Robert Van Nest won one of the biggest litigation victories of the year when a jury found that Google’s use of Java APIs wasn’t a copyright infringement, ending a six-year lawsuit with Oracle. Robert is no stranger to high-profile litigation, with clients that include Intel, Qualcomm, Samsung, LinkedIn, and many more. He joined Keker & Brockett as an associate in 1979, became a partner in 1982 and saw the firm renamed Keker & Van Nest in 1994, thus becoming a name partner in the San Francisco law firm that Legal 500 has described as “capable of explaining complex issues in layman’s terms and doing it in a way that never belittles the jury.” Robert consistently has been cited by industry publications as “Lawyer of the Year” (The Recorder, 2012) or “Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year” (Best Lawyers, 2012) or “Icon of IP” (Law360, June 2016). At the same time that he uses the courtroom to bring clarity to intellectual property law, the firm that bears his name offers a robust pro bono practice, with recent efforts centered on initiating a class action suit over California’s treatment of prisoners and filing an amicus brief on behalf of Amnesty International.
