Erin Jones represents technology companies in commercial and intellectual property disputes and related investigations. Clients turn to Erin and her deep technical expertise for advice on issues in the fields of software, hardware, and especially cybersecurity and data protection.
Erin has been litigating complex cases for technology companies for over 12 years, leading cases through initial investigation, strategy development, discovery, trial, appeal, and post-settlement compliance. Erin focuses on helping her clients develop efficient dispute resolution strategies grounded in a firm understanding of their technology and business goals. She has extensive experience in patent, trade secret, copyright, trademark, CFAA, unfair competition, false advertising, and other commercial disputes.
Erin also assists clients with data breach incident response and government investigations and provides proactive advice to help clients avoid litigation, including strategic counseling on cybersecurity, privacy, data breach, and disaster recovery policies and regulatory compliance. Her skills also include intellectual property assessment, portfolio analysis, and product design counseling in cybersecurity and other technology fields.
Before joining Tyz Law Group in 2016, Erin was a Big Law litigator in the Silicon Valley offices of leading law firms Fish & Richardson PC; Weil, Gotshal and Manges, LLP; and Fenwick & West LLP. She also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable James Donato, District Judge of the Northern District of California.
Erin holds a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Before studying law, she worked many years as a manager and leader in the microelectronics industry and academia. At the IBM Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY, she led a group researching high-performance logic devices. She also researched and taught electronic device design and processing at Oregon State University and Kyoto University. Erin holds a Ph.D and B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from UC Berkeley, and is an inventor named on 26 U.S. patents.
Recent Representative Matters
Represented plaintiff cybersecurity company in copyright, trade secret, and CFAA litigation in D. Del., achieving full settlement and public apology.
Represented defendant cybersecurity company in antitrust action in N.D. Cal., achieving full settlement.
Represented leading cybersecurity company in responding to governmental investigative demand and a variety of civil subpoenas relating to data breach investigations.
Represented defendant co-founder of SSD company in trade secret, contract, and CFAA action in E.D. Tex., achieving a Complete Defense Jury Verdict.
Represented defendant software platform provider in trade secret, trademark and breach of contract action in D. Nev.
Represented web application cybersecurity company in response and resolution of state attorney general subpoena relating to data breach investigations.
Represented defendant video game development studio in copyright litigation in D. Minn.
Represented defendant VoIP provider in patent litigation in D. Del.
Legal Presentations and Publications
Speaker, Intellectual Property and Barristers Sections of Bar Association of San Francisco: IP BYTES: Hot Topics in Patent Law Seminar.
Co-author, “Network Security Architecture for Demand Response/Sensor Networks,” for the California Energy Commission, Public Interest Energy Research Group, (with P.S. Subrahamanyam, D. Wagner, E. Jones, U. Shankar and J. Lerner) June 2006, exploring security and privacy concerns that result from energy advanced metering and demand response infrastructures, and proposing technological and legal solutions in addressing security and privacy issues.
EDUCATION
J.D., University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), Berkeley, California (2007); Law & Technology Certificate; Prosser Prize in Quantitative Methods in Law; Submissions Editor of Berkeley Technology Law Journal; Intern at Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic.
Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences), University of California, Berkeley, California (1996). Intel Foundation Graduate Fellowship, National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship.
B.S. (Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences), with highest honors and the departmental citation, University of California, Berkeley, California (1991). College of Engineering Bechtel Achievement Award; Chancellor's Scholarship; Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu Honor Societies.
BAR MEMBERSHIP
Member of the State Bar of California
Member of the State Bar of Florida
Admitted to the United States Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Federal Circuits
Admitted to all of the United States District Courts for the State of California
Admitted to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
