Benjamin T. Wang

Benjamin T. Wang is a partner at Russ August & Kabat, specializing in complex patent litigation, appeals, and intellectual property disputes. His practice encompasses a broad range of high-technology areas, including mobile communications and data management, targeted advertising and adtech, display and touch panel technologies, wearable electronics (such as eyewear, headsets, and earbuds), and AI-powered security systems. His experience also extends to patents covering encryption, memory devices, scanning probe/optical microscopes, marketing, and medical devices.

Wang has a balanced practice, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in patent infringement actions. While his tracked appearances are nearly split between plaintiff (9) and defendant (8) roles, his firm's public profile highlights significant plaintiff-side jury verdicts. He has served as lead or counsel for patent owners such as Headwater Research LLC, AlmondNet Inc., Paneltouch Technologies LLC, and IngenioSpec LLC, securing substantial judgments and settlements. Concurrently, he defends operating companies in patent disputes, including in cases involving IPR challenges.

Among his notable achievements are securing multi-million dollar jury verdicts, including a $552 million verdict for SPEX v. Western Digital (encryption patent), a $279 million verdict for Headwater Research LLC v. Samsung (push messaging patents), and a $175 million verdict for Headwater Research v. Verizon (background application refresh patents). He was also part of the team that obtained a $122 million jury verdict for AlmondNet, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. in a targeted advertising patent dispute. Wang's appellate experience includes successful reversals of district court judgments at the Federal Circuit and favorably resolving appeals through negotiated settlements.

Wang is experienced in PTAB proceedings, having been involved in over 30 inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. He has successfully defended patent owners in IPRs initiated by entities such as Google, Unified Patents, BOE Technology Group, and Amazon, and has also successfully invalidated patents as trial counsel in IPRs. He earned his J.D. from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, where he graduated Order of the Coif. Wang was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2003.