Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Greg Lanier litigates intellectual property and related business matters for clients based in Silicon Valley and around the globe. Greg has handled cases in a diverse range of technologies, from semiconductors to life sciences and clinical trials. Greg also advises regarding IP issues arising in business transactions, such as M&A. Greg's representative clients have included Aradigm Corporation, Genencor International, SanDisk Corporation, Motorola, and SAP.

Greg has tried cases to juries, judges, and arbitration panels across the U.S. and has argued before a variety of federal and state appellate courts, including the Federal Circuit. He is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the Intellectual Property Law Section of the American Bar Association. Greg served as an adjunct professor at UC Hastings College of the Law, teaching patent litigation from 2002 to 2007.

Greg serves as the Administrative Partner of the Firm's Silicon Valley Office and coordinates the Firm's Intellectual Property Practice in Northern California.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property
• Copyrights & Trademarks
• Patent Litigation
• Life Sciences

Representative Cases

• Diagnostic Systems Corporation v. Symantec Corporation, Case No. SA-CV-06-1211 (C.D. Cal.) , (2009)
• In the Matter of Certain Flash Memory Controllers, Drives, Memory Cards, and Media Players, and Products Containing Same (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-619) , (2009)
• Eli Lilly & Co. v. Aradigm Corp., 376 F.3d 1352 (Fed. Cir. 2004)
• IronPort v. CipherTrust
• Novozymes A/S v. Genencor Int’l., Inc., Civil Action No. 05-160 (D. Del 2005)
• Oracle v. SAP AG, U.S. Dist. N. Cal. 07-cv-1658WJ
• Samsung Electronics v. ON Semiconductor, Civil Action No. 1:06-cv-00720 (D. Del. 2006); On Semiconductor v. Samsung Electronics, Civil Action No. 6:06-cv-00523 (E. D. Tex. 2006) , (2008)
• Texas MP3 Technologies, Ltd. v. SanDisk Corporation et al., Case No. 2:07-cv-00052-TJW (E.D. Tex. 2007)
• Zoltar Satellite Systems v. LG Electronics (including Motorola, Inc.), Civil Action No. 5:06-cv-00044 (N.D. Cal.)
• Clinical Trial Arbitration
• DRAM Litigation
• Patent Litigation
• Patent Litigation

West Practice Categories

Copyrights, Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property, Patent Litigation, Patents, Technology Licensing, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• U of California - Hastings

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