Law360 named Morrison Foerster partner Daralyn Durie an MVP of the Year in Intellectual Property, recognizing her among the nation’s most accomplished IP litigators. The Intellectual Property category is one of the publication’s most competitive, honoring only a handful of lawyers who achieved exceptional results in high stakes matters over the past year.
Daralyn earned her spot with a string of decisive victories across the technology and life sciences sectors. She secured complete defense wins for Epic Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Palo Alto Networks, and NeoGenomics, eliminating hundreds of millions of dollars in potential exposure in patent suits spanning virtual worlds, gaming networks, cybersecurity products, and liquid biopsies. She won a pivotal summary judgment for Genentech in a closely watched oncology patent dispute, dramatically reducing the scope of potential damages. She also won a decisive trial victory for Postscript, which won summary judgment as a defendant in a competitor’s patent case and then prevailed in front of a jury in its patent counterclaim. Daralyn was also hired to serve as lead trial counsel for Anthropic in copyright litigation brought by a class of authors challenging the use of copyrighted materials to train AI models.
A once-in-a-generation trial lawyer, Daralyn has shaped modern patent law while mentoring the next generation of advocates. Her consistent leadership in precedent-setting cases continues to influence the IP landscape and reinforce MoFo’s standing as a powerhouse in complex litigation.
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