Professional Biography
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Alison Watkins Partner

  • Palo Alto

    D +1.650.838.4776

    F +1.650.838.4576

    Palo Alto

    3150 Porter Drive

    Palo Alto, CA 94304-1212

    +1.650.838.4776

    AWatkins@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

Experience

Privacy

  • Advised virtual and augmented reality company on CCPA compliance.
  • Advised virtual and augmented reality company on compliance with FTC consent order.
  • Advised virtual reality company on GDPR compliance.*
  • Defended social networking company in a FTC investigation.*

Intellectual Property

  • Defended one of the largest mobile communications companies in a 16-patent case brought by an intellectual property licensing company in which 15 of the 16 patents were dismissed. The plaintiff’s appeal of the dismissal as to seven of the patents was denied.*
  • Won complete summary judgment of non-infringement for the same mobile communication company in a patent infringement action involving Wi-Fi cellular switching technology in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, affirmed by the Federal Circuit.*
  • Defended a highly successful San Francisco technology startup in two high-profile intellectual property cases against a systems and applications software company in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Both cases settled favorably.*

 

*Prior experience.

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Bar and Court Admissions

  • California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Education

  • UC Berkeley School of Law, J.D., 2007, Articles Editor and Annual Reviews Editor, Berkeley Technology Law Journal
  • University of Pennsylvania, B.A., Urban Studies, with honors, 2000