O'Melveny & Myers

O’Melveny & Myers is an international firm with offices in Century City, Los Angeles, Menlo Park, Newport Beach and San Francisco. The firm is highly recommended in the state for copyright and patent litigation.

Key patent practitioners at the firm include Matt Kline and Ryan Yagura. Yagura is current head of the firm’s IP group and focuses his personal practice on patent litigation, often in district court and before the International Trade Commission.

Noteworthy trademark and copyright practitioners at the firm are Dan Petrocelli and David Eberhart. Petrocelli is chair of the trial practice committee and is well known for representing high-profile entertainment clients in copyright and trademark disputes. Eberhart is active in trade secrets and copyright matters for consumer products and electronics companies.

The firm also offers significant IP transactions expertise with Heather Meeker, who is an expert in technology transactions and open source issues.

In 2021, the firm was shortlisted by Managing IP for the Copyright Firm of the Year for the West award.

O’Melveny served as lead counsel defending Honeywell’s recently spun-out Resideo Technologies entity against patent infringement claims involving mobile telecommunications technology.

In addition, an O'Melveny team successfully defended Google against patent infringement claims implicating Google's mapping technology.

The firm represents fast-fashion company Fashion Nova in a lawsuit filed by Adidas alleging trademark infringement, unfair competition, and related claims. Additional trademark clients include Elasticsearch, GT’S Living Foods and Calendar Research.

In the copyright space, the firm was recently active for Walt Disney and ABC.

An O’Melveny team also secured a settlement for music streaming service Pandora in copyright litigation filed by Wixen Music Publishing. Additional copyright clients include 24/7 Customer, Global Rights Music and JC Penney.