Jennifer J. Rho is an of counsel resident in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She practices in the firm’s Litigation Department and Intellectual Property Group, where she focuses on intellectual property, antitrust, and other complex litigation matters with a high tech focus. Jennifer has successfully represented leading companies in consumer electronics, communications, biotechnology, medical device, video game, and social networking technologies, among others, in federal courts across the United States. She has significant experience litigating patent infringement and trade secrets issues in the U.S. International Trade Commission, for areas of technology including semiconductors, consumer electronics, and biologic products.
Jennifer’s representative matters include:
- In re Qualcomm Litigation. Representation of major consumer electronics device manufacturers in multi-billion dollar action asserting antitrust, breach of contract, FRAND, and patent claims against wireless technology licensor, in which the manufacturers defeated a motion for preliminary injunction seeking to force them to pay billions of dollars in royalties under patent license agreements being challenged as anticompetitive and violating FRAND.
- Fitbit v. Jawbone. Representation of Fitbit in a multi-patent, multi-case dispute spanning multiple federal district court cases and an International Trade Commission patent investigation, regarding technologies used to monitor activity and heart rate in activity trackers.
- Atlas IP v. St. Jude Medical. Representation of St. Jude Medical against claims of patent infringement against its ICD and pacemaker devices, in which St. Jude Medical won a Daubert motion striking the plaintiff’s expert report – seeking hundreds of millions in damages – and leaving the plaintiff without an expert to testify on damages.
- Adrea v. Amazon.com. Representation of Amazon.com in a multi-patent infringement action brought against its Kindle products.
- Konami Digital Entertainment v. Viacom, MTV Networks, and Harmonix Music Systems. Representation of Viacom against claims that its Rock Band video game had infringed multiple patents.
- Walker Digital Litigations. Defense of numerous media, social networking, and game publishing companies—including Atari, EA, Zynga, and Sega—in three separate patent infringement lawsuits filed by Walker Digital pertaining to encryption and online payment systems.
- In Re Certain Semiconductor Chips with Minimized Chip Package Size and Products Containing Same. Representation of Tessera Technologies in three separate ITC investigations against various companies, including Motorola and Qualcomm, alleging infringement of certain semiconductor patents.
Jennifer was named a “Rising Star” in the 2021, 2022, and 2023 editions of Managing IP Handbook and has been selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™ every year since 2021. In 2018, she was recognized by The Recorder as a Next Generation Women Leader in Tech Law. She also was recognized by Who's Who Legal in 2023. Jennifer is presently the president of the Judge Paul R. Michel Intellectual Property American Inn of Court. She also is involved in ChIPs and Girls Who Code, where she participates in efforts to increase diversity in STEM and intellectual property fields.
Jennifer received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Chicago Law School in 2007. During law school, she was a member of the University of Chicago Law Review and the Chicago Journal of International Law. She graduated with honors from the University of California, Berkeley in 2004, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Economy of Industrial Societies.
Jennifer is a member of the California bar. She is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Eastern District of Texas, and all Districts of California.
Capabilities
- Intellectual Property
- Antitrust and Competition
- Artificial Intelligence
- Life Sciences
- Litigation
- Media, Entertainment, and Technology
- Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Innovation
- Tech and Innovation
- Technology Litigation
- Trials
Credentials
Education:
- University of Chicago - 2007 Juris Doctor
- University of California - Berkeley - 2004 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- California Bar