The Information Technology (IT) industry is hard to define, but by any definition, Morrison & Foerster is a leading law firm for IT companies. We work with some of the most innovative and successful IT entrepreneurs, corporations, and investors from around the world, including EchoStar, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Kleiner Perkins, Nokia, NTT DoCoMo, Pioneer, SoftBank, SprintNextel, Thomson Electric, and Time Warner.
To meet client needs, our business and litigation attorneys are located in the major information technology markets and centers of influence, including California, Washington, D.C., New York, London, Tokyo, and China. When legal issues are shaped by sophisticated technical issues, as they often are, we have the technical expertise to develop a deep understanding of virtually any existing or cutting-edge technology. With the largest patent practice of any full-service law firm, we have more than 90 attorneys and agents with advanced technical degrees in computer engineering, electrical engineering, material sciences, information systems, chemistry, and many other related technical fields.
We have particularly broad and deep global expertise in the following IT-related industries:
Communications Technology
Electronics
Internet, Media & Entertainment
Semiconductors
Software