Wesley W. Yuan

practices in Duane Morris' Trial Practice Group and handles all phases of complex commercial and intellectual property litigation and dispute resolutions in federal and state courts with first- and second-chair experience in pretrial hearings and dispute resolutions and second-chair experience in jury trials. Mr. Yuan represents both plaintiffs and defendants, corporate entities and individuals in various litigation matters with an emphasis in patent infringement, business tort, contracts, trade secret misappropriation, and commercial fraud cases. He also has extensive experience with economic damages analysis and determination with an emphasis on intellectual property valuation and licensing related to patents and trade secrets.

Mr. Yuan has performed complex damage analysis of high-tech corporations for patent infringement claims and the effects of industry trends, general corporate licensing practices, corporate profit/revenue streams and licensing of comparable technology on a reasonable royalty. He also has damage analysis experience in the hi-tech and oil & gas industry for misappropriation of trade secrets including evaluation of value lost by plaintiff and the value gained by defendant through analysis of lost profits and reasonably royalty rate assessment. Mr. Yuan has also represented non-profits, corporate entities and individuals in employment discrimination cases, insurance defense lawsuits and deceptive trade practices matters. He has counseled clients in all facets of discovery including collection of targeted documents from corporate custodian, large scale electronic document production, and management of large scale document review for complex commercial and employment discrimination matters. Mr. Yuan is involved in handling pro bono matters including representation of a cultural museum in a tort claim action, a non-profit organization in trade marking its corporate marks in multiple states and an individual client in a suit on sworn account matter.

Mr. Yuan is a 2002 graduate of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin (B.S.). In 2009 and 2010, Mr. Yuan was listed as a Texas Rising Star in Intellectual Property Litigation by Texas Monthly Magazine. Only 2.5% of attorneys in Texas are named Rising Stars.

Experience

•Duane Morris LLP
- Special Counsel, 2016-present
- Associate, 2006-2015

•Hudson Legal
- Managing Attorney, 2004-2006

Honors and Awards

•Listed as Texas Rising Star in Intellectual Property Litigation, Texas Monthly Magazine, 2009 and 2010. Only 2.5% of attorneys in Texas are named Rising Stars.

Civic and Charitable Activities

•Board Member, Peace Gospel International
•Deacon at Crosspoint Church / West University Baptist Church, 2010-present
•Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity on the Houston Bar Association Sponsored Home