Jeffrey E. Ostrow is a Partner in the Firm's Intellectual Property and Litigation Departments.  He is the head of the Firm’s West Coast IP Transactional practice.

Mr. Ostrow's practice is focused on servicing the intellectual property needs of companies both in and outside Silicon Valley, including advising clients on complex licensing issues and all intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisition as well as capital markets transactions.  In addition, Mr. Ostrow services the intellectual property litigation needs of these companies.  Representations have included Intel, Cisco Systems, Inc., Google, Agilent, 3Com, Seagate, VMWare, CSR/SiRF Technologies, Honeywell, NEC, Accenture, Texas Pacific Group, Silver Lake Partners, Hellman & Friedman, Elevation Partners, Clorox, and UMC Corp.

Mr. Ostrow was named one of California’s Top 100 Leading Lawyers by the Daily Journal in 2009. 

He was elected to membership in the Firm in 2000.  He received his A.B. from the University of Chicago in 1987 and his J.D. from the New York University School of Law in 1990.

Publications

•	The Heightened Pleading Standard of Twombly Applies to All Federal Civil Claims
•	Prospective Relief for Patent Infringement in a Post-eBay World
•	In re Seagate: A New Standard for Willful Patent Infringement
•	eBay: The Final Word?
•	The Changing Landscape of Patent Remedies after eBay
•	KSR v. Teleflex: A New Flexible Regime for Obviousness
•	Microsoft v. AT&T: Limiting the Extraterritorial Reach of U.S. Patent Law
•	Developments in California Privacy Law - Is Your Company Compliant?

Speaking Engagements

•	Simpson Thacher Partner Jeff Ostrow Speaks at the High-Tech General Counsel Forum October 23, 2009

Admissions

•	New York 1991
•	California 2001
•	U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York 1991
•	U.S. District Court Southern District of New York 1991
•	U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit 1995
•	U.S. Supreme Court 1995
•	U.S. District Court Eastern District of California 2008
•	U.S. District Court Central District of California 2002
•	U.S. District Court Southern District of California 2002
•	U.S. District Court Northern District of California 2001
•	U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit 2001
•	U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit 2004
•	U.S. Tax Court

Education

•	New York University School of Law, 1990 J.D.
•	The University of Chicago, 1987 A.B. With Honors