Eric B. Young
Eric has extensive experience running complex, technical cases through trial in federal courts across the country. He focuses his practice on preparing and running high‑stakes patent and commercial disputes to verdict and has built a strong record of success in the nation’s most active jurisdictions—including federal courts in California, Texas, Delaware, and Virginia, as well as the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.
Over the past several years, Eric has served as counsel involved in numerous jury trials for leading technology companies, securing favorable verdicts on noninfringement, invalidity, and other tort and statutory claims. His team has tried and won cases in many of the major patent venues, with experience spanning more than a dozen matters taken to or prepared for trial. This consistent, hands‑on trial work has made Eric a go‑to litigator for cases expected to reach the courtroom.
- Amazon.com
- Giganews
- Intuit
- OSIsoft
- SEGA of America
- “A Bridge over the Patent Trolls: Using Antitrust Laws to Rein in Patent Aggregators,” UC Law SF Journal, December 2016
- Freshub, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al. (W.D. Tex.): Eric served on a trial team that successfully secured a defense verdict for Amazon in a patent dispute in the Western District of Texas against competitor Freshub, which was seeking $246 million in damages; a jury found that Amazon’s Alexa-powered smart home devices did not infringe patents held by Freshub.
- Innovation Sciences v. Amazon.com, Inc. (E.D. Tex.): Eric served on a trial team that successfully secured a defense verdict of non-infringement and invalidity, including a rare jury verdict relating to patent ineligibility, for defendant Amazon in the Eastern District of Texas.
- TrackThings LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al. (W.D. Tex): Eric served on a trial team that successfully defended against TrackThings LLC’s claims of infringement involving wireless mesh technology. The jury found no infringement, marking a significant victory for innovation and strengthening Amazon’s position.
- TrackTime, LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al. (D. Del): Eric led trial preparations for a team that obtained a full defense verdict for Amazon by a Delaware federal jury in a long-running patent dispute against TrackTime related to Amazon’s Music and Audible services.
- Broadband iTV, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al. (W.D. Tex.): Eric served on a trial team that successfully invalidated five patents asserted by plaintiff, Broadband iTV, under 35 U.S.C. § 101. In the order, Judge Albright found the plaintiff’s patents covered generic ideas and where thus invalid. The ruling put an end to BBiTV’s case in which it alleged that Amazon Prime Video, accessed via Fire TV, Fire tablets, and mobile apps, infringes five patents related to video-on-demand.
- IPA Techs., Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al. (D. Del.): Represented Amazon in a patent infringement case brought by IPA Technologies in the District of Delaware, and successfully invalidated three patents directed to natural language processing technology on the pleadings under § 101, and later in the case secured summary judgment of non-infringement on the remaining patents.
- Giganews, Inc. v. Zada (C.D. Cal.): Secured a favorable jury verdict and award of punitive damages in federal trial against Perfect 10 and its CEO for the CEO’s fraudulent transfer of money from the company.
- Hill et al. v. Goodfellow Top Grade (N.D. Cal.): Eric served on a trial team and obtained a favorable jury verdict for indigent plaintiffs seeking damages against employer for Title VII sex and race discrimination.