John S. Douglass

John S. Douglass
Associate

425 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-2482

jdouglass@mofo.com

(415) 268-7896

INDUSTRIES + ISSUES

Space and Satellites

BAR ADMISSIONS

California

CLERKSHIPS

Hon. Beth Labson Freeman, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California

EDUCATION

University of California, Los Angeles, B.S., Aerospace Engineering

University of California, Los Angeles, M.S., Aerospace Engineering

Georgetown University Law Center, J.D.

John is a trial attorney in the IP Litigation practice. His practice focuses on patent, trade secret, and copyright litigation.

John has represented clients ranging from startups to large multinational companies in intellectual property litigation. He has litigated patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and complex commercial claims in federal and state courts, in private arbitration, and before the U.S. International Trade Commission and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. His matters have involved a broad range of technologies, including semiconductors, touch screens, network security, media systems, and live therapeutics.

John has also clerked in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Before becoming an attorney, John was an aerospace engineer at NASA and then Space Systems/Loral. While in law school, John interned in the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and at the FCC and was the senior articles editor for the Georgetown Law Technology Journal.

Rankings

Recognized as Ones to Watch for Intellectual Property Law

Best Lawyers 2026