Eric Krause is an associate in the Intellectual Property Group in White & Case's Silicon Valley office. His practice focuses on intellectual property litigation, particularly patent litigation, and patent prosecution.

Some of Mr. Krause's notable engagements include:

• Representation of a fabless semiconductor manufacturer in its declaratory judgment action involving wireless networking technology;
• Representation of an international consumer electronics manufacturer in an action involving audio/video encoding; and
• Representation of a semiconductor manufacturer in an action involving integrated circuit designs.

Mr. Krause has also worked abroad in Japan counseling a top Japanese-based international consumer electronics manufacturer on patent issues including invalidity, enforceability, infringement, and prosecution of semiconductor, electronics, and processing patents.

Before practicing law, Mr. Krause worked for several years as a strategic alliance manager and engineer at a major microprocessor manufacturer, managing third party development and support of BIOS and systems management infrastructure for microprocessor platforms.

Bars and Courts
California State Bar, 2008
US Patent and Trademark Office, 2008
US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2008

Education
JD, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, cum laude, 2008
BSEE, Rice University, 2000

Publications
Co-author, "Willful Patent Infringement After Seagate," IT, Internet and Outsourcing Bulletin, April 2010 (with Thomas Flynn)
Co-author, "Preventing Illegal Sharing of Music Online: The DMCA, Litigation and a New, Graduated Approach," September 2009, (with William Sloan Coats and Julieta L. Lerner)