Benjamin Singer
Partner
(628) 232-9916
[email protected]
Benjamin Singer serves as trial counsel for plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes intellectual property cases throughout the United States. Benjamin’s clients enjoy working with him on their most complex legal problem, noting that they “trust him” and laud his “rare combination of instinct, intelligence, leadership and technical aptitude” and “commitment” to their problems as if “they were his own.”
Benjamin’s excellence has been recognized by the most prestigious ranking organizations. For three consecutive years starting in 2024, Chambers & Partners USA included Benjamin it its ranking for Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets Law in California. Law Dragon included Benjamin on its list of Top 500 Leading Litigators in America in 2025 and 2026. The Best Lawyers in America recognized Benjamin as a Best Lawyer in intellectual property litigation for four consecutive years, starting in 2024. The Daily Journal recognized Ben as a Top IP Lawyer in California in 2024 and a Top Trade Secrets Lawyer in 2023.
Benjamin has also been selected for membership in the Lawyers of Distinction and as a California winner of the IP Disputes award from International Advisory Experts.
Education
- University of Michigan Law School, J.D. (2002)
- University of Michigan, B.S.E. in Aerospace Engineering cum laude (1999)
Bar Admissions
- California
- Massachusetts
- New York
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Applied Materials, Inc. v. Lai et al. (JAMS): Served as lead trial counsel for individual defendant in his defense of a trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract claims relating to advanced techniques for semiconductor fabrication.
Applied Materials, Inc. v. Mattson Technology, Inc. (Cal. Super.): Served as lead counsel for defendant in its defense of a trade secret misappropriation claim relating to advanced tools and techniques for semiconductor fabrication.
Scorecard AI, Inc. v. Abundant, Inc. et al. (Cal. Super.): Served as lead counsel for emerging leader in AI testing space against a departed employee and his new enterprise in a trade secret dispute.
Anduril Industries, Inc. v. Salient Motion Inc. et al. (C.D. Cal): Served as lead counsel for Salient Motion and two of its co-founders in their defense of trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract claims relating to algorithms and code utilized by advanced motor controllers.
ONET Global Inc. v. Boundary Layer Technologies, Inc. (Cal. Super.): Served as lead counsel for defendant in trade secret dispute relating to stabilization of hydrofoil vehicles that ‘fly’ over the water.
Propoint Solutions, LLC v. Regis Corp. et al. (N.D. Cal.): Served as lead counsel for former Chief Technology Officer in his defense of trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract claims relating to POS software and related database schema.
Agilent, Inc. v. Twist, Inc. et al. (Cal. Super.): Represented former Chief Financial Officer in her defense of trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract claims relating to the alleged exfiltration of trade secret information pertaining to the use of ink jet printer technology to synthesize oligonucleotides.
Veritas Investments, Inc. v. Lantern Group Realty (Cal. Super.): Served as lead counsel for defendants in a trade secret misappropriation action relating to a predictive real-estate model.
Consilium Wealth Management et al. v. Clarity Wealth et al. (Cal. Super.): Served as lead counsel for a wealth management firm asserting a trade secret misappropriation claim again former employees relating to a predictive investment model.
Booher v. Certor Sports, LLC (S.D. Ind.): Serving as lead counsel for Certor Sports in its defense of a patent infringement case relating to football helmet shell design.
Apalone v. Schutt Sports, LLC (C.D. Ill.): Serving as lead counsel for Schutt Sports in its defense of a patent infringement case relating to helmet design.
Manehu Product Alliance, LLC d/b/a MantelMount v. Transform Partners LLC d/b/a Mount-It! (S.D. Cal.): Serving as lead counsel for MantelMount, the market leader in specialized display mounts in a patent infringement case involving nine patents.
Manehu Product Alliance, LLC d/b/a MantelMount v. Monoprice, Inc. (C.D. Cal.): Served as lead counsel for MantelMount, the market leader in specialized display mounts in a patent infringement case involving nine patents.
Deep Web, L.L.C. v. Ask Media Group, LLC (N.D. Cal.): Served as lead counsel for defendant in a patent infringement action relating to deep web search engine technology.
Blackbird Tech, LLC v. Arro, Inc. et al. (D. Del.): Served as lead counsel for defendants in a patent infringement action relating to GPS enabled computing.
Thermolife International, LLC v. NBTY, Inc. et al. (S.D. Cal.): Served as lead counsel for NBTY, Inc., Solgar, Inc., United States Nutrition, Inc., and Sundown Naturals in a patent infringement action relating to dietary supplements.
Qommerce Systems, LLC v. Ancestry.com (E.D. Tex.): Served as lead counsel for defendant in a patent infringement action relating to e-commerce technology.
McRO, Inc. v. Insomniac Games, Inc. (C.D. Cal.): Served as lead counsel for defendant in a patent infringement action relating to automated lip sync animation in video games.
Reason Bradley v. Applied Marine Systems, Inc. (N.D. Cal.): Served as lead counsel for inventor/plaintiff in a patent infringement action against a competitor relating to tiltable sonar mounts.
Software Research, Inc. (N.D. Cal.): Served as lead counsel for inventor/plaintiff in multiple patent infringement actions relating to automatic performance and regression testing of web applications.
CAFE Foundation, Inc. v. Seeley (N.D. Cal.): Served as lead counsel for defendant in Lanham Act and trademark infringement action.
24/7 Customer, Inc. v. 24-7 Intouch et al. (N.D. Cal.): Served as lead counsel for defendant in a trademark infringement action relating to call center solutions.
Orion Pictures Corp. v. Orion Entertainment Inc., et al. (C.D. Cal): Served as lead counsel for defendant in a trademark infringement action relating to media production.
Michael Zschoche v. Locale Lifestyle Magazine et al. (S.D. Cal.): Served as lead counsel for defendants in a trademark infringement action relating to periodicals.
Axis Labs, Inc. v. Ashley Conrad et al. (C.D. Cal.): Served as lead counsel for defendant in a trademark infringement action relating to dietary supplements.
Confidential client: Served as co-counsel for one the world’s largest chip manufacturers, defeating claims seeking over $500 million dollars in damages, and winning an award of attorneys’ fees in an international arbitration over alleged breach of an intellectual property license.
Creative Mobile Technologies LLC v. Flywheel Software Inc. (N.D. Cal.): Served as lead counsel for plaintiff in a breach of contract and tortious interference action.
PACT XPP Technologies AG v. Alliacense Limited, LLC (Cal. Supr.): Served as lead counsel for plaintiff in a breach of contract action.
Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation v. Robert Benton et al. (S.D. Cal.): Served as lead counsel for individual defendant in a breach of contract action relating to inventorship rights.
