Overview
Joshua Yin is an associate in the Litigation practice and is based in the firm’s Palo Alto office. He focuses on patent litigation and other intellectual property disputes in federal district courts and before the International Trade Commission.
Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Mr. Yin served on active duty in the United States Marine Corps as a felony-level court-martial litigator. While on active duty, he tried 16 federal court-martial trials, which involved felony fraud, drug distribution, conspiracy to steal military munitions, computer crimes, aggravated assault likely to produce death or grievous bodily harm, and serial sexual assault.
Since leaving active duty, Mr. Yin’s civil litigation experience has included over one hundred depositions and multiple jury trials.
Mr. Yin’s undergraduate and post-graduate coursework has included programming in C, C++, Java, Python, JavaScript, and other languages, along with Unix, Linux, computer architecture, software design, data structures, algorithms, virtualization, quality assurance, version control, and many other aspects of software engineering. While on active duty, he developed law practice management software for tracking all aspects of court-martial litigation and automated document creation, which was later adopted by Marine Corps attorneys throughout California and Arizona.
Recognitions
- Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
- Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
- CALI Award for Highest Grade in Criminal Law
- CALI Award for Highest Grade in Contract Law
Education
- UCLA School of Law, J.D., 2011
- University of California, San Diego, B.A., 2008
Representations
- SoundClear Techs. LLC v. Google LLC (E.D. Va.): Representing Google in litigation involving patents allegedly related to detecting and evaluating speech signals.
- AudienceScience v. Google LLC (N.D. Cal., Fed. Cir.): Representing Google in litigation involving patents allegedly related to internet advertising.
- Flypsi, Inc. v. Google LLC (W.D. Tex.): Representing Google in litigation involving patents allegedly related to telephony systems.
- Network Apps, LLC v. AT&T Services, Inc. (S.D.N.Y.): Representing AT&T in patent and contract litigation allegedly relating to telecommunications systems.
- Ancora Techs., Inc. v. Google LLC (W.D. Tex.): Represented Google in patent litigation alleged related to methods of identifying and restricting an unauthorized software program's operation.
- Grus Tech, LLC v. Google (W.D. Tex.): Represented Google in litigation involving patents allegedly related to systems and methods for identifying a contactee for a message.
- Kim v. Samsung Elecs. Co., Ltd. (E.D. Tex.): Represented Samsung in litigation involving patents allegedly related to mobile device security.
- Aire Tech. Ltd. v. Google LLC (W.D. Tex.): Represented Google in patent litigation involving multiple patents allegedly related to Near Field Communication (NFC) and secure digital payment solutions.
- KlausTech LLC v. Google LLC (N.D. Cal.): Represented Google in patent litigation allegedly relating to internet advertising systems.
- Garrity Power Serv. LLC v. Samsung Elecs. Co., Ltd. (E.D. Tex.): Represented Samsung in patent litigation related to wireless power transmission and wirelessly charging and/or discharging a battery.
- TJTM Techs., LLC v. Samsung Elecs. Am., Inc. (N.D. Cal.): Represented Samsung in patent litigation related to suppressing user notifications on mobile devices.
- Innovation Scis., LLC v. HTC Corp. (E.D. Tex., E.D. Va., ITC): Represented HTC in patent litigations relating to wireless communications and home automation technology.
- BlackBerry Limited v. Snap Inc. (C.D. Cal.): Represented Snap in multi-patent litigation, took deposition of key foreign fact witness, and assisted in preparing summary judgment motions that invalidated four asserted patents under § 101, resulting in eventual dismissal with prejudice of remaining patents.
Engagement & Publications
- Co-author, How to Think About and Successfully Navigate Patent Eligibility After Alice, Myriad, and Mayo, IP Litigator, Dec. 17, 2019.
Involvement
- Member of the State Bar of California
- Admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of California and the Eastern District of Texas, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and for the Armed Forces