Gino Cheng
Partner
Gino is a registered U.S. patent attorney with an engineering background. He focuses his practice on intellectual property disputes, cross-border arbitration, and licensing negotiations. He serves as a member of the firm’s Technology, Media & Telecom Industries Group as well as the cross-functional Cryptocurrencies, Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology Group.
Key Matters
A sample of Gino’s experience includes:
- Representing a top 10 global PC and console game developer in state court to a final judgment finding liability of major competitor for breach of a copyright settlement agreement.
- Successfully defending Electronic Arts Inc.’s most popular video games, FIFA 15, FIFA 16, NHL 15, NHL 16, PGA Tour 14, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, in multiple venues to a final judgment of non-infringement on six network architecture patents asserted by a non-practicing entity.
- Successfully defending Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.’s and its subsidiaries’ most popular video games, Grand Theft Auto V, NBA 2K15, NBA 2K16, in multiple venues to a final judgment of non-infringement on six network architecture patents asserted by a non-practicing entity.
- Representing another top three global gaming company and its subsidiary in multiple patent infringement litigations involving software and peer-to-peer network management.
- Representing a top three global specialty materials and optical solutions provider in a cross-border IP-related arbitration.
- Counseling a top five global developers of advanced process control solutions in adversarial, cross-border patent licensing negotiations involving industrial test, measurement, control, and information technologies.
- Auditing a Forbes Asia Fab 50 company in mainland China for compliance with licensing terms.
- Assessing a Forbes Global 2000 company in mainland China for data security breaches and theft.
- Investigating a top five global smartphone manufacturer for trade secret misappropriation.
- Representing a leading Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer in multiple section 337 ITC actions involving non-volatile memory products.
- Counseling a top three global specialty materials manufacturer regarding enforcement of its patents covering smartphone components.
- Representing a top three global ophthalmic lens designer and manufacturer and its subsidiaries in a patent infringement litigation involving progressive lens technology.
- Counseling a top five global telecom equipment manufacturer and its subsidiaries regarding section 337 ITC actions involving LTE wireless device products.
- Representing a top 10 global distributed control system supplier in patent licensing negotiations involving industrial plant management tools and controllers.
- Representing a leading photonics technology manufacturer and its subsidiaries in multiple patent infringement litigations involving optical communication products.
- Representing a leading global LED manufacturer and its subsidiaries in a patent infringement litigation involving semiconductor packaging technology.
- Representing a leading global probe card cleaning materials manufacturer in a patent infringement litigation involving semiconductor probe polishing technology.
- Representing a leading smartphone manufacturer in multiple patent infringement litigations involving mobile devices and coding algorithms.
- Representing a leading CAD tool developer and its subsidiaries in a patent litigation seeking declaratory judgment on various patents involving hardware emulation technology.
- Representing a leading consumer electronics manufacturer in a patent infringement litigation involving digital media and handheld devices.
- Representing a leading LED manufacturer in intellectual property licensing negotiations involving semiconductor chip and packaging technologies.
- Representing a leading primary battery manufacturer in intellectual property licensing negotiations involving flexible microbattery technology.
- Representing a photonics technology manufacturer in intellectual property licensing negotiations involving optical communication technology.
- Representing an electronics developer in intellectual property licensing negotiations involving media storage technology.
- Counseling a crypto-currency start-up in intellectual property licensing negotiations involving blockchain- and consensus-protocol-based technology.
- Representing the World Parkinson Coalition in various trademark-related matters.
- Representing Helen Keller International and its subsidiaries in various copyright-related matters.
“Led by Gino Cheng—who is praised for his ‘ability to understand complex technologies’—Winston & Strawn LLP is known in the market for the ease with which it is able to ‘work seamlessly together’ with lawyers from across the firm’s international network on cross-border contentious matters.”
The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2020
“[Gino Cheng has] excellent pedigree representing Asian clients in patent disputes in the [U.S.] federal courts and International Trade Commission (ITC) investigations.”
The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2019