Rob Bertin
Principal and Founder
Rob brings perspectives from 19 years as a partner at top law firms to help large and small businesses efficiently and effectively navigate a wide range of intellectual property (IP) matters.
He has represented clients in some of the most complex and significant patent and technology acquisition matters in the high tech industry, including the purchase and sale of Motorola Mobility, the purchase of Nortel Networks' patent assets out of bankruptcy and the purchase and licensing of Kodak's Digital imaging patent portfolio.
He has successfully tried cases in Federal District Court and at the International Trade Commission and led dozens of litigations involving patent, trademark, copyright, and related issues. He has also handled cases at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and post grant proceedings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
An active participant in bar organizations, Rob has held the Chair and Amicus Curiae Chair positions for the Patent, Trademark and Copyright section of the Bar Association of DC. He has also Chaired the Committee on Ethics in the Patent Profession within the Patent Division of the IP Section of the American Bar Assn.
Rob's practice has been recognized by his peers through his election as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and selection by Super Lawyers as a top IP attorney in Washington, DC (2013 – 2018).
Rob began his career as an engineer at IBM’s Federal Systems Division, where he designed radiation hardened semiconductor chips for satellites. He has been awarded two US Patents for his work at IBM.
Education
- George Mason University School of Law, Juris Doctor
- Virginia Tech, BS Electrical Engineering
Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Virginia
- US Patent and Trademark Office
- US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Representative Cases and Speaking Engagements
Representative Cases
- Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. v. Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Counsel for Cornell, post grant patent appeal)
- Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. v. Cambium Networks, Inc. et al. (Lead counsel for Ubiquiti, copyright, unfair competition, CFAA, breach of contract).
- Datanet v. Dropbox (Counsel for Dropbox, patent)
- Flypsi v. Dialpad (Lead counsel for Dialpad, patent)
- Sentegra, LLC v. LG Electronics MobileComm USA et al. (Lead counsel for LG, patent)
- Orange, 3G Licensing, and Koninklijke KPN. v. BlackBerry et al. (Counsel for BlackBerry, patent)
- Straight Path IP v. Vocalocity d/b/a Vonage Business (Lead counsel for Vonage Business, patent)
- Innovative Display Technologies v BlackBerry Limited et al. (Counsel for Blackberry, patent)
- BlackBerry Limited v. Cypress Semiconductor (Counsel for Blackberry, patent)
- Oculus Info Inc. v. Oculus VR (Counsel for Oculus VR, trademark)
- Red Bend v. Google (Counsel for Google, patent prelim. injunction defense win, aff'd by Fed. Cir.)
- SanDisk v. Alcatel-Lucent (Counsel for SanDisk, patent)
- Klausner v. multiple parties (Lead counsel for multiple parties, patent)
- Northpoint Technology v. MDS America and International (Counsel for MDS, patent, trial win affirmed, 413 F.3d 1301)
- Bavarian Nordic v. Acambis (Counsel for Bavarian Nordic, patent, ITC trial, appeal, settlement)
- H.S. Hospital Service S.P.A. v. Medical Device Technologies (Lead counsel for H.S. Hospital, trademark)
Recent Speaking Engagements
Webinar, 5/29/2019, IP Issues With Emerging Automotive and Mobility Technologies.
Webinar, 11/19/2020, EU Data Transfer and US IP Litigation After Schrems II.
Webinar, 1/19/2021, What You Need to Know about M&A and Investment into AI Companies.
Webinar, 5/25/2021, M&A Academy: M&A and Investment into AI Companies.
Webinar, 6/10/2021, Ready For Launch, Protecting Your IP.
Webinar, 5/12/2022, Hedge Funds Conference, Trends/Market Dev. Panel, Technology, AI and the Metaverse.