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Y. Ernest Hsin

Y. Ernest
Hsin

Partner

CONTACT INFO

ehsin@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 415.393.8224

FAX:+1 415.374.8436

San Francisco

555 Mission Street, Suite 3000, San Francisco, CA 94105-0921 USA

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PRACTICE

Intellectual Property FDA and Health Care International Arbitration Life Sciences Litigation

BIOGRAPHY

Ernest Hsin is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s San Francisco office and is Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s National Intellectual Property Practice Group.  Mr. Hsin specializes in high-tech and life sciences patent litigation, representing his clients as lead or co-lead counsel in federal district courts, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the U.S. International Trade Commission, and the International Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Hsin represents leading technology and life sciences companies in some of their most significant intellectual property and technology disputes.  Companies he represents and has represented include: Peloton, Fitbit, Tesla, Merck, VMware, Nestlé, T-Mobile, Avi Networks, Sanofi-Aventis, Amazon.com, Hewlett-Packard, St. Jude Medical, Johnson & Johnson, Ethicon, Electronic Arts, Sharp, Emulex, and CNET (CBS Interactive).

Mr. Hsin is also active in pro bono matters, as well as in the legal community.  He has served on the Board of Directors of the Asian Law Alliance, an organization that provides free legal services to under-resourced Asian communities in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Mr. Hsin received a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1998 and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1995.  He is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Representative Matters

  • Lead counsel for Tesla, Inc. and SolarCity Corp. in an international arbitration regarding solar energy technology in Mexico
  • Co-lead counsel for Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. in a multi-patent case involving implantable contraceptive devices
  • ITC and district court counsel for Fitbit, Inc. in multiple cases relating to consumer fitness-tracking devices
  • Counsel for VMware in multiple lawsuits relating to cloud computing and software technology
  • Counsel for T-Mobile U.S., Inc. in multiple multi-patent cases in the Eastern District of Texas involving standards essential telecommunications patents
  • Counsel for Sanofi-Aventis in a multi-patent case involving diabetes drugs and injection devices
  • Counsel for Amazon.com in a multi-patent case involving the delivery of electronic books
  • Counsel for Hewlett-Packard in a patent case involving computer locking technology
  • Counsel for Electronic Arts in multiple patent cases relating to videogame technologies

EDUCATION

Columbia University - 1998 Juris Doctor

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 1995 Bachelor of Science

ADMISSIONS

California Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Firm News - May 17, 2023 | Ernest Hsin Named 2023 Top Intellectual Property Lawyer
Client Alert - February 24, 2022 | Supreme Court Holds That A Mistake Of Law Can Excuse An Inaccurate Copyright Registration
Client Alert - June 29, 2021 | Supreme Court Upholds, But Limits, The Doctrine Of Patent Assignor Estoppel
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