Timothy S. Teter

Timothy S. Teter is a partner in the Intellectual Property Litigation practice group and a member of the Firm's Litigation department, resident in the Palo Alto office.

Mr. Teter's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, primarily patent and technology-related cases. He is a member of the Patent bar. Mr. Teter has experience litigating patent and technology cases involving semiconductor manufacturing equipment, digital cellular telephony, vocoders, internet commerce, computer software and database programs, videogames, computer graphics chips, DRAMs, embedded memory, integrated circuits, composite powerboat hull designs, and aircraft structures. Although his practice focuses on litigating patent and technology-related matters, Mr. Teter also has litigation experience in white-collar criminal cases, construction defects matters, civil fraud litigation, proxy contests, mergers and acquisitions, and breach of contract matters. He has advised clients and their Boards of Directors regarding the impact of patent litigation on pending mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Teter has served as a law clerk to two Federal Judges. During the 1993-94 term, Mr. Teter served as law clerk to the Honorable Richard A. Gadbois, Jr., United States District Court for the Central District of California. During the 1995-96 term, Mr. Teter took a leave of absence from the firm and served as law clerk to the Honorable James R. Browning, former Chief Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Mr. Teter received a JD from Stanford Law School, with distinction, in 1993, and is a member of the Order of the Coif. At Stanford, Mr. Teter was an associate editor of the Stanford Law Review and won first prize in the Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition at Stanford Law School, and second prize in the national competition held by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. In addition, Mr. Teter received the Hilmer Oehlmann, Jr. Award For Excellence in Stanford's research and legal writing program.

Mr. Teter received a BS degree, with high honors, in 1988 in mechanical engineering from the University of California at Davis. He is a member of the Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society and Pi Mu Epsilon mathematical honor society.

Before law school, Mr. Teter worked for two years at Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, where he analyzed spacecraft flight hardware and designed computer programs.

Mr. Teter is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of California, and the Patent Bar, and has litigated numerous patent cases in Texas, New York, California, and Virginia.

Good to know

Areas of Practice 1) Intellectual Property Litigation, 2) Semiconductor, 3) ITC Section 337 Litigation, 4) Communications and 5) Intellectual Property
Law School Stanford Law School, J.D., 1993
Education University of California, Davis, B.S.,1988
Bar Member / Association California State Bar Association
Most recent firm Cooley LLP
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