Darin Snyder
Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor
San Francisco, CA, 94111-3823
Phone: +1-415-984-8846
Fax: +1-415-984-8701
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Stephen J. Akerley
2765 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA, 94025
Phone: +1-650-473-2612
Fax: +1-650-473-2601
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Mark Samuels
400 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA, 90071
Phone: +1-213-430-6340
Fax: +1-213-430-6407
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Brett J. Williamson
610 Newport Center Drive, 17th Floor
Newport Beach, CA, 92660
Phone: +1-949-823-7947
Fax: +1-949-823-6994
PROFESSIONALS
- Related Practices
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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Apple Inc.
Broadcom Corporation
Fox, Inc.
Home Box Office, Inc.
Hynix Semiconductor, Inc.
International Game Techology
Johnson & Johnson
Lionel LLC
Magma Design Automation, Inc.
Micrel Inc.
News Corp.
Time Inc.
Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation
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Intellectual Property and Technology
For many companies, safeguarding intellectual property is vital to achieving and maintaining commercial success. The challenge of protecting these crucial assets is formidable as the forces of globalization and technology continually reshape intellectual property law at a time when digital data can be created, copied, and transmitted with a few clicks of a mouse. O’Melveny provides its clients practical, results-oriented advice on how to broaden and strengthen intellectual property rights, protect against infringement, and maximize the ability to innovate and compete. We counsel on the acquisition, exploitation, and enforcement of intellectual property rights worldwide, with lawyers who have broad industry experience and specialized academic backgrounds, including advanced technical and scientific degrees. Whether defending a bet-the-company patent infringement case in Texas, or negotiating a cross-border technology acquisition agreement in Asia, we provide comprehensive legal services to assist clients in meeting their business goals as they confront complex patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, Internet, and technology law issues.
Key Facts
- Among other accolades, Chambers USA has repeatedly recognized our strong intellectual property practice, noting that the Firm's "illustrious name attracts a range of clients for IP work," and adding that clients "appreciate the business-minded advice they receive from the team, its strategic approach, its accessibility and its cost effectiveness." (Chambers USA 2009)
- The Legal 500 (2007-2009) has described our practice as "sophisticated and confident," adding that
- "[T]he [F]irm's lawyers are able to approach intellectual property issues from all angles."
- O’Melveny’s lawyers are "noted for their breadth, as well as their depth, of knowledge. In addition to being fully up-to-date with current legal developments, they have a rare knowledge of more arcane areas of law."
- Clients are "particularly impressed with the high levels of technical expertise" within the Firm and "are quick to appreciate that the firm 'brings a strength to the table that not many others can match.'" Clients also "benefit from a strategically strong presence in Asia."
- One client said, "They have breadth of expertise beyond the law, which makes them a valuable asset. Their technical expertise sets them apart. That said, their practice transcends industry boundaries."
- Our lawyers are boardroom-level advisors who frequently serve as outside general counsel, advising on and anticipating issues both strategic and day-to-day.
- We provide comprehensive and coordinated representation on the most complex patent and technology matters, including multi-jurisdiction, multi-lawsuit cases, such as our representation of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. in its international multi-pronged litigation against Intel.
- We offer imaginative solutions to complex problems. For example, we successfully defended an advanced aeronautics and space systems technology company in a patent infringement dispute involving attitude control systems for space satellites by utilizing an invalidity strategy that involved the reexamination of the patent-in-suit and resulted in the invalidation of all patent claims and subsequent dismissal of the case.
- We employ a uniquely integrated, multifaceted approach to the law that cuts across the intellectual property and technology, labor and employment, global enforcement and corporate departments. As US companies continue to eye Asia as a market for growth, for example, O'Melveny is one of the few firms capable of handling the intellectual property, labor, tax, and corporate issues involved in US-Asia cross-border endeavors such as Symantec Corporation's multi-million dollar joint venture with Chinese party, Huawei Technologies, to form a Chengdu-based entity developing, manufacturing, marketing, and supporting security and storage appliances for global telecommunications carriers and enterprise customers.
- Our lawyers are regularly asked to take over difficult or complex representations mid-stream, and are frequently successful in changing the course of cases that have been handled by other counsel. This was the situation in our representation of toy train maker Lionel LLC, in which we successfully appealed a multimillion-dollar jury verdict on trade secret claims that had plunged the company into bankruptcy.
Industry Reach
- Automotive
- Computer Hardware and Software
- Electronics
- Financial Services
- Gaming
- Libraries and Universities
- Life Sciences
- Media and Entertainment
- Military and Defense
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Nanotechnology
- Pharmaceuticals
- Retail, Consumer Goods and Services
- Scientific Instruments
- Toys
- Utilities
Practice Strengths
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You Technology, Inc.
Advanced Micro Devices
Hynix Semiconductor
B. Braun (Central Admixture Pharmacy Services, Inc.)
NDS Group PLC
Symantec Corporation
Quiksilver, Inc.
International Game Technology
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