Mehran Arjomand is a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office and a member of the Intellectual Property Group. Mr. Arjomand prosecutes patents in the electrical and mechanical arts and regularly counsels clients on issues of infringement and validity. The technology fields in which Mr. Arjomand has practiced include video and audio processing, semiconductor processing, automotive technologies, medical devices and consumer electronics.

Mr. Arjomand’s practice also includes litigation counseling. Prior to joining Morrison & Foerster, Mr. Arjomand was a litigator for more than four years focusing on intellectual property and entertainment litigation. His experience as a litigator combined with his patent prosecution experience has allowed him to handle a number of patent prosecution matters relating to litigation. For example, Mr. Arjomand has overseen more than 12 ex parte and inter partes reexaminations of patents involved in litigation on behalf of companies such as EchoStar, Apple, Mitsubishi, Fujitsu, and C.R. Bard. Mr. Arjomand has also assisted in preparing Markman briefs and expert reports for litigation matters.

Mr. Arjomand received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1991, where he finished in the top 10% of his class. He continued his studies at Berkeley obtaining his J.D. from Boalt Hall in 1995.

Mr. Arjomand is admitted to practice in California and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.