Sturgis Sobin joined the firm in 2006 and is a member of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group.

Experience

Prior to joining Heller Ehrman, Mr. Sobin was a partner in a prominent Washington, D.C. law firm where he served as chairman of one of the largest international trade practices in the country and focused on international intellectual property litigation.  Earlier in his career, he served as  legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and was responsible for international trade and foreign affairs issues. Mr. Sobin has represented and counseled clients in all of the major areas of the international trade regulation field, including Section 337, antidumping, countervailing duty, Section 301, Section 201 and WTO proceedings.

Mr. Sobin has represented clients more than 40 intellectual property cases before the U.S. International Trade Commission under Section 337, as well as in related U.S. district court litigation. This fast-paced litigation has involved patent, trademark, copyrights and trade secret issues, and has often required the development and implementation of complex worldwide litigation and licensing strategies. Mr. Sobin has served as lead trial counsel in multiple large and complex trials covering a range of technologies and commercially valuable IP rights.  

His section 337 practice has been noted in such publications as The Wall Street Journal ("Patent Disputes Get a Fast fix at Trade Agency," June 20, 2002), and Legal Times ("The Little Agency That Could," June 18, 2001). Most recently, he co-authored "Hold On To Your Hat: Trying A Case At The International Trade Commission Can Blow The Unwary Away," Legal Times, March 22, 2004.  He has been invited to speak on Section 337 and international IP enforcement issues before professional and business groups, including the California, District of Columbia, Federal Circuit, and America Bar Associations.