Ltd. v. Fujinon Corporation
    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
    Counsel for declaratory judgment plaintiff Largan in patent litigation concerning optical lens structures; case settled.
  • Fujinon Corporation v. HTC Corp. and HTC America Inc.
    U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
    Counsel for HTC in patent litigation concerning optical lens structures found in cellular phones; case settled.
  • ATEN International Co. Ltd., and ATEN Technology Inc. v. Emine Technology Co. Ltd., Belkin International Inc., and Belkin Inc.
    U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
    Counsel for ATEN in patent litigation concerning KVM switches; case settled.
  • Figa v. HTC Corp.
    U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
    Counsel for HTC in patent litigation related to caller-id functionality on mobile phones; case settled.
  • ASUSTeK Computer Inc. and ASUS Computer International v. IBM
    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
    Counsel for ASUS in patent litigation concerning products implementing power supplies, variable speed fans and Network Address Port Translation; successfully obtained stay of case after a year into litigation, and case subsequently case settled.
  • ASUSTeK Computer Inc. v. IBM
    U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
    Counsel for ASUS in patent litigation concerning storage area network, servers, wired and wireless routers, gigabit switches and personal navigation devices; obtained favorable Markman order and case subsequently case settled just prior to exchange of initial expert reports.
  • Innovative Patented Technology LLC v. HTC Corp. and HTC America Inc.
    U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
    Counsel for HTC in patent litigation concerning cellular phones; case settled.
  • Monolithic Power Systems Inc. v. Chip Advanced Technologies Inc.
    U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
    Counsel for MPS in patent litigation concerning DC-DC converters having bootstrap power supplies; case settled.

• Maximizing Prospects of Patent Litigation Success, June 2018
• Inter Partes Review and Patent Litigation, October 2017
• Inter Partes Review and Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard, June 2017
• Freedom-to-Operate, May 2017
• Induced Infringement and Case Analysis, June 2016
• IP Issues and Challenges for Taiwanese Startup Companies, September 2015
• Responding to a Third-Party Subpoena, July 2014
• Mock Deposition: How Cases are Won and Lost Through Depositions, December 2013
• Fighting Patent Battles in the United States: Strategies and Tactics for Taiwanese Companies, October 2012
• Strategies and Tactics in Managing U.S. Patent Disputes and Effective Licensing Negotiations, July 2012
• Strategies and Tactics in Managing U.S. Patent Disputes and Building Patent Portfolio, March 2012
• Associations
  • San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association
  • San Diego County Bar Association