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Heather is counsel in the firm’s Intellectual Property &amp; Technology Litigation group. She represents clients in intellectual property and general business litigation matters. She has been recognized as a Northern California Rising Star, a distinction awarded to less than 2.5% of lawyers practicing in California under the age of 40 or have fewer than 10 years of practice.

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Prior to joining Thompson Hine, Heather was an associate at a San Francisco law firm, where she handled a wide range of matters in state and federal court, including complex commercial litigation, securities litigation, antitrust litigation, employment litigation and intellectual property litigation.&nbsp;She helped secure a victory for a client in California state court which was named by the California Daily Journal as one of the 2009 Defense Wins of the Year.

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Her experience also includes serving as of counsel representing plaintiffs and defendants in a wide array of business litigation matters. She has also represented clients in patent litigations involving a variety of industries, from online gaming to heat sinks. Heather has represented clients at all stages of litigation, from inception through summary judgment and appeal to the Federal Circuit.

While in law school, Heather externed for the Honorable Vaughn Walker, then Chief Judge of the Northern District of California. In 2005, she was on the first-place team in the Roger J. Traynor Moot Court Competition.

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University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D., 2006

Tufts University, B.A., 2003

Intellectual Property (IP) & Technology Litigation

Counsel

Heather Potts

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<li>Co-author, &#8220;U.S. Supreme Court’s Akamai Decision: Induced Patent Infringement Must Be Predicated On Direct Infringement by a Single Actor,&#8221; The Federal Lawyer, August 2014</li>
<li>Co-author, &#8220;Patent Infringers May No Longer Divide and Conquer Under an Induced Infringement Theory Following Akami and Epic Systems,&#8221; The Federal Lawyer, 2013</li>
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<li>Panelist, &#8220;Tying, Exclusive Dealing and Refusals to Deal,&#8221; PLI’s 47 Annual Advanced Antitrust Seminar &#8211; Distribution &amp; Marketing, 2008</li>
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<li>Recognized by the California Daily Journal for one of the Defense Wins of the Year, 2009</li>
<li>Selected to the Northern California Rising Stars list</li>
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