Yakov M. Zolotorev

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Specialty / focus areas. Yakov M. "Jake" Zolotorev is a patent litigator focused on complex computer, software, and electronics technologies — hard drives, computer architecture, flash memory, file systems, GPS, cloud computing, machine learning, and smartphones — per his DLA Piper biography. His docket shows work in both district court and before the ITC, spanning storage/file-system patents (NetApp v. Sun Microsystems), wireless/communications patents, and memory-architecture patents. He also assists with IP licensing, monetization, and portfolio diligence.

Side preference. He works both sides. He has defended operating companies — Sun Microsystems (in NetApp v. Sun Microsystems, N.D. Cal., 3:07-cv-06053) and Apple (in Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC v. Apple, E.D. Tex., and related IPRs) — and has prosecuted cases for NPEs/PAEs, including Intellectual Ventures (v. Motorola Mobility, S.D. Cal.) and Pragmatus Telecom (v. LiveOps, D. Del.), both while at Feinberg Day Alberti & Thompson. The tracked case list reflects one plaintiff-side appearance (as counsel) at Russ August & Kabat, so no firm-side preference is established from that data alone.

Firm context. Per the authoritative case list, he currently practices at Russ August & Kabat (Los Angeles), a firm known for its plaintiff-side patent trial record. Earlier career stops include DLA Piper (East Palo Alto) and Feinberg Day Alberti & Thompson (Menlo Park). Note: DLA Piper's website still carries a partner biography for him, which appears stale relative to his current RAK affiliation — flagging that as a source discrepancy.

Notable cases / outcomes. The tracked case in the data set is identified only as an untitled plaintiff case at Russ August & Kabat, so no case name or outcome is verifiable. Web-sourced highlights: he served as backup counsel to Apple in IPR2016-01114, -01121, and -01135 (Parthenon patents, granted pro hac vice), and represented the patent owner in PGR2023-00052 (Crusoe Energy Systems v. Upstream Data), where the Board conditionally granted his pro hac vice admission in January 2024. He also worked on the large NetApp/Sun storage-litigation matter in N.D. Cal. No verdicts or Federal Circuit outcomes attributable to him were found.

PTAB / IPR experience. He appears regularly as pro hac vice counsel in PTAB proceedings (IPR and PGR), typically paired with a registered lead counsel — consistent with his not being a USPTO-registered practitioner in the records reviewed.

Bar / education. California Bar (No. 224260); J.D., UC Hastings College of the Law (magna cum laude); B.A., UC San Diego.