Eric B. Hanson

Eric B. Hanson is a patent litigation attorney at Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP, based in San Francisco, California. His practice focuses on intellectual property litigation, internet law, technology, and science matters.

Hanson primarily represents operating companies in patent disputes. His experience includes defending clients against assertions by intellectual property licensing and management companies. For instance, he served as counsel for SanDisk Corporation, and counterclaim-defendants Western Digital Corporation and SanDisk Technologies, Inc., in SanDisk Corporation v. IPValue Management, Inc. et al. (N.D. Cal., Case No. 5:25-cv-02389-PCP), where SanDisk sought a declaration of non-infringement against patents related to semiconductor or memory technology.

While the SanDisk litigation involves related IPR proceedings (e.g., IPR2025-01283), available information does not reliably detail Eric B. Hanson's direct involvement or regular appearance in PTAB/IPR proceedings.

Hanson earned his J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law in 2007 and was admitted to the California Bar in the same year.