Morrison Foerster is an international law firm with lawyers practicing throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe. Click to discover more.

mofo_share_image.jpg

Morrison Foerster

common-default.jpeg

Terms / Notices

Cookies

Privacy Policy

Attorney Advertising

Secure Login

Alumni

  Facebook

MoFo Facebook

  Linkedin

MoFo LinkedIN

Twitter

MoFo Twitter

YouTube

MoFo Youtube

Morrison Foerster - Footer

Trade Secrets

You have not solved the recaptcha challenge yet or session expired, try again.

Email Disclaimer

Disclaimer

Unsolicited e-mails and information sent to Morrison Foerster will not be considered confidential, may be disclosed to others pursuant to our <a href="https://www.mofo.com/about/privacy-policy.html">Privacy Policy</a>, may not receive a response, and do not create an attorney-client relationship with Morrison Foerster. If you are not already a client of Morrison Foerster, do not include any confidential information in this message. Also, please note that our attorneys do not seek to practice law in any jurisdiction in which they are not properly authorized to do so.

Feedback

mofo-logo-2022.svg

People

Capabilities

Resources

About

Culture

Offices

Careers

Stay Connected

The most valuable assets of a company typically include its intellectual property and confidential information, and the employees entrusted with this information. Both IP and employees can be highly mobile. Our clients range from early stage companies to large multinationals, but have one thing in common:  the need to protect their valuable intellectual property.

Case Studies

Responding to Trade Secret Theft: The First 100 Days

Is the International Trade Commission the Right Venue for your Next Trade Secret Misappropriation Claim?

MoFo Fall 2023 IP Insights Series

Protecting Your Trade Secrets in Today’s Global Economy: Session 3 - Can You Keep a Secret? Protecting Your Trade Secrets in the UK and EU

Protecting Your Trade Secrets in Today’s Global Economy: Session 2 - Protecting Your Trade Secrets in Asia

Protecting Your Trade Secrets in Today’s Global Economy: Session 1 – Taking Action from the U.S. Against Trade Secret Theft Overseas

Events

Fifth Circuit Weighs In on Transfer Factors In High-Tech IP Case

Is the ITC the Right Venue for Trade Secrets Theft?

ITC 100-Day Early Disposition: Little Used but Top of Mind

Trade Secrets: 2022 Year in Review

How to Mitigate Trade Secret Theft, Plus Remedies if It Happens

What May Lie Ahead For ITC Trade Secret Claims

Insights

TikTok Transfer Gives Some Patent Defendants a Path Out of Texas

Bryan Wilson Named a Top Trade Secrets Lawyer by the Daily Journal

Morrison Foerster Named a Litigation Powerhouse by Benchmark Litigation USA

Morrison Foerster Achieves Top-Tier Recognition in Managing IP’s 2023 Rankings

Christine Wong Named to the 2023 NACD Directorship 100

Daralyn Durie Inducted into the California Lawyers Association Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame

News

Sign Up

Ken has more than 25 years of experience in intellectual property and other complex, high-stakes commercial litigation and trials. His cases have involved a broad range of technology industries, including software, semiconductor, Internet, and medical devices.Ken has successfully brought and defended numerous trade secret cases in state and federal court. He was a member of the team that successfully tried a recent high-profile smartphone case leading to a jury verdict of over $900 million.He also represented the University of California in patent litigation against a leading life sciences company over a pioneering patent involving human growth hormone. The resulting $200 million settlement, reached after a six-week jury trial, remains one of the top-ten settlements in any biotechnology patent case in the United States.Ken also represents public companies and their officers and directors in securities class actions, shareholder derivative suits, internal investigations, and SEC proceedings. He frequently litigates disputes arising out of mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions. In addition, he represents privately funded and emerging companies in disputes over corporate governance and breaches of fiduciary duty, as well as in disputes among boards of directors, investors, partners, and founders.A significant part of Ken’s practice involves pre-litigation counseling for companies seeking to avoid litigation and/or to better prepare themselves for litigation that may arise. He has extensive experience in arbitration and mediation proceedings.

Kenneth A. Kuwayti

Partner

Bryan Wilson is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group. He is a first-chair trial lawyer with an expansive range of experience handling intellectual property matters in a variety of venues. His successful track record in recent years includes trade secrets and patent cases in both state and federal courts as well as in arbitration proceedings. He is co-chair of the firm's Trade Secrets Working Group and former chair of the Litigation Department in the firm's Palo Alto office. Bryan teaches a seminar in trade secret law as a Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School and is a contributing editor to Trade Secrets (Law and Business 2016).Bryan’s jury trials include Hansen Medical, Inc. v. Luna Innovations, Inc., which was tried in Santa Clara County Superior Court and resulted in a $36 million trade secret and breach-of-contract verdict for Hansen Medical.Bryan also has extensive experience in arbitration proceedings with JAMS/Endispute, the American Arbitration Association, and private arbitration proceedings, including the arbitration of patent infringement claims, business disputes and trade secret matters.Bryan also maintains an active pro bono practice, representing organizations including the Mono Lake Committee, the Peninsula Open Space Trust, the Coastside Land Trust, the Tuolumne River Trust, and the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty. Before law school, Bryan worked for the Save San Francisco Bay Association and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.In 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2018, Legal 500 US recommended Bryan as a leading attorney for trade secrets, describing him as “‘a very smart, thoughtful attorney,’ who is ‘courteous and assertive in trial.’”

Trade Secrets

Intellectual Property: Trade Secrets

Insights

Insights

News

News

Events

Events