Ernest Hsin is a partner in the Palo Alto office of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher. Mr. Hsin is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group and specializes in high technology patent litigation, as well as intellectual property counseling and licensing.
Mr. Hsin has extensive experience litigating intellectual property cases in the computer, software, Internet, electronic device, medical device, semiconductor, telecommunications, and video game industries, for both U.S. and foreign clients. He regularly represents leading technology companies in some of their most significant intellectual property disputes. Companies he has represented include: Amazon.com, Hewlett-Packard, St. Jude Medical, Johnson & Johnson, Electronic Arts, Sharp, Viacom, Cablevision, AppDynamics, Emulex, Expedia, Nortel Networks, and CNET (CBS Interactive).
Mr. Hsin has litigated cases before numerous federal district courts, appellate courts – including the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit – and the U.S. International Trade Commission. Mr. Hsin has significant trial experience and regularly represents his clients in a first-chair capacity in court, in mediations, and at depositions.
Mr. Hsin received a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1998 and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1995. He is a member of the State Bar of California, and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Hsin is the hiring partner of the firm’s Palo Alto office.
