Eric Lancaster
Partner
San Francisco
Silicon Valley
Eric Lancaster
Partner
San Francisco
Silicon Valley
Contact details
Eric represents technology and pharmaceutical companies in all aspects of their life cycle. His practice focuses on litigation matters across the country in district courts, the International Trade Commission, Patent Trial and Appeal Board and state courts.
His litigation experience covers intellectual property and antitrust matters spanning a variety of sectors and technologies, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, software, social networking, mobile devices, semiconductors, LCDs and computer hardware. Eric has served as lead counsel for his clients in multiple litigation matters.
In addition to his litigation work, Eric provides strategic and commercial advice to leading multinational companies and has significant experience with IP and commercial due diligence investigations in the context of analyzing complex commercial and technology-related aspects of corporate transactions.
Eric is committed to helping grow and develop the next generation of leaders and giving back to his community. He regularly speaks at events at various law schools and recently participated in a Chambers summer associate podcast. Eric is an adjunct professor at Berkeley Law School, where he teaches Antitrust and Innovation. He serves in a leadership role on the Silicon Valley Urban Debate League's Legal Advisory Committee, which partners with the Silicon Valley Urban Debate League (SVUDL) to help youths from low-income backgrounds tap the power of their voices to compete, excel and change the world through the rigor and thrill of the academic sport of debate. SVUDL empowers low-income students of color, many of whom will become first-generation college students, to unlock the power of their voices to become advocates for themselves, their futures and their communities.
Expertise
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Office
San Francisco
595 Market Street, Suite 950
San Francisco
CA 94105
Silicon Valley
550 High Street, Second Floor
Palo Alto
CA 94301
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted: State Bar of California, 2006
US District Court for the Central District of California
US District Court for the Northern District of California
US District Court for the Southern District of California
US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Academic
JD, Santa Clara University School of Law, 2006
BA & BS (Economics and Chemistry), University of California, Davis, 2002
Related articles
Publications: 06 April 2023
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News: 23 January 2023
Second trial win for A&O's U.S. IP Technology Disputes team on behalf of Wonderland
News: 18 July 2022
Experience highlights
Representing a multinational technology company in association with Nokia's allegations targeting the company’s virtual assistant software application in the ITC.
Lead counsel defending a data infrastructure technology company against Monterey's allegations of patent infringement in the US District courts: District of Delaware and in the Northern District of California
Representing a multinational retail corporation against Regents of the University of California's patent infringement claims relating to Filament LEDs in the ITC and the Central District of CA.
Advised a medical device company, represented in association with a patent infringement case brought by Viveve, Inc., one of its competitors in the Eastern District of Texas.
Expertise
Practices
Sectors
Office
San Francisco
595 Market Street, Suite 950
San Francisco
CA 94105
Silicon Valley
550 High Street, Second Floor
Palo Alto
CA 94301
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted: State Bar of California, 2006
US District Court for the Central District of California
US District Court for the Northern District of California
US District Court for the Southern District of California
US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Academic
JD, Santa Clara University School of Law, 2006
BA & BS (Economics and Chemistry), University of California, Davis, 2002
Other noteworthy experience
Advising:
- Global pharmaceutical company. Lead patent team representing a global pharmaceutical company defending against "reverse payment" antitrust claims.
- Major pharmaceutical company. Represented a major pharmaceutical company in multiple BPCIA matters.
- A multinational retail corporation. Representing this corporation’s global eCommerce division in various patent litigation matters throughout the United States.
- Anthem, Inc. Represented Athem in its defense against the US Department of Justice's lawsuit to block Anthem's $54.2 billion agreement to acquire Cigna Corporation, the largest merger ever in the health insurance industry.
- Leading global technology company. Represented a leading global technology company in multiple recent acquisitions of technology companies.
- A smart home company. Represented a smart home company in a patent infringement case brought by Allure Energy Inc.
- DreamWorks Animation et al . Represented DreamWorks, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Deluxe Entertainment, and Hydraulx in patent litigation involving computer graphics software.
- A multinational technology company. Obtained summary judgment of invalidity of all asserted claims of both patents on behalf of the technology company after all other defendants settled in patent litigation involving social networking systems, as well as award of all requested costs.
- Autodesk, Inc. Obtained complete defense jury verdict of non-infringement and invalidity for Autodesk in a patent infringement suit involving CAD software.
- Chimei InnoLux, InnoLux, and Chi Mei Optoelectronics USA. Obtained Final Determination of non-infringement or invalidity of all five asserted patents on behalf of Respondents Chimei InnoLux, InnoLux, and Chi Mei Optoelectronics USA in Section 337 Investigation involving LCD products. The Federal Circuit upheld the Commission's Final Determination providing a complete victory for our clients.
Awards & accolades
IAM Patent 1000
2022
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