Patent infringement, validity & SEPs
Including FRAND-adjacent licensing disputes and standard-essential-patent claims spanning Chinese, Indian, California and English law.
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Tech disputes
When the dispute is technology — crypto, patents, code, capital — we are the firm
We are counsel and arbitrators in the most consequential technology, intellectual property, and digital-asset disputes in the world.
Dan Tan Law is the rare boutique that runs the full life of a high-stakes technology and IP dispute. The same partner who has been appointed as arbitrator in the highest-value technology arbitration in the world is the partner who served as counsel in the first-ever mega-crypto arbitration. That dual standing — arbitrator and advocate — is the firm’s defining advantage in tech and IP.
THE DUAL-CHAIR ADVANTAGE
Picked by parties to decide the largest tech disputes. Picked again to win them
In technology and IP, the very same questions decide cases on either side of the table: is the asset properly characterized, is the claim arbitrable, does the licence cover the disputed use, what does the code actually do, what does the comparator look like, what is the proper measure of damages? Most firms see those questions only as advocates. A handful of arbitrators see them only from the bench. We have been chosen for both roles — including in the most consequential matters of the last decade. The result is a counsel team that argues to a tribunal the way a tribunal actually decides.
Experience
Representative tech & crypto matters
| Role | Description | Forum / subject | Value / highlight |
|---|---|---|---|
| AS PARTY-APPOINTED ARBITRATOR | ICDR proceedings between a household-name technology company and a European party. The sums in dispute make this the highest-value arbitration in the world. | ICDR · PARTY-APPOINTED | #1 in the world |
| AS PARTY-APPOINTED ARBITRATOR | ICDR proceedings between a major technology company and Asian partners. | ICDR · TECH LICENSING | US$400m+ |
| AS PARTY-APPOINTED ARBITRATOR | Technology-licensing dispute with patent infringement and validity issues over standard essential patents. Governed by Chinese, Indian and California law. | SEP / FRAND-ADJACENT | US$300m |
| AS PARTY-APPOINTED ARBITRATOR | Arbitration over a website and the underlying sales technology in the travel industry. | E-COMMERCE · PLATFORM TECH | US$200m+ |
| AS COUNSEL | First-ever mega-crypto arbitration. Defended Three Arrows Capital cryptocurrency hedge fund in AAA emergency and full arbitration proceedings — the largest digital-asset dispute brought to international arbitration. | AAA · THREE ARROWS CAPITAL · COUNSEL | US$2.4B |
| AS COUNSEL | Acted for airplane systems designer and manufacturer in ICC arbitration with aircraft manufacturer — patent and IP licensing, technical design and manufacturing compliance, and IP infringement claims. | ICC · AEROSPACE IP | |
| AS COUNSEL | First-ever mega-crypto joint-venture dispute — structuring of risk, governance, and asset-recovery posture in a multi-jurisdictional matter. | CRYPTO JV · COUNSEL | First-ever |
| AS COUNSEL | Patent infringement claim brought against US company on behalf of Argentinian and Panamanian entities. Obtained favorable arbitration award for client. | AAA · PATENT INFRINGEMENT | US$100m+ |
| AS COUNSEL | Patent holder in infringement and breach-of-licence claims. Initiated AAA arbitration in California and negotiated settlement ten times what was offered before Dan Tan Law was brought in. | AAA · PATENT LICENSING | Patent licensing |
| AS COUNSEL | Patent inventorship, trade secrets and confidentiality disputes for an international fiber and polymer company. US federal and state court proceedings, ad hoc arbitration in Switzerland, and ICC arbitration in Paris. | ICC · PATENT / TRADE SECRETS | US$1B+ |
| AS COUNSEL | Two HKIAC arbitrations defending crypto-exchanges against customer claims arising from the issuance of cryptocurrencies. English-law governed, Hong Kong seat. | HKIAC · DIGITAL ASSETS | Crypto-exchange defense |
| AS COUNSEL | International construction company facing trade-secrets claims arising from Asia and Middle East projects. Obtained dismissal of all claims in UNCITRAL/SIAC proceedings. | SIAC · TRADE SECRETS | Trade-secrets win |
WHAT WE HANDLE
A specialist practice across the full surface of technology and IP
From the first call to enforcement of the award, we run the whole life of these disputes — offensive or defensive, in arbitration or in court, in the US or in any of the four other jurisdictions where we are admitted to practice.
Technology licensing
Scope, royalties, audit rights, change-of-control, sublicensing, termination and post-termination supply — in arbitration and in court.
Trade secrets & IP misappropriation
Cross-border injunctive relief, source-code review protocols, and damages methodologies in matters that touch multiple jurisdictions.
Software, SaaS & platform disputes
SLA failures, e-commerce and travel-tech platforms, marketplace disputes, and the intellectual-property layer underneath them.
Crypto, tokens & digital assets
Foundation governance, token-holder claims, exchange and custodian failures, smart-contract disputes, and on-chain tracing into fiat off-ramps.
Hardware & specialist equipment
Manufacture-and-distribution disputes, IP carve-outs, supply and quality claims across cross-border supply chains.
Telecommunications & aerospace
Equipment, licensing and outfitting disputes — including ICDR-administered aviation outfitting matters.
Award & judgment enforcement
Recognition under the New York Convention and ICSID; tracing across crypto-native and traditional rails. Chambers Band 1 in award-enforcement work in the US.