Practice Experience
Warren S. Heit concentrates on patent infringement and trade secret litigation. Mr. Heit is also a registered US patent attorney and helps clients design and build strategic patent portfolios around their most valuable technologies. In addition, Mr. Heit writes and negotiates agreements for the transfer of technology and for the licensing and cross-licensing of patent, trademark and/or copyright rights.

Trained as an electrical engineer, the majority of Mr. Heit's practice is in the electronic arts including computer hardware and software, digital and video signal processing, telecommunications including cable and fiber-optic systems, wireless communications and e-commerce. In addition, Mr. Heit works with clients in the medical device, biotechnology and mechanical engineering fields.

Mr. Heit has successfully litigated numerous patent infringement actions for both plaintiffs and defendants. His recent litigation experience includes:

• Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC) v. Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) Representation of TSMC in patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation Section 337 investigation before International Trade Commission (ITC);
• ARM Ltd., v. picoTurbo   Representation of ARM Ltd. in patent infringement litigation involving seven US patents relating to computer architectures for embedded microprocessors;
• Varian Semiconductor v. Lam Research Corporation   Representation of Lam Research Corporation in patent infringement litigation involving three US patents relating to semiconductor wafer processing;
• Stanford Telecommunications, Inc. v. Broadcom   Representation of Stanford Telecommunications, Inc. in patent infringement litigation involving US patent relating to cable sub-systems;
• Philips Electronics v. Cirrus Logic, Inc. et al.   Representation of Cirrus Logic, Inc. in patent infringement litigation involving US patent relating to I2C bus;
• Technology Licensing Corporation v. Videotek   Representation of Technology Licensing Corporation in patent infringement litigation involving four US patents relating to video signal processing;
• M-Systems, Inc. et al. v. Trek 2000 International, Ltd. (Singapore)  Representation of Trek 2000 International in patent infringement litigation in Singapore involving a Singaporean patent relating to a USB portable memory device;
• Acco Brands, Inc. v. Logitech   Representation of Kensington (subsidiary of Acco  Brands) in patent infringement litigation involving a US design patent relating to a trackball design; and
• Quality Semiconductor v. Novalogic   Representation of Quality Semiconductor in a trade secret action against a competitor who hired away key engineers and stole key features of a content addressable memory.

Mr. Heit is a frequent lecturer on patent law and other intellectual property topics.  He is also named as a co-inventor on a number of patents involving electronic educational and gaming devices.  These patents were the subject of a litigation against a designer of educational toys. 
 
Before practicing law, Mr. Heit worked as an electrical engineer for Raytheon Corporation, where he helped develop a test system for the Patriot missile system.

Bars and Courts
Connecticut State Bar, 1990
New York State Bar, 1991
Registered to practice before the USPTO (Reg. No. 36,828)
State Bar of California, 1993
Northern, Central and Southern Districts of the United States District Court in California

Education
JD, Fordham University, 1990
BSEE, magna cum laude, Tufts University, 1986

Professional Associations
American Bar Association
California State Bar Association

Languages
English

Citizenship
United States