Robert Litts is the managing attorney at Candescent Law Group. Robert is a trial and appellate attorney, and a registered patent attorney, with over two decades of experience in Silicon Valley representing high-technology companies and inventors. He typically handles smaller matters for Candescent Law Group by himself. For larger matters, he works with a team of lawyers, all of whom have senior-level experience at top national or Silicon Valley IP law firms.
Robert's practice focuses on intellectual property, antitrust, and complex commercial matters, typically involving advanced computer-related technologies.
Robert represents clients in matters before federal district courts, the International Trade Commission (ITC), and California state courts. He also handles appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), where he has briefed and presented oral argument in patent-related matters. He has submitted and opposed petitions for writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court on patent issues. He also practices in trials before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), where he has lead counsel experience representing clients in inter partes review proceedings.
Robert also prosecutes domestic and international patent applications in the electrical, mechanical, and software arts. He has deep knowledge of the patent-eligibility of software and other computer-implemented inventions, having litigated the issue at the trial and appellate levels, including at the CAFC and the United States Supreme Court. Consequently, he can draft strong patent claims that have the highest possible chance of surviving a patent-eligibility challenge. Patent prosecution clients have included Apple Inc., Intel Corporation, Applied Materials, Inc., Sony Electronics Inc., and numerous start-ups and individual inventors.