Max Olson is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group and Litigation Department. Mr. Olson’s practice includes all aspects of dispute resolution with special emphasis on patent litigation, adversarial patent license negotiations and international arbitration. Mr. Olson served as the chair of the Tokyo office Litigation Department from 2006 to 2013, and managing partner of the Los Angeles office from 2004 through 2006.
Mr. Olson recently led the firm’s patent litigation teams on behalf of Fujitsu in ITC Investigation No. 337-TA-841 (In re Certain Computers and Computer Peripheral Devices), and TDK in MagSil v. Seagate (hard disk drive components). He also led the firm’s litigation team on behalf of Sega Corporation in a global dispute over the rights to Sega’s intellectual property involving two actions in U.S. District Court, four appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, an arbitration before the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association and an arbitration before JAMS in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Mr. Olson has also recently represented Fujitsu, Konica Minolta, TDK, Yamaha, Micron Memory Japan, Advantest, Sega and other major corporations in various adversarial patent license negotiations against some of the world’s largest patent holders.
Mr. Olson represented U.S. Olympic gymnast Paul Hamm before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland, the world’s highest court for resolving sports disputes, in the highly publicized dispute over the gold medal in the men’s individual all-around event in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. A panel of three CAS arbitrators rejected the appeal filed by the bronze medalist, Korean gymnast Yang Tae Young, and held unanimously that Mr. Hamm should keep his gold medal. Mr. Olson also led the firm’s arbitration team on behalf of a mixed martial arts fighter and obtained an award from the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association releasing the fighter from an unfavorable contract with his promoter.
Mr. Olson is a member of the Litigation Section and the Intellectual Property Law Section of the American Bar Association; the American Intellectual Property Law Association; the Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association; and the Association of Business Trial Lawyers. He is also a registered gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi and a member of the Daini Tokyo Bar Association.
Mr. Olson received his M.A. and B.A., magna cum laude, from Harvard University and his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Michigan.
In re Certain Computers and Computer Peripheral Devices(ITC Investigation No. 337 TA 841). Represented Fujitsu respondents in ITC Section 337 investigation involving integrated circuits.
Acushnet Japan, Inc. v. Bridgestone Sports Corp.(Japan IP High Court). Represented Acushnet on appeal, substantially reducing damages awarded in patent infringement action involving golf balls.
Ambato Media, LLC v. Clarion Co., Ltd., et al.(Eastern District of Texas). Represented Fujitsu Ten Corp. of America in patent infringement action involving navigation system technology.
e-ImageData Corp. v. Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc., et al.(Western District of Wisconsin). Represent Konica Minolta and others in patent infringement action involving digital microfilm imaging and editing.
Headway Technologies, Inc. v. Lambeth Magnetic Structures, LLC(Central District of California). Represent Headway in a declaratory judgment action of patent non-infringement involving magnetic films.
Lambeth Magnetic Structures, LLC v. Toshiba Corporation et al.(Western District of Pennsylvania). Represent Toshiba defendants in patent infringement action involving magnetic films.
Round Rock Research, LLC v. Canon Inc., et al.; Round Rock Research, LLC v. JVC KENWOOD Corp., et al.; Round Rock Research, LLC v. Nintendo Co., Ltd.; and Round Rock Research, LLC v. Ricoh Co., Ltd., et al.e(District of Delaware). Represent Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited as intervenor in four patent infringement actions involving semiconductor manufacturing technology.
Terumo Corp., et al. v. Lepu Medical Technology (Beijing) Co., et al.(District of New Jersey). Represented Terumo plaintiffs in patent infringement action involving transradial catheterization.
U.S. Ethernet Innovations, LLC v. Acer, Inc., et al.(Northern District of California). Represent Fujitsu defendants in patent infringement action involving network adapters. The case is now on appeal to the Federal Circuit after the Fujitsu defendants successfully moved for summary judgment and costs.
Via Vadis, LLC, et al. v. Buffalo Americas, Inc.(Western District of Texas). Represent Buffalo Americas, Inc., in patent infringement action involving peer to peer file distribution protocols.
Wavelock Advanced Technology Co. v. Textron Innovations Inc.(U.S. Patent Trial & Appeal Board). Lead team representing Wavelock in successful inter partes review of the validity of U.S. Patent No. 6,455,138 directed to metallized composites useful as substitutes for chrome trim on automobiles.
Zond, LLC v. Fujitsu Limited, et al.; Zond LLC, v. Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited, et al. (District of Massachusetts). Represent Fujitsu defendants in patent infringement actions involving plasma discharge technology for semiconductor manufacturing.
Max Olson is recommended as a leading lawyer by the latest editions of the following rankings publications:
Chambers Asia Pacific 2018 – Ranked in Dispute Resolution (Band 1) and Intellectual Property (Band 2)
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