O'Melveny & Myers LLP has an expert group in patent litigation which maintains close connections with clients from a broad range of industries, such as hardware and software, digital tech, and pharmaceuticals. Co-heading the practice from Washington DC, Sean Trainor is a Section 337 specialist capable of representing major industry players such as Google and Samsung Electronics before the ITC. In Los Angeles, the group includes practice co-head and tech sector expert Ryan Yagura, a trial lawyer who regularly represent parties at the ITC in patent infringement cases, as well as litigator Nicholas Whilt, who specializes in tech IP disputes. Darin Snyder in San Francisco is another key patent litigator at the firm.
Key clients
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Google LLC
Work highlights
- Acted for Google, Waze, Samsung, and Lenovo in an ITC case in which AGIS asserted that a host of Android-based smartphones, tablets, and smart watches equipped with certain Google software features infringe multiple AGIS patents.
- Represented Samsung in a patent litigation dispute against Daedalus that threatened Samsung’s ability to produce and import several lines of consumer electronics products.