Lanier, Greg

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, and is a member of the board of trustees of the 1066 Foundation.

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

• Aradigm successfully defends against claim by Eli Lilly to inventorship of patents involving inhaled insulin technology , (2009)
• CipherTrust settles favorably in trademark dispute relating to e-mail gateways , (2009)
• Genencor defends against patent infringement claims brought by Novozymes over enzymes used in ethanol fuel production , (2009)
• MOSAID launches patent suit against Samsung over nine patents for DRAM technology
• MOSAID resolves patent infringement suit against Hynix Semiconductor
• MOSAID Technologies settles favorably in patent infringement case involving computer memory , (2009)
• Motorola settles patent infringement suit with Zoltar involving self-locating cellular GPS technology , (2009)
• Nielsen Mobile company resolves IP dispute with M:Metrics over technology related to measuring web page visitation activity , (2009)
• ON Semiconductor files patent infringement suit following Samsung's declaratory judgment action , (2009)
• SanDisk asserts patent over flash memory systems before the ITC , (2009)
• SanDisk defends against patent infringement charges involving integrated circuit chips , (2009)
• SanDisk fends off against patent infringement claims by Texas MP3 Technologies relating to MP3 players , (2009)
• SAP AG acquires Highdeal , (2009)
• SAP defends against copyright infringement and other claims relating to service of enterprise software , (2009)
• SAP defends against patent infringement claim filed by DSC , (2009)

West Practice Categories

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

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• Santa Clara University
• U of California - Hastings

Published Works

• IP Expenses - Do They Really Belong With the Overhead?, 2010

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