Aaron S. Jacobs

Aaron S. Jacobs is a trial and appellate attorney who concentrates his practice on technology litigation, including with respect to patents, trade secrets and general complex commercial litigation.

Over the course of more than 20 years, Aaron has litigated and tried technologies cases covering a vast range of industries, including mobile-phone standards, Bluetooth standards, superconductors, online commerce, automobile engines, telephonic voice-processing systems, cell-phone chips, computerized systems for administering insurance contracts, electronics for flow measurement systems, genetic testing, and a wide variety of software and mobile apps.  His patent trial victories include, among others, a jury verdict on behalf of patentees Texas Instruments and Stanford University for $112 million; and a jury verdict for his client, accused infringer Superconductor Technologies, on defenses of invalidity and noninfringement.

Aaron practices in U.S. District Courts across the country, having litigated cases from the District of Massachusetts, to the Eastern District of Texas, to the Northern District of California, and a federal courts in-between.

In addition to his patent trial experience, Aaron served as a Deputy District Attorney in the Santa Clara District Attorney’s Office, where he took many cases to trial.  He is also an appellate attorney with successful appeals in the Federal Circuit, Ninth Circuit, and United States Supreme Court.