Jana G. Gold has a complex commercial litigation practice with particular focus on intellectual property, contract and licensing disputes. She has represented clients in fields as diverse as biotechnology, financial services, athletic shoe design, ultrasound, semiconductors and computer cryptography software. Her litigation experience includes cases involving patent infringement, patent licensing, partnership dissolution, contract and licensing disputes, trade secret misappropriation, copyright infringement defense, non-competition agreements and business torts.

Ms. Gold joined Morrison & Foerster's in 1991 and became of counsel to the firm in 1999. She recently returned from an extended leave of absence from the firm, during which time she served as Associate General Counsel to Cylink Corporation, a Silicon Valley company manufacturing computer cryptography equipment, software and Public Key Information ("PKI") systems. While at Cylink, Ms. Gold was involved in all aspects of in-house legal work, including contract and license negotiations, corporate governance issues, mergers and acquisitions, employment and intellectual property.

• Represented SRI in a patent dispute with Advanced Technology Laboratories, litigated through summary judgment, two trials and two appeals. Resulted in a $35 million judgment for SRI, based on a finding of willful infringement and trebling of damages.
• Day to day responsibility for coordinating defense of a suit filed by Lexar against Toshiba Corporation and one of its United States subsidiaries alleging misappropriation of trade secrets relating to NAND Flash memory products.
• Represented Healtheon/WebMD in a dispute with one of its former officers who founded a rival medical website based on a business opportunity he had been pursuing for Healtheon. The case was settled before trial.