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Education and Honors
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J.D., Columbia University School of Law, 2004 Editor in Chief, Columbia Science and Technology Law Review
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
B.A., economics, and B.S., electrical and computer engineering, Rice University, 1999 President's Honor Roll
Recognized by Law & Politics as a "Texas Rising Star," 2010
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Admissions and Affiliations
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State Bar of Texas
United States Patent and Trademark Office
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas
Houston Young Lawyers Association
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Concentration Patent and contract litigation; patent prosecution
Summary Robinson Vu practices in the area of intellectual property law, including patent trademark and copyright litigation. Mr. Vu has litigated intellectual property cases in federal courts throughout the United States. He also practices before the United States Patent Office (USPTO), preparing and prosecuting patent applications, reexamination requests and interferences covering a broad range of technologies, including mechanical devices and computer systems.
Prior to law school, Mr. Vu was a systems engineer for the Boeing Company, where he worked on the International Space Station Program.
Representative Engagements
- In re Certain Refrigerators and Components thereof (USITC) Representing Whirlpool in the International Trade Commission in a case relating to refrigerator patents. This case seeks an order excluding a significant number of refrigerator products from importation into and sale within, the United States. Examined witnesses during the investigation hearing.
- LG Electronics v. Whirlpool (District of Delaware) Representing Whirlpool and its subsidiary Maytag in a case relating to refrigerators and ice makers patents asserted by both parties. Argued Markman hearing.
- Accolade Systems v. WebEx Communications (Southern District of Texas, Judge Lake) Defended a patent case related to three remote access control PC patents.
- ABC v. WebEx Communications (Eastern District of Texas, Judge Davis) Defending a patent case relating to remote access control PC patents.
- Technology Properties Ltd. v. Fujitsu Limited et al. (Eastern District of Texas, Judge Ward) and Toshiba America, Inc. et al. v. Patriot Scientific et al. Defended a patent case with three separate patents concerning microprocessor technologies.
- Gammino v. SBC Communications Inc. (Eastern District of Pennsylvania), Gammino v. Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P. (Northern District of Texas), Gammino v. Illinois Bell Telephone Company (Northern District of Illinois), and Gammino v. The Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Southern District of Ohio) Defended AT&T in a series of patent infringement actions concerning patents directed to an algorithm for blocking international telephone calls. The district court in the Texas action granted summary judgment in AT&T's favor, invalidating the asserted claims of both Gammino patents and finding the properly construed claims not infringed (Gammino v. Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P., 512 F.Supp.2d 626 (N.D. Tex. 2007)). The Federal Circuit affirmed the judgment of invalidity as to the asserted claims of both Gammino patents (Gammino v. Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P., 2008 WL 515011 (Fed. Cir. 2008)).
- TIP Systems LLC and TIP Systems Holding Co., Inc. v. AT&T Corp. (Southern District of Texas) Defended a group of AT&T entities in a patent infringement action involving multiple patents concerning inmate payphones.
- Virtual Hold v. Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories (Eastern District of Texas, Judge Davis, Northern District of California) Represented Genesys in patent cases involving telephone call processing patents asserted by both parties.
- Omnistar LP, et al. v. CSI Wireless, Inc., et al. (Southern District of Texas, Judge Ellison). Represented party seeking preliminary injunction to enforce a covenant not to compete included in a corporate acquisition of GPS technology.
- Halliburton – patent prosecution in the field of oil and gas exploration, processing and development
- Cisco – patent prosecution in the field of computer systems, networks and software
- Raytheon – patent prosecution in the field of electronic devices, structures and components
- Texas Instruments – patent prosecution in the field of digital light processing (DLP) systems, components and software
- Alcatel – patent analysis in the field of software
- Nabors – product clearance analysis in the field of oil and gas drilling, exploration and development
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