Edison Lin Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Spearheaded the expansion of Instacart’s patent portfolio through organic growth and strategic acquisitions, significantly increasing annual US patent filings.Negotiated key patent license and assignment agreements and favorably resolved high-figure patent demands.Attained multiple patent licenses through active participation in defensive patent organizations, leading to the resolution of several IP demands and reduction of Instacart’s patent risk profile. Managed Instacart’s global trademark, copyright, and domain name portfolios, achieving numerous trademark enforcement wins and UDRP wins over the past several years.Conducted thorough IP due diligence for acquisition targets, advising on risk mitigation and post-acquisition integration. Conducted internal training on the use of third-party GenAI tools.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Jose, California, Us

Patent licensing: Conduct face-to-face patent licensing meetings with leading fortune 500 companies; assert patents from TiVo’s portfolio of 5,500+ worldwide assets against licensing targets; perform tests on products and services as well as analyze related literature to prepare infringement claim charts; work with reverse engineering firms on evidence collection and documentation; supervise outside technical consultants on patent analysis; respond to non-infringement and invalidity arguments from licensing targets; lead cross-team effort to tag TiVo’s worldwide patent portfolio to facilitate patent miningPatent portfolio development: Member of TiVo’s Patent Review Committee; participate in monthly allowance meetings to review all newly allowed cases and provide guidance; one of 15 employees selected to serve as an Innovation-by-TiVo Champion (goal is to help promising engineers innovate and generate IP); share insights gained from licensing meetings with the patent prosecution group; evaluate potential assets for acquisition

Beijing, Beijing, Cn

Patent and trademark prosecution: Formulated Bitmain’s global patent filing strategy; drafted and implemented Bitmain’s patent incentive program; conducted invention disclosure meetings; managed in-house patent engineers and outside patent prosecution counsel; reviewed and revised draft patent applications; delivered “patent 101” training to Bitmain engineers in San Jose, Phoenix, Beijing, Taipei, Hsinchu, and Netherlands; managed outside counsel for US trademark prosecutionPatent acquisition: Worked with various patent brokers to define scope of search and identify patents-of-interest; reviewed patents related to machine learning and neural networks to assess valueIP transactions: Led on-going negotiation with leading US research university regarding terms of collaboration; reviewed and revised related joint research agreements; revised IP-related provisions; reviewed and revised IP provisions of various supplier agreements

San Jose, California, Us

Washington, D.C., Us

Patent litigation: Analyzed patent portfolios and selected patents for offensive actions; drafted infringement analysis claim charts; deposed opposing technical expert witnesses; drafted claim construction briefs and prepared technology tutorials; drafted summary judgment motions (infringement, non-infringement, invalidity); worked with expert witnesses on issues of infringement, non-infringement, and invalidityPatent prosecution and related experience: Drafted U.S. office action responses; worked with local counsel in Europe and Japan on foreign prosecution; performed patent portfolio review for a Fortune 500 company and provided feedback regarding alignment with business objectives; drafted and filed Inter Parte Review (“IPR”) Petition and Ex Parte Reexamination requests

Drafted patent applications, office action responses, and appeal briefs covering various technology fields, including semiconductor devices, optical devices, software and Internet applications, communications equipment, and memory devices; conducted invention disclosure meetings; led invention harvesting sessions; interviewed Patent Examiners to discuss patentability issues.

Hsinchu, Taiwan, Tw

Analyzed patent portfolios of competing companies; performed patent/IP related legal research

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Physics

Master'S Degree, Engineering Physics/Applied Physics

Doctor Of Law (Jd)