Victor Chiu represents clients in all facets of commercial litigation. Prior to joining Keker, Van Nest & Peters, Victor served as a judicial law clerk to Judge Patty Shwartz of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and to Judge Wendy Beetlestone of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He formerly was a litigation associate for a large San Francisco firm where he litigated cases in both state and federal court.
Victor earned his J.D. from Yale Law School and his B.A. summa cum laude in English and Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles.
We defended EDA company Real Intent at trial in San Jose federal court against Synopsys’s copyright infringement claims related to the design and verification of integrated circuits. Synopsys also alleged that Real Intent breached several contractual agreements between the two companies by copying certain commands from Synopsys's software. The KVP team won a sweeping fair use victory on the copyright infringement claims at summary judgment, while the contract claim remained in the case at trial. The jury awarded nominal damages to Synopsys, far less than was sought at trial.
We represent the PGA TOUR in an antitrust lawsuit filed by 11 professional golfers who left the PGA TOUR and joined LIV Golf. We defeated plaintiffs’ motion for a temporary restraining order seeking to force the PGA TOUR to allow them to play in the FedExCup Playoffs. We also recently won a motion to compel subpoena compliance from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and its Governor, Yasir Al-Rumayyan.
The Daily Journal has named Keker, Van Nest & Peters's trial win for Real Intent among the 2024 Top Verdicts in California. Read more
Keker, Van Nest & Peters partners Bob Van Nest, Sharif Jacob, Sophie Hood and Ryan Wong reflect on the firm’s biggest trial wins which earned its place among Law360’s 2024 Trials Groups of the Year. Read more
Law firm Keker, Van Nest & Peters is delighted to announce that pro bono client Demetrius Howard is home for the holidays after being released last week from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Read more
A Keker trial team, led by Bob Van Nest, successfully defended Real Intent, Inc. in a San Jose federal court, achieving a favorable outcome in a complex breach of contract case. After securing a decisive copyright fair use ruling in August 2024, they convinced the jury to award only nominal damages, far less than the claimant’s demands. Read more
In celebration of National Pro Bono Week, we highlight the firm’s Felony Murder Resentencing Project, which has helped at least six incarcerated individuals overturn their life sentences. Read more
The 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America featured 25 KVP attorneys. Read more