Foley & Lardner LLP

Justin M. Sobaje

Associate

Justin Sobaje is an associate at Foley & Lardner LLP and is a member of the Electronics and IP Litigation Practices.

Mr. Sobaje has extensive experience litigating patent cases and has developed tactics for the efficient resolution of cases. He is well versed in the mechanics of pre-trial patent litigation, including the drafting of infringement contentions, invalidity contentions, claim construction briefs, summary judgment motions, and discovery requests and responses. He has worked with numerous technical experts to provide a bridge between technical and legal concepts, and has handled various aspects of trial preparation.

Mr. Sobaje also counsels clients regarding patents and inventions. He works with clients to craft strategies for patent portfolios, including utility and design patent coverage, as well as patent coverage for foreign countries. He has years of experience in drafting patent applications and in communicating with the Patent Office to seek allowance. He has additional experience in the preparation of re-examination requests, and in the identification and presentation of prior art as a means of forestalling litigation or for use as a bargaining chip in settlement and licensing negotiations.

Representative Cases and Technologies:

  • Intergraph Hardware Technologies Co. v. Toshiba Corp., et al. (N.D. Cal.) – Cache memory architectures
  • DataTreasury Corp. v. U.S. Bank, N.A., et al. (E.D. Tex.) – Check imaging systems
  • Guardian Media Technologies LTD v. Nintendo of America Inc. (C.D. Cal.) – Video recording technologies
  • LML Patent Corp. v. JP Morgan Chase & Co., et al. (E.D. Tex.) – Payment processing methods
  • Joao Control & Monitoring Systems of Texas, LLC v. Playboy Enterprises, Inc., et al. (E.D. Tex.) – Audio and video monitoring systems
  • Joao Control & Monitoring Systems of California v. ACTI Corporation Inc., et al. (C.D. Cal.) – Audio and video monitoring systems
  • FormFactor, Inc. v. Micro-Probe Incorporated, et al. (N.D. Cal.) – Semiconductor probe cards
  • Stragent, LLC v. Classmates Online, Inc., et al. (E.D. Tex.) – Message transmission
  • Sharing Sound, LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc., et al. (E.D. Tex.) – Online shopping carts
  • Site Update Solutions LLC v. Accor North America, Inc., et al. (N.D. Cal.) – Updating search engines
  • Express Card Systems, LLC v. Shutterfly, Inc., et al. (E.D. Tex.) – Greeting card systems
  • Effectively Illuminated Pathways LLC v. Unbeatablesale.com, Inc., et al. (E.D. Tex.) – LED light bulbs
  • AdjustaCam LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc., et al. (E.D. Tex.) – Webcams
  • EON Corp. IP Holdings, LLC v. T-Mobile USA, Inc., et al. (E.D. Tex.) – Communication networks
  • Nation Wide Products LLC v. MJC America LTD., et al. (N.D. Tex.) – Air conditioner brackets
  • Leon Stambler v. Atmos Energy Corp., et al. (E.D. Tex.) – Transfer of funds
  • Streetspace, Inc. v. Google, Inc., et al. (S.D. Cal.) – Online services
  • Walker Digital, LLC v. American Airlines, Inc., et al. (D. Del.) – Product sales

      • Prior to joining Foley, Mr. Sobaje worked at both NEC and Intel. At NEC, he worked with a team to design a compiler to compile code for a transport triggered processor. At Intel, he was a member of the operating systems group, where he developed and coded algorithms.

      Mr. Sobaje graduated from UCLA with a B.S. in computer science and engineering (1999). He also obtained an M.S. from UCLA in computer science (2000), with an emphasis on computer networks, and was a recipient of the prestigious Intel Graduate Fellowship. He earned his J.D. from the UCLA School of Law (2004).

      Mr. Sobaje is admitted to the California Bar, and is a registered patent attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

      Sample Publications:

      • "Optimal Node Scheduling for Effective Energy Usage in Sensor Networks," Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Integrated Management of Power Aware Communications, Computing, and Networking, May 2002
      • "System Level Power Optimization for Wireless Multimedia Communication," Kluwer Academic Publishers, Ch. 4, 2002
      • "What Territory is Surrendered?" Biotechnology Law Report, Vol. 21, No. 6, Dec. 2002 (article on prosecution history estoppel and the doctrine of equivalents)

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