Copyright

IP Practice Group of the Year

IP Firm of the Year

BTI Litigation Outlook 2014
Named one of three “IP Litigation Powerhouses”

MoFo was named Firm of the Year: Patent Prosecution by LMG Life Sciences 2013

Representative Experience

Oracle America v. Google

Currently representing Oracle America in an action for copyright and patent infringement based on Google's inclusion of Java platform technology in the Android software platform and operating system.

SCO v. Novell

In March 2010, after seven years of litigation and two trial victories, we secured another win for Novell in a three-week trial in which a jury determined Novell owned the copyrights to the UNIX computer operating system. The Tenth Circuit later upheld the jury’s finding and corresponding court decision that found Novell to be the rightful owner of the Unix operating system, denying SCO’s attempt to profit by suing users of a related operating system.

Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc.

In September 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of our client, Autodesk, against a reseller of its software. The reseller asserted that his resales of Autodesk software were protected by the first sale doctrine and did not infringe Autodesk’s copyright. The Ninth Circuit held that the plaintiff was not entitled to assert the first sale defense against Autodesk because he acquired the used software subject to Autodesk’s license agreement and did not have ownership rights.

Rosen v. PCCW Global (C.D. Cal.)

Won summary judgment for communications provider PCCW Global in matter alleging that PCCW had violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. (2010)