Carl G. Anderson

Carl G. Anderson is a partner in the San Francisco office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, where his practice focuses on high-stakes intellectual property litigation. He has experience across a wide range of technology sectors, including cellular telecommunications (3G/4G/LTE), standards-essential patents (SEPs), FRAND licensing obligations, internet search and advertising, autonomous vehicles, medical devices, and semiconductors.

The provided data shows Anderson representing defendants, a trend supported by his firm biography, which lists representation for companies like Google, Samsung, YouTube, and Motorola Mobility. In the single tracked case, Intent IQ, LLC v. Google LLC, he served as additional counsel for the defendant, Google. His practice primarily involves defending operating companies against patent infringement claims in U.S. District Courts, the International Trade Commission, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Anderson has been involved in several notable cases, securing a complete defense verdict of non-infringement for YouTube in a jury trial and obtaining a dismissal for Google in a separate patent case for lack of standing. He also represented Samsung in a multi-patent dispute with Huawei involving FRAND issues that resulted in a settlement after his team secured an antisuit injunction. While his firm biography indicates his practice includes post-grant proceedings, specific IPR or PTAB representations are not detailed in the available search results.

Admitted to the California bar in 2005, Mr. Anderson earned his J.D. from Stanford Law School. He also holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.A. in Mathematics from Princeton University.