Charles Sanders is a partner in the Boston office of Latham & Watkins. His practice focuses primarily on intellectual property matters with an emphasis on patent litigation.

Mr. Sanders represents clients as lead counsel in federal district court, the International Trade Commission (ITC), the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), and the Federal Circuit. He has obtained multi-million dollar settlements, ITC exclusion orders and summary judgment and trial victories.

He has handled a diverse range of technologies, including those involving aircraft, acoustic equipment, automotive components, bio-therapeutics, electromechanical devices, environmental remediation, fluid separation, LEDs, MRI, MOCVD, OLEDs, medical devices, network security, pharmaceuticals, rare earth magnets, semiconductors, smart phones, software, spectroscopy, storage media and wireless communication systems.

Mr. Sanders is admitted to practice before the Federal Court of Appeals for the Federal and Ninth Circuits, the Supreme Court and numerous Federal District Courts (including the Eastern District of Texas). He is a member of the Boston Patent Law Association, Boston Intellectual Property American Inn of Court and the ITC Trial Lawyers Association.

Mr. Sanders provides pro bono legal services to Project Citizenship. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Project Citizenship and of Boys Town New England.

Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Sanders was a partner at another leading law firm.