Edward V. Anderson is a partner in the Intellectual Property and Antitrust Practice Groups in the firm's Palo Alto and San Francisco offices. He is also the Co-Office Managing Partner of the Palo Alto office.

Areas of Practice

Mr. Anderson has represented national and international clients in the computer, semiconductor, telecommunications and software industries for more than 30 years. He has extensive litigation and jury trial experience in complex intellectual property, antitrust and commercial cases before Federal, State and Appellate Courts, and before the International Trade Commission.

Mr. Anderson has provided counsel to a wide range of major and emerging technology companies in managing their intellectual property portfolios. He has been named one of Silicon Valley’s top 300 lawyers and in 2009 was named one of the Daily Journal’s leading IP litigators in California. He was recently recognized by Legal 500 as being one of the best-known ITC practitioners, having served as lead counsel in numerous ITC litigation cases, noting that he is a “responsive, smart and an excellent attorney.” Mr. Anderson has also been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in Intellectual Property Law since 2013.

Mr. Anderson also has extensive mediation and arbitration experience, both as a representative and as an arbitrator and mediator. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic workshops on intellectual property and arbitration issues.