Zach Ruby

Counsel
Intellectual Property
Litigation

Contact

415-735-5933
[email protected]
Washington, DC
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Zach is an accomplished trial and appellate litigator who focuses his practice on advising clients in high-stakes intellectual property and general litigation disputes. He has experience litigating cases before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Federal and Ninth Circuits, the International Trade Commission, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as well as various district courts and arbitration panels. Zach brings outside-the-box solutions to his clients’ legal problems and has won several issues of first impression including the first-ever bench trial on the issue of IPR estoppel.

Zach is passionate about startups, technology, and progress. When not at work, he enjoys participating in local meetups for startup companies and tech talks.

Recognition

  • Recognized as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyer’s Magazine 2020 – 2024

Thought Leadership

  • Joshua Pond, Brian Paul Gearing, Zach Ruby, Chris Gerardot & Carissa Wilson, Reexamining Three Preconceived Notions of SEPs as the 5G Patent Wars Ignite, IP WATCHDOG (Oct. 15, 2021, 4:15 PM)
  • Zach Ruby, Brian Paul Gearing & Michael H. Jacobs, Diligent and Skilled: The Changing Standard for IPR Estoppel, 26 IP Litig. 11 (2020)
Areas of Expertise

IP Litigation

Commercial Litigation

Litigation Finance

Brand Protection

Patent

Prior Associations

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Crowell & Moring LLP

Kobre & Kim LLP

Education

Duke University School of Law

University of Washington, Foster School of Business

University of Washington

Bar Admission

Washington, DC

New York

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

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