Mr. Danis specializes in the trial and arbitration of patent, trade secret, product liability, and other complex litigation matters. Mr. Danis also has extensive experience conducting corporate internal investigations involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and antitrust matters. He has handled cases in a variety of industries including software, hardware, consumer electronics, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, medical devices, energy, and food products.

Mr. Danis clerked for Judge Lawrence W. Pierce of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he served as the Senior Articles Editor of The Hastings Law Journal. Mr. Danis received his undergraduate degree in philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley.

From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Danis served as a Managing Partner for Operations of Morrison & Foerster. Prior to that he was a founder of the firm’s San Diego office, where he served as Managing Partner from 1999 to 2003. Mr. Danis is a member of the California State Bar. He also is a registered gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi and a member of the Daini Tokyo Bar Association.

Representative matters handled by Mr. Danis include the following:

• In the Matter of Certain Digital Television Products. Counsel to complainant Funai Electric Co., Ltd. in an ITC action asserting Funai’s digital television patents against sixteen Chinese, Taiwanese, and U.S. respondents.
• Applied Materials, Inc. v. Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment, Inc. Defending Shanghai-based Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment, Inc. in a California trade secret action involving semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
• Enzon v. Yoshitomi Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. Defended Yoshitomi Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. in a royalty dispute regarding future sales of recombinant albumin. Following a two-week arbitration, a favorable result was obtained on behalf of Yoshitomi.
• Trilogy Development Group v. Teknowledge. Defended Trilogy in a patent infringement action involving configuration software. Prior to the case settling, the firm prevailed on a summary judgment motion of invalidity.
• VISX v. Nidec. Represented plaintiff VISX in patent infringement suits involving laser vision correction equipment and methods.
• Watson v. H.J. Heinz Company. Lead counsel to H.J. Heinz Company in a trade secret and correction of patent inventorship action. Successfully moved to dismiss the action based upon plaintiff’s lack of standing, and the Federal Circuit unanimously affirmed.