Jeannine Yoo Sano
Partner
Jeannine has tried cases in the Eastern, Western, and Northern Districts of Texas, Middle District of Florida, Northern District of Illinois, and Northern District of California, in addition to the International Trade Commission (ITC) and Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). She shares her trial skills with practicing attorneys by regularly participating as faculty for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) and volunteers her time to judge the Federal Bar Association's Moot Court Competition, the American Mock Trial Competition, and the American Bar Association (ABA) National Appellate Advocacy Competition. Jeannine has also been a guest instructor for Notre Dame Law School's trial advocacy program and mock trial and patent law programs at Stanford Law School. She previously served as Chair of the Patent Litigation and ITC Practice Committees of the ABA Section of Intellectual Property.
Related Practices
- Advertising and Marketing Litigation
- Brand and Content Protection
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Trademark Prosecution and Brand Management
- International Trade Commission Section 337 Investigations
- Legislative and Government Affairs
- Trademark Litigation
- Copyrights and Licensing
- Domain Names and Cyber Protection
- Patent Litigation
- Intellectual Property
- International
Experience
Experience
Representative Matters
- Obtained final determination of no violation at the ITC based on non-infringement and invalidity of all four patents involving UMTS/LTE standards asserted against mobile communication modules
- Obtained final written decisions finding all 100+ challenged claims unpatentable in IPRs of four semiconductor manufacturing patents being asserted in 10 district court litigations
- Obtained judgment of invalidity of all asserted patents involving video uploading/publishing in Delaware; affirmed by the Federal Circuit
- Obtained complete defense jury verdict of non-infringement of all accused CAD software products and invalidity of all asserted claims on every ground in the Northern District of Texas; obtained cancellation of all claims in ex parte reexamination
- Obtained final determination of no violation at the ITC as to all five asserted patents relating to LCD manufacturing; affirmed by the Federal Circuit
- Achieved global resolution of litigations following initial determination of no violation at the ITC as to all intervened patents involving mobile device technology
- Resolved a 337 Investigation and corresponding district court litigation involving five patents relating to CMOS image sensors
- Obtained judgment of invalidity of digital streaming patent in the Eastern District of Texas; affirmed by the Federal Circuit
- Obtained judgment of invalidity of computer graphics software patent and denial of Rule 59 motion by the Central District of California; affirmed by the Federal Circuit; Cert. denied
- Obtained judgment of invalidity of all asserted patents involving social networking technology (plus award of all costs following the contested motion) in Delaware; all challenged claims cancelled by the PTAB
- Resolved patent dispute involving RF tuners following jury verdict in the Western District of Texas pending Federal Circuit appeal
- Prevailed in bench trial in trade secret and patent dispute involving online financing technology; appeal dismissed
- Resolved trade secret dispute involving MPEG2 technology following bench trial in the Northern District of Illinois
- Obtained injunction in trade secret misappropriation action involving surgical coils for minimally invasive treatment of aneurysms
- Obtained judgment of dismissal plus award of attorneys' fees in trade secret litigation involving adhesive manufacturing technology; affirmed on appeal
Insights
Insights
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- J.D. University of California at Hastings 1994
- A.B. Human Biology with Honors Stanford University 1989
Bar Admissions
- California
- District of Columbia
- New York
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court for Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Professional Memberships and Activities
- Federal Bar Association
- Women Lawyers of the Eastern District of Texas Advisory Committee
- ITC Trial Lawyers Association
- PTAB Bar Association
- Federal Circuit Bar Association
- Asian Pacific American Bar Association Silicon Valley (APABA-SV)
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA)
- ChIPs
Recognition
Recognition
- IAM Patent 1000, The World's Leading Patent Professionals (Individual Silver Ranking), 2015 –2024
- Daily Journal
- Top Women Lawyers, 2024
- Top Intellectual Property Litigators, 2014
- Top 75 Women Litigators, 2007
- "Prominent Alumni of the University of California Hastings College of the Law in 125 Years of California Law"
- Benchmark Litigation, Local Litigation Star: Intellectual Property, California, 2022 – 2024
- ALM / Law.com California Legal Awards, 30 Women Leaders in Tech Law, 2023
- IAM Strategy 300, World's Leading IP Strategists, 2023
- Managing IP
- IP Stars, 2014 – 2024
- Top 250 Women in IP, 2013
- Northern California SuperLawyers
- Intellectual Property, 2004 – 2024 (among the 0.3% of attorneys with 20 consecutive years of recognition)
- Top 50 Women Lawyers, 2004
- District of Columbia, Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2023 – 2024
- San Francisco Magazine, Top Women Attorneys in Northern California, 2021 – 2022
- Profiles in Diversity Journal, Women Worth Watching, 2020
- National Diversity Council, Top 50 Women Lawyers, 2016
- BTI Consulting, Client Service All-Star, 2012
- Chambers USA, Intellectual Property (Band 3), California, 2008
Community
Community
Personal Activities
- Member, Stanford Alumni Association