Minna Jay is a partner at Russ August & Kabat, where she represents clients in high-stakes patent litigation. Ms. Jay has significant experience in all phases of litigation before federal district courts, the ITC, and the PTAB. Over recent years, she has helped attain highly favorable settlement and trial outcomes resulting in over a billion dollars in awards and settlements for clients across a wide range of technologies, including smart thermostats, data compression, wireless communications, electronic storage devices, and semiconductors.
Prior to joining Russ, August, & Kabat, Ms. Jay successfully defended complex product liability, tort, and business litigation cases on behalf of automotive manufacturers and ride-share technology companies in both pre-trial and trial phases. She also worked closely with her clients regarding novel autonomous vehicle research/development issues. Ms. Jay formerly externed for the Honorable Otis D. Wright, II and the Honorable Craig Richman. Ms. Jay graduated from Loyola Law School where she served as the Senior Production Editor of the Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review.
Ms. Jay has been recognized as a Southern California Super Lawyers “Rising Star” by Los Angeles Magazine every year since 2020. In 2023 and 2024, she was named a Top 100 Rising Star and a Top 50 Women Rising Star.
Shani M. Williams is an associate at Russ August & Kabat, where she practices in the Intellectual Property and Litigation & Trial groups. Ms. Williams’s practice focuses on patent litigation.
Prior to joining Russ August & Kabat, she clerked for the Honorable Kenneth L. Ryskamp, Senior District Judge in the Southern District of Florida.
Ms. Williams was recognized as a Southern California Super Lawyer in 2025 and prior to that she was recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star from 2015-2020. From 2018-2020, she was recognized as a Southern California Top 50 Women Rising Star.
Ms. Williams graduated summa cum laude from Pepperdine University School of Law and is a member of the honor society Order of the Coif. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she was a President’s Scholar and graduated with highest honors.
Andrew D. Weiss is an attorney at Russ August & Kabat, where he practices in the Patent Litigation and Litigation & Trial departments.
Mr. Weiss has represented a variety of clients, including technology, internet, semiconductor, MRI and manufacturing companies. Mr. Weiss has deep experience in all aspects of litigation, from pre-filing evaluation and strategy to trial and appeal.
Prior to joining Russ August & Kabat, Mr. Weiss was an associate at Irell & Manella LLP for four years, where his practice focused primarily on intellectual property litigation.
Mr. Weiss is a graduate of the University of Southern California Gould School of Law and has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science. He was chosen to the 2010 and 2011 “Rising Stars” list by the publishers of Los Angeles Magazine.
Philip Wang is a partner at Russ August & Kabat, where he practices in the intellectual property and litigation departments. He specializes in patent litigation and PTAB proceedings, with a focus on high-technology. Mr. Wang was an attorney at Irell & Manella from 2008 to 2013 and Latham & Watkins from 2014 to 2016.
Mr. Wang’s practice centers on large, complex patent litigations. He has represented clients in the semiconductor, computer software, and pharmaceutical industries. He has trial experience before district courts, the International Trade Commission, and the Patent Office.
Mr. Wang is also a registered patent attorney. He has been involved in more than 30 PTAB proceedings. As trial counsel in an IPR, he successfully invalidated four patents.
In 2021 and 2022, Mr. Wang was named a Top 100 “Rising Star.” Mr. Wang was recognized as a Southern California Super Lawyer in 2025. Prior to that, he was recognized as a Rising Star from 2014-2023 in the area of intellectual property litigation and he was named an Up-and-Coming 100: Southern California Rising Star from 2019-2023.
Outside of work, Mr. Wang is a professional-level chess player. He holds the International Master title and is a former California State Chess Champion.
Honors/Professional Activities
- Super Lawyers Top 100 Rising Star, 2021-2022
- Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2014–2023
- Southern California Super Lawyer in 2025
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice Pro Bono Service Award, 2016
- Notes Editor, Columbia Business Law Review
- Teaching Assistant, First Year Torts
Publications
- Teaching Assistant, First Year Torts
Recent Matters
- Samsung v. NVIDIA (E.D. Va. & ITC): Represented NVIDIA in two multi-patent cases involving semiconductor technologies and parallel IPR proceedings. Won jury trial verdict of non-infringement and validity.*
- OpinionLab v. Qualtrics (N.D. Ill.): Represented Qualtrics in six-patent case involving online survey technology and parallel IPR proceedings. Invalidated four OpinionLab patents in IPRs.*
- Adobe v. Wowza (N.D. Cal.): Represented Adobe in four-patent case involving video streaming software. Obtained settlement after summary judgment hearing.*
- Infineon v. Atmel (D. Del.): Represented Atmel in 21-patent case involving microcontroller technology. Obtained settlement after claim construction ruling.*
- University of Pennsylvania v. Genentech (N.D. Cal.): Represented the University in patent case involving Herceptin®. Obtained settlement after defeating summary judgment motion.*
- Max Planck and Alnylam v. Whitehead Institute, et al. (D. Mass.): Represented Max Planck and Alnylam in multi-party dispute over RNA patent applications. Obtained settlement before trial.*
- LG Display v. Chi Mei Optoelectronics (D. Del.): Represented Chi Mei in seven-patent case involving LCD panel technology. Obtained settlement before trial.*
- Ermita Alabado, et al. v. French Concepts, et al. (C.D. Cal.): Led pro bono team in winning $15.2 million default judgment on behalf of human trafficking victims.*
*Represents experience at a prior firm.
Ben Wang is a partner at Russ August & Kabat. He represents clients in business and intellectual property disputes, particularly in patent trials and appeals.
Ben clerked for Judge Ferdinand Fernandez of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and Chief Judge George H. King of the Central District of California. He also served a three-year term on the Committee on Federal Courts for the California State Bar, and worked for the U.S. Trustee Program for the U.S. Department of Justice.
Ben earned his J.D. from the University of Southern California where he graduated order of the coif, served as Executive Notes Editor for the U.S.C. Law Review, received the James Tam Award for academic excellence, served as a teaching assistant for Professor George Lefcoe’s Real Estate Transactions and Finance classes, and worked as a legal writing instructor.
The Los Angeles Daily Journal named him one of the Leading Intellectual Property Lawyers in California. The Los Angeles Business Journal named him one of the Most Influential Minority Lawyers in Los Angeles. Super Lawyers magazine named him a Rising Star, Super Lawyer, and Top 100 Super Lawyer. He is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell.
EXPERIENCE
- SPEX v. Western Digital – $315,715,899 jury verdict of patent infringement in favor of client SPEX with potential pre-judgment interest of an additional $232,543,187. As a result of various pre-trial activities, Western Digital and its attorneys at Gibson Dunn disastrously decided to present no rebuttal witnesses at trial. The verdict is one of the highest patent verdicts ever in the Central District of California and nationwide. Encryption patent.
- Pavo v. Kingston – $13.7M judgment based on jury verdict of patent infringement, willful infringement, enhanced damages, and interest in favor of client Pavo. All issues affirmed in a precedential opinion by Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Memory device patent.
- SPEX v. Apricorn – $4M damages award after jury verdict of patent infringement. Encryption patent.
- Nanology Alpha v. WITec – 5% royalty damages award after jury verdict of patent infringement. Scanning probe/optical microscope patent.
- Mirror Worlds v. Facebook – Reversal of district court’s summary judgment of non-infringement by Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
- LG v. Conversant – Published opinion by Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, affirming claim construction by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in inter partes review proceedings, and that none of the claims was invalid under the prior art.
- Core Wireless v. LG – Precedential opinion by Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, affirming all issues in favor of client Core Wireless, including claim constructions, no invalidity despite no rebuttal testimony about prior art, and eligibility of the patents under Section 101.
- VIA Technologies v. ASUS – Favorable settlement for client VIA in USB circuit design trade secret misappropriation case.
- Neurovision Medical Products v. Medtronic – Favorable settlement for client Neurovision in nerve monitoring electrode patent infringement case.
- Core Wireless v. Apple – $7.3M jury verdict. Cellular communications patents.
- TQP v. Newegg – $2.3M jury verdict. Encryption patent.
- Clear with Computers v. Hyundai – $19M judgment based on jury verdict of infringement and no invalidity, ongoing royalty, and interest. Marketing patent.
- St. Jude Medical v. Access Closure Inc. – $27.1M jury verdict. Medical device patent.
- MTH v. FATTOC, LLC – Favorable settlement for client MTH in high frequency trading trade secret misappropriation case.
- Santarus v. Par Pharmaceutical – Favorable settlement for client Santarus in omeprazole/sodium bicarbonate patent infringement case.
- Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation v. Intel – $110M settlement for client WARF. Data speculation circuit patent.
- Peer Communications v. Skype – Judgment of invalidity in favor of client Peer Communications. Network communications patent.
- Zenith Electronics Corp. v. Thomson, Inc. – Favorable settlement for client Thomson in set-top box patent infringement case.
- Knowles Electronics v. AAC Acoustic Technologies – Trial judgment of no trade secret misappropriation in favor of client AAC. MEMS technology.
- Ben has also advised clients in cases brought by the FTC, claims involving well-known social networking websites, and antitrust, securities fraud, copyright infringement, and breach of contract claims.
