Hong Shi

Hong Shi, co-chair of the firm's Artificial Intelligence practice, assists clients to obtain, enforce, defend, and license intellectual property rights over a wide variety of complex technologies. Hong also advises clients on AI governance and data privacy, helping them manage the legal and regulatory risks that come with developing and deploying AI and data-driven technologies.

Hong helps clients with strategic counseling, patent portfolio management, patent litigation, and licensing across numerous technological fields, including artificial intelligence/deep learning, autonomous driving, robotic surgical systems, computational imaging/video processing, memory systems (including SSDs, DRAM, NAND, RAID, JEDEC standards), video and audio codecs, optics (from miniature lens design for mobile devices to high performance ruggedized scopes), semiconductor device design and fabrication, telecommunications (including cellular 3GPP standards and IEEE 802.11), and computer systems.

In AI governance and privacy matters, Hong counsels clients on building responsible AI programs, including internal governance frameworks, policies, risk assessments, and oversight of how AI systems are developed, procured, and used. Hong also advises on privacy and data protection issues tied to collecting, using, and sharing data, including data used to train and run AI models. Because Hong understands both the technology and the IP behind it, clients get practical guidance that lines up their innovation strategy with their compliance obligations.

Hong frequently represents clients in post-grant proceedings including ex parte reexaminations and inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), and has obtained successful outcomes for some of the largest technology companies in the world. Hong also prepares dispositive pleadings for patent litigation cases in federal district courts. Clients rely on Hong’s comprehensive experience across all phases of patent disputes, including petition drafting, discovery, briefing, claim construction, oral argument, and appeal.

Hong is active in efforts to support diversity and inclusion in the legal community, and served as a board member of Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association (MAMAs) Austin Chapter. Hong also served as a volunteer prosecutor for the City of Austin, and tried five criminal misdemeanor cases to a jury and obtained guilty verdicts in all of them.