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David A. Perlson
Partner Intellectual Property
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David Perlson is a partner in Hogan Lovell’s San Francisco office. He is an experienced trial and appellate lawyer specializing in intellectual property and commercial litigation and practices extensively in patent, antitrust, trade secret, and class action litigation. Mr. Perlson has successfully tried many cases to verdict over the course of his career and won numerous cases on dispositive motions before trial. He also plays an active role in the firm’s appellate practice and has argued several winning appeals at the Federal Circuit.
Mr. Perlson has substantial experience representing companies in a wide range of industries, including Internet, digital media, life sciences, gaming, financial services, and other technology fields—specifically litigation in connection with smartphones and other mobile devices.
Representative experience
Successfully represented Waymo LLC in a competitor trade secret misappropriation case granting Waymo an equity stake in the competitor’s business as well as injunctive relief. *
Secured US$333.8M for Complete Genomics in a patent case against Illumina in Delaware. Jury found Illumina infringed CGI's patents and invalidated Illumina's patents regarding gene sequencing. *
Represented RealNetworks in a patent case where the Court granted summary judgment of invalidity, one of the first decisions applying the Supreme Court's KSR v. Teleflex ruling. *
Represented Bally Technologies in a case with Shuffle Master and International Gaming Technology relating to casino table game patents. Secured summary judgment of non-infringement and obviousness.*
Represented AOL, Nullsoft, and Time Warner in a class action alleging contributory copyright infringement through file share technology. Obtained a summary judgment ruling of non-infringement. *
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.
Credentials
Education
- Juris Doctor, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, cum laude, 1996
- B.A., Political Science, University of Wisconsin, 1993
Bar admissions and qualifications
- California
Court admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
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13 January 2025