REUBEN CHEN
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`OFFICE:
`Palo Alto
`3175 Hanover Street
`Palo Alto, California
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`T: +1 650 843 5480
`F: +1 650 849 7400
`E: rchen@cooley.com
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`PRACTICES:
`Clean Energy & Technologies
`Communications
`Food Litigation
`Intellectual Property
`Intellectual Property Litigation
`Inter Partes Review
`Internet & Social Media
`Life Sciences
`Medical Devices
`Patent Counseling & Prosecution
`Patent Office Litigation
`Semiconductor
`Software
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`Reuben Chen is a partner in the Intellectual Property Litigation practice group and a member of Cooley's
`Llitigation department. He joined the firm in 2003 and is resident in the Palo Alto office.
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`Mr. Chen's practice focuses on intellectual property litigation and counseling, across a wide range of
`technologies, including computer, web, mobile, and communications technologies as well as biotechnology
`and chemistry. He has been recognized repeatedly by Super Lawyers magazine as one of Northern
`California's Rising Stars in IP Litigation.
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`Mr. Chen has successfully handled cases in popular patent litigation venues such as the Northern District
`of California, the Eastern District of Texas, and the District of Delaware, as well as in alternative dispute
`resolution forums.
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`Recent representative cases include:
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`Evolutionary Intelligence, LLC v. Facebook, Inc. (N.D. Cal.) – Defended Facebook in a patent
`infringement action. The case is stayed pending PTO inter partes review proceedings.
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`Huntley, LLC v. Monterey Mushrooms, Inc., (D. Del.) – Defended Monterey Mushrooms in a
`patent infringement action, obtaining a dismissal of the case with prejudice along with attorneys'
`fees and costs.
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`JDS Uniphase Corporation v. CoAdna Photonics, Inc., (N.D. Cal.) – Defended CoAdna Photonics
`in a patent infringement action. The case was dismissed with prejudice.
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` Macrosolve, Inc. v. MediaFire, LLC, (E.D. Tex.) – Defended MediaFire in a patent infringement
`action, obtaining a dismissal.
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` Mekiki Co., Ltd. v. Facebook, Inc. (N.D. Cal.) – Defended Facebook in a patent infringement
`action. The case was dismissed in light of PTO's reexamination of patents-in-suit, after
`Facebook requested reexamination. The PTO subsequently rejected the asserted patent claims
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`PersonalWeb Techs., LLC, et al. v. Facebook, Inc. (N.D. Cal.) - Defended Facebook in a patent
`infringement action. The case was administratively closed in light of pending PTO inter partes
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`The Penn State Research Foundation, Inc. v. Monterey Mushrooms, Inc. (M.D. Pa.) – Defended
`Monterey Mushrooms in a correction of inventorship and ownership dispute, obtaining a
`settlement and dismissal.
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`The Salk Institute for Biological Studies v. Acceleron Pharma, Inc. (D. Mass.) - Represented the
`Salk Institute in breach of contract action involving TGF-Beta ligand trap.
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`Tranz-Send Broadcasting Network, Inc. v. BitTorrent, Inc. (N.D. Cal.) – Defended BitTorrent in a
`patent infringement action, obtaining a dismissal with prejudice.
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` Weyer, et al. v. Facebook, Inc. (Fed. Cir.) – Represented Facebook and successfully argued at
`Federal Circuit to invalidate asserted patent.
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` WhoGlue, Inc. v. Facebook, Inc. (D. Del.) – Defended Facebook in a patent infringement action.
`The case was dismissed.
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`Zenith Electronics Corporation v. Thomson, Inc., et al. (E.D. Tex.). Represented Zenith in a patent
`enforcement action. All Defendants who manufacture are now licensees to the patents.
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`Mr. Chen is a frequent lecturer on intellectual property and patent matters and serves on the Advisory
`Board of the Stanford Law School Program in Law, Science & Technology. Additionally, Mr. Chen serves
`on the Stanford Law School Board of Visitors and as Co-Chair of the Stanford Alumni Regional Law
`Chapter for Silicon Valley. He further serves on the Board of Directors and is past President of the Asian
`Pacific American Bar Association of Silicon Valley. Previously, Mr. Chen served on the Santa Clara County
`Bar Association's Judiciary Committee, which evaluates judicial candidates at the request of the California
`governor, and on the association's Board of Trustees and Strategic Planning Committee.
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`Additionally, Mr. Chen's efforts on pro bono matters have been recognized by the American Bar
`Association, the National Law Journal, the California Lawyers for the Arts, and the San Francisco Daily
`Journal.
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`Mr. Chen received a JD from Stanford Law School in 2003. During law school, he was a legal assistant to
`Professor Paul Goldstein and completed an externship with the Honorable Saundra Brown Armstrong of
`the United States District Court. Additionally, while at Stanford, Mr. Chen was a representative of the Law
`Association, the treasurer of the Asian and Pacific Islander Law Students Association, a committee co-chair
`for the Stanford Public Interest Law Foundation, a member of the Stanford Journal of International Law,
`and a volunteer for the East Palo Alto Community Law Project. Mr. Chen received a BA, summa cum
`laude, from the University of Pennsylvania in 1998 with a major in Biology and a minor in Chemistry.
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`Mr. Chen has received the following awards and recognition:
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`Northern California Rising Star for Intellectual Property Litigation by Super Lawyers magazine,
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` Minority Bar Coalition Unity Award, 2013
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`Lawyers of Color Hot List, 2013
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`Prior to law school, Mr. Chen was a Medical College Admissions Test instructor for Kaplan, where he
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`taught the subjects of biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, and physics.
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`Mr. Chen is an avid tennis player.
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`Stanford Law School
`JD, 2003
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`University of Pennsylvania
`BA, 1998, summa cum laude
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`U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
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`U.S. District Court, Central District of California
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`U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
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`U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
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`U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
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`U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
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`American Bar Association
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`Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Silicon Valley, Board of Directors
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`Santa Clara County Bar Association
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`Stanford Law School Board of Visitors
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`Stanford Law School Program in Law, Science & Technology, Advisory Board
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` William A. Ingram American Inn of Court
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