Chaikovsky, Yar

Yar R. Chaikovsky is Global Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Palo Alto office. He oversees the firm’s 100-plus lawyer IP practice. Mr. Chaikovsky serves as lead trial counsel for some of the most preeminent global technology companies in their most important matters, litigating in district courts and at the ITC in technology fields as diverse as networking and broadband infrastructure; semiconductors; LEDs; wireless communication standards such as Bluetooth, CDMA, SMS, and WiFi; video compression; navigation systems; software; hardware; consumer electronics; analog devices; and medical devices.

Mr. Chaikovsky is recognized as one of the top patent trial lawyers in the nation. Benchmark Litigation has named him as a “California Litigation Star” while calling him “a hell of a lawyer” who “has some ‘buzzy star power’ about him.” He is recognized by IAM Patent 1000 for district court and ITC matters, where he is noted as a “[c]harismatic top-tier trial lawyer" who “has an encyclopedic knowledge of the law, which he uses to provide relevant, practical business advice on key IP issues. He also has a work ethic that is second to none.” He was singled out as a “trial attorney who scored big” and “demonstrated a track record of success” due to his trial preparation and presentation when The National Law Journal named him a "Winning Litigator," and as an "Intellectual Property Trailblazer," where he was identified as being “a thought leader in patent litigation in the United States” due to “his innovative trial work protecting corporations using aggressive litigation strategies.” Intellectual Asset Management notes that he “communicates exceptionally well and doesn’t let technical jargon dominate his arguments and thinking and is a talented trial lawyer who deserves high recognition.” He is lauded by Chambers for being a “very sharp and detail-oriented litigator” with an “assertive, thorough and thoughtful approach” to litigation, in addition to having an “ability to adopt the viewpoint of in-house counsel” in order to best achieve client objectives.

Mr. Chaikovsky graduated from UCLA School of Law in 1994 and earned his B.S. from the University of Southern California in 1991.