White & Case LLP‘s patent litigation team boasts extensive PTAB and IPR experience and has represented prominent clients in complex patent infringement suits and post-grant proceedings. Yar Chaikovsky leads the team alongside Anita Varma.
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- ‘They think creatively and invest time and effort to understand the technical details to make coherent arguments.’
‘Yar Chaikovsky - value his creative thinking and willingness to work in the best interest of the client.
- Bruce Yen -- value his work ethic and leaving no stone unturned.’
‘The W&C patent team led by Yar Chaikovsky is second to none. Their breadth of experience thinking through complex IP litigation matters has been extremely impactful to our business across 2024 and 2025. They are able to effectively tie litigation investment to business impact and support the management team with communication efforts to all stakeholders across the business.
- Yar and David Okano are strategic thought partners to the Management team at Hayden AI. We are a Series C startup, that is spending significant investment on IP litigation, with no in-house legal team. Yar and David have partnered with the CFO to drive business outcomes through legal strategy and continue to be thoughtful about business ROI in the context of IP Litigation Investment.’
‘Yar Chaikovsky - practice lead is available to provide support at all times of the day and is a strategic thought partner to the CFO and broader management team. Yar's experience and communication style provides a level of comfort when communicating updates to the BOD.
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