About James William Soong

James William Soong is a lawyer practicing intellectual property, copyrights, false advertising, lanham act and unfair competition and 8 other areas of law. James received a B.S. degree from University of California, Los Angeles, and has been licensed for 31 years. James practices at Sheppard Mullin in Menlo Park, CA.

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Services

Areas of Law

Intellectual Property 2
- Copyrights
- Trade Secrets
Other 8
- False Advertising, Lanham Act and Unfair Competition
- IP Licensing, Technology and Commercial Transactions
- Patent Litigation
- Patent Prosecution and Counseling
- Trademarks and Trade Dress
- Post-Grant Proceedings
- Technology Transactions
- Artificial Intelligence

Practice Details

Languages

Chinese
Conversational
Firm Information

Position
Partner

Firm Name
Sheppard Mullin
Representative Cases & Transactions

Cases
Experience: Representative Matters: Advised on creation of numerous corporate patent programs including patent award programs.
Drafted
negotiated patent transfer agreement involving patent sale valued at more than $1 million per patent.
Represented buy
sell sides for myriad patent portfolio transactions.
Helped design
execute patent licensing strategies for industry leader involving patent selection, infringement diligence, assertion strategy, bite-back analyses,
licensee engagement.
For leading enterprise software company, devised global intellectual property strategy. Launched patent procurement
enforcement strategy. Enforced trademark rights in multiple domain name recovery actions. Enforced trademark, copyright,
trade secrets in global anti-counterfeiting campaign. Drafted, negotiated,
advised on IP licenses
licenses involving software, SSOs, alliances, open source, OEMs,
vendors.
Led intellectual property teams in various M&A
related due diligence, including acquisitions of e-various high tech companies.
*Certain of the above representations were h
led by Mr. Soong prior to his joining Sheppard Mullin

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Experience

Bar Admission & Memberships

Admissions
1995, Washington
1998, California
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Memberships

Memberships
Editorial Board Member, The Intellectual Property Strategist
Board Member, Asian Law Alliance
Volunteer, Cupertino Union School District Wellness Committee
Volunteer, St. Simon Parish
Former Chair, City of San Mateo, Community Improvement Commission
Former Member, Chung Tai Zen Center, Translation Committee
Member, Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association
Education & Certifications

Law School
University of California, Davis, Editor, U.C. Davis Law Review
J.D.

Other Education
University of California, Los Angeles
B.S.
Electrical Engineering

National Taiwan University
I.C.L.P.

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