Bruce Yen

Bruce Yen is a Partner in the Intellectual Property group at White & Case LLP, based in the Palo Alto office, where he focuses on patent litigation and intellectual property advisory work. He joined White & Case as a partner in March 2023, having previously served as Counsel at the firm and held roles at Paul Hastings and McDermott Will & Emery. His prior experience also includes serving as an IP Litigation Director at TiVo.

Mr. Yen's practice spans a wide array of technologies, including multimedia and content distribution systems, advertising platforms, navigation systems, cybersecurity, telecommunications, and smartphone hardware and software. Before his legal career, he worked as a signal integrity engineer on high-speed interfaces for integrated circuits in flash memory products, providing him with a strong technical foundation. In his patent litigation work, Mr. Yen has represented clients on both the offensive and defensive sides. His tracked appearances, including the case of Shoals Technologies Group, LLC v. Voltage, LLC, show a focus on defending operating companies.

He has secured notable outcomes for his clients, including a rare ITC reversal for Voltage in a patent infringement dispute involving solar panel technology, where the ITC found no Section 337 violation. In Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Trend Micro Incorporated et al., Mr. Yen represented Trend Micro and obtained a significant victory when the court invalidated two asserted patents under 35 U.S.C. Section 101, a ruling affirmed by the Federal Circuit. He also successfully represented Snap Inc. in Palo Alto Research Center Inc. v. Snap Inc., achieving an early invalidation of one patent on Section 101 grounds and securing a stay pending IPR proceedings for the remaining patents.

Mr. Yen earned his J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law. He holds advanced technical degrees, including an MSEE from Portland State University and a BSEE from UC San Diego. He was admitted to the California Bar in November 2011.