Professor Robinson practiced law at Foley and Lardner LLP as a member of the electronics practice group in Washington, D.C.  There, he assisted clients in various areas of patent law including counseling through negotiations, opinions, prosecution and strategic IP issues including evaluating emerging technology.  Professor Robinson has counseled clients in a variety of technical areas including computer software, consumer electronics, display technology, signal processing, telecommunications, wireless communications, network architecture, application specific electronic devices, semiconductor devices and manufacturing, data mining, search technology, vehicle safety systems, RFID technology, Internet applications and business methods.  

Prior to practicing law, Professor Robinson was a technology consultant for Ernst & Young LLP and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young LLC.  He counseled clients on software development processes, developed customized software solutions and designed and implemented client/server security architectures.

Before joining SMU, Professor Robinson was an adjunct professor at George Washington University Law School.  Professor Robinson teaches and writes in the areas of property, intellectual property, patent law and law and technology.  His current research focuses on analyzing the challenges small firms face in obtaining patent rights via the current U.S. Patent system.  He has written or lectured on patent lawsuit avoidance, the patenting of business methods, joint infringement and the USPTO’s examinationguidelines.  Professor Robinson’s most recent article appeared in the Texas Intellectual Property Journal.  The article was judged one of the best law review articles related to patent law published in 2010 and was reprinted in the Patent Law Review, 2011 ed.

Professor Robinson is a graduate of Duke University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2004).  He holds a degree in electrical engineering from the Duke University Pratt School of Engineering (B.S. 1999).  While attending law school, Professor Robinson served in the Duke Law Community Enterprise Clinic, where he provided counseling on copyright and trademark protection and advised entrepreneurial clients on business formation.

Professor Robinson is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Primary Articles

No “Direction” Home: An Alternative Approach to Joint Infringement, 62 Am. U. L. Rev. 59 (2012).

• Selected as one of the best intellectual property law articles of 2012

Ramifications of Joint Infringement Theory on Emerging Technology Patents, 18 Tex. Intell. Prop. L. J. 335 (2010), reprinted in Patent Law Review, 2011 ed.

• Selected as one of the best patent law articles of 2010

USPTO Issues Supplementary Examination Guidelines Explaining the Requirement for Clarity in Patent Claims,  Science|Business, March 14, 2011 (with R.F. Henschel, partner Foley & Lardner LLP).
 
Current and Potential Methods to Undermine a Competitor's U.S. Patent Application, 81 PTCJ 770, (2011) (with M. Aamir Haq).

Ramifications of Joint Infringement Theory on Emerging Technology Patents, 18 TEX. INTELL. PROP. L. J. 335 (2010), reprinted in Patent Law Review, 2011 ed.

W. Keith Robinson and M. Aamir Haq, Current and Potential Methods to Undermine a Competitor's U.S. Patent Application, 81 PTCJ 770, (2011).

Protecting America’s Innovators - Combating the Decline of Patents Granted to Small Entities (Work in progress)

The Fallacy of the Single Entity Doctrine - Can Social Media Technology Cause a Paradigm Shift in Patent Law (Work in progress)

Speeches/Presentations

Speaker, The Aftermath of Akamai and the Future of Joint Infringement, Computer Law Section, Dallas Bar, Dallas, TX (February 25, 2013).
 
Panellist, Portfolio Development after the AIA, 14^th Annual Intellectual Property Symposium, Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal, Austin, TX (February 22, 2013).
 
Moderator, Law and the Future of Gaming, Game::Business::Law – International Summit on the Law and Business of Video Games, SMU Dedman School of Law, The Guildhall at SMU, The Center for American and International Law, Dallas, TX (January 24-25, 2013).
 
Presenter, Claim Construction, Conference on U.S. Patent Litigation Procedures, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing, China (December 3, 2012) (with Wei Wei Jeang, Partner, Andrews Kurth LLP).
 
Panelists, Apple v. Samsung: Perspectives on New IP Litigation Strategies, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, Dallas, TX (August 28, 2012).
 
Presenter, Protecting America’s Innovators: Combating the Decline of Patents Granted to Small Entities, Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (August 9, 2012).
 
Presenter, Protecting America’s Innovators: Combating the Decline of Patents Granted to Small Entities, South Eastern Association of Law Schools – New Scholars Workshop, Amelia Island, FL (August 2, 2012).
 
Moderator, The America Invents Act, Strategic Perspectives, Symposium on Emerging Intellectual Property Issues, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, Dallas, TX (April 20, 2012).
 
Speaker, Joint Infringement, Past, Present, Future, Dallas Bar Association, Computer Law Section, Dallas, TX (March 26, 2012).
 
Panelists, Representing Start-ups and Tech Companies, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, Dallas, TX (March 5, 2012).
 
Presenter, Joint Infringement and the Future of Interactive Method Claims, Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property (WIPIP) Colloquium, University of Houston, Houston, TX (February 10, 2012).
 
Speaker, The Year in Video Game Law, Game::Business::Law – International Summit on the Law and Business of Video Games, SMU Dedman School of Law, The Guildhall at SMU, The Center for American and International Law, Dallas, TX (January 26, 2012).
 
Panelist, Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, Insights and Implications for Small Businesses, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, Dallas, TX (September 20, 2011).
 
Speaker, Joint Infringement and the Future of Interactive Method Claims, Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, DePaul University, Chicago, IL (August 12, 2011).