Andrew P. Valentine concentrates his practice in patent, intellectual property, high technology, and complex commercial litigation. Mr. Valentine is one of the Pro Bono Coordinators for the firm's Silicon Valley office and was featured in the May 2006 issue of California Lawyer magazine (“Letter from East Palo Alto”).

Recent Matters

• Tried cases for Hewlett-Packard before the International Trade Commission (Washington, D.C.) in spring 2005 and spring 2008.
• Lans v. Hewlett-Packard; Uniboard v. Hewlett-Packard: Obtained summary judgment for Hewlett-Packard in patent infringement cases; argued and prevailed in Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Cambrian v. Maxtor: Obtained summary judgment of patent unenforceability in favor of Maxtor.
• The Produce Exchange v. SBI: Obtained favorable judgment for TPE after two week binding arbitration in dispute relating to database software.
• Hsu v. SSI: Obtained multimillion-dollar jury verdict in a trial relating to the improper re-purchase of former employee's vested shares.
• Obtained million-dollar judgment for a high tech company in binding arbitration over a complex royalty dispute.
• Obtained multimillion-dollar judgment in a trial for a company fraudulently induced into purchasing a shopping center.
• Obtained defense judgment in trial concerning the rights and obligations of a real estate developer and a cable television franchise under a municipal ordinance.
• Obtained summary judgment for a defendant in a case alleging misappropriation of trade secrets.
• Defeated a motion for preliminary injunction in a trademark infringement case involving the use of the term “universal server” in the computer industry.

Berilling

• California
• Supreme Court of California
• United States District Court for the Northern District of California
• United States District Court for the Central District of California
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
• United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Memberships

• Co-chair, Board of Directors, Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto
• Secretary, Board of Directors, Children’s Health Council
• Advisory Committee, Computer & High Technology Law Journal
• Intellectual Property Inns of Court

Clerk Information

• Extern Law Clerk, Judge James Ware, United States District Court, Northern District of California, San Jose, California, 1991