Overview
Raymond Lu is an associate in our Orange County office. Ray represents clients in a variety of intellectual property matters, including patent and trademark litigation, patent prosecution, and patent portfolio management and analysis.
Before attending law school, Ray worked as a software developer for three years, designing and developing electronic medical record software used by medical professionals. As such, Ray possesses the requisite technical expertise to not only understand complex technologies, but also to reduce these complex ideas to plain English terms.
Clerk Experience
Honorable Hilda Tagle, Southern District of Texas, Intern Summer 2019
Education
- University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2021), Cum laude, Dean’s Scholarship; Hargrove Estate Scholarship; Notes and Comments Editor, Houston Business and Tax Law Journal
- University of Notre Dame (B.S. Computer Science, 2015), Cum laude, Minor in Asian Studies
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A Patent Must Describe What Is Claimed, Not What Infringes
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION v. TORRENT PHARMA INC. Before Lourie, Prost, and Reyna. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: A patent was not invalid for lack...
Routine Optimization of Result-Effective Variable Can Bridge Gaps in Prior Art
PFIZER INC. v. SANOFI PASTEUR INC.
Before Lourie, Bryson, and Stark. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Evidence that a claimed parameter is recognized as a result-effective variable can overcome the lack of explicit disclosure of the exact parameter in the prior art.
“Magic Words” Unnecessary in Identifying Field of Endeavor for Analogous Art
NETFLIX, INC. v. DivX, LLC
Before Hughes, Stoll, and Stark. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Petitioner was not required to explicitly identify secondary reference’s “field of endeavor” using specific language when briefing sufficiently communicates the field of endeavor.
Failure to Vacate Adverse Standing Decision Upon Settlement Stops Subsequent Suits
UNILOC USA, INC. v. MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
Before Lourie, Dyk, and Hughes. Appeal from U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: Failure to vacate an adverse ruling regarding a lack of standing when settling a prior suit collaterally estopped the patentee in subsequent suits for lack of standing