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Daralyn Durie, Tim Saulsbury, Kyle Mooney, Matt Kreeger, Mike DeStefano, John Douglass, Joyce Li, Elana Confino-Pinzon, Chris Meier, and Chizuru Kirigakubo received a "shout-out" as Litigators of The Week in The AmLaw Litigation Daily for successfully represented Palo Alto Networks Inc. in a longstanding lawsuit filed by Finjan. The case involved allegations of patent infringement related to network-security products. U.S. District Chief Judge Richard Seeborg granted summary judgment of non-infringement on the last three remaining patents in the suit. This decision marks a significant victory for Palo Alto Networks Inc. after more than a decade of litigation.Read the <a href="https://www.law.com/litigationdaily/2025/03/28/litigator-of-the-week-runners-up-and-shout-outs/" target="_blank">full article</a>.

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Daralyn Durie is among the top trial lawyers in the country, acting as go-to trial counsel for both plaintiffs and defendants. Daralyn’s exceptional track record has earned her consistent recognition from leading national publications. Chambers has listed her among the top 10 intellectual property lawyers in the U.S. and Law360 has recognized her as an “Icon of IP” and an MVP. Benchmark Litigation reported that “going against her was like going against a boxer in which you know you’re going to get hurt.” She’s a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, and an inductee into the California Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame.Daralyn’s legal career began at Berkeley Law, followed by a clerkship for the Honorable Douglas Ginsburg on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She became a partner at a litigation boutique in 1999 and, in 2009, co-founded Durie Tangri, a premier litigation boutique that later combined with Morrison Foerster in 2023.In addition to her courtroom successes, Daralyn is actively involved in the legal community. She is a board member of the National Women’s Law Center, a past president of the Northern California Association of Business Trial Lawyers, and served as an adjunct professor at Berkeley Law, where she taught civil trial advocacy.Life SciencesDaralyn has decades of experience in the life sciences sector. She spearheaded the enforcement of Genentech’s Cabilly family of patents, which generated billions of dollars in licensing revenue. She served as lead counsel in the Herceptin biosimilar litigation and recently achieved a plaintiff-side jury verdict of $178 million in a patent infringement case involving melanoma therapy.TechnologyIn the tech sector, Daralyn recently won defense jury verdicts for Aptiv (USB hubs), Activision (in the Eastern District of Texas), and Redbubble. She served as lead counsel for Google, defending Google Books from copyright infringement claims. Following extensive litigation on copyright and antitrust issues, Google prevailed on summary judgment, resulting in Daralyn being named an Attorney of the Year by California Lawyer magazine.

Daralyn Durie

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Tim Chen Saulsbury co-chairs the firm’s global IP Litigation Group and cross-disciplinary Intellectual Property Group. He represents many of the world’s leading technology companies in high-stakes patent and technology disputes and has served as lead counsel for the likes of VMware, Zoom, Atlassian, Pinterest, Wix.com, and Tonal. His experience spans all aspects of trial and appellate practice.Tim’s track record has resulted in recognition from leading publications. IAM Patent 1000 describes Tim as a “formidable lead trial attorney,” highlighting wins for Zoom and others.  Bloomberg Law named Tim one of the top 40 lawyers in the country under 40, and the Daily Journal labeled him one of the “Top Intellectual Property Lawyers” in California. He also was recognized by the Daily Journal as one of California’s top 40 lawyers under the age of 40, on Benchmark Litigation’s 40 & Under Hot List, and by The Legal 500 (for Copyright, Patent Licensing, Patent Litigation, and Trade Secrets).Tim’s recent highlights include:<ul><li>As lead counsel for the country’s largest integrated healthcare system, Tim secured a complete summary judgment victory in a $900M+ trade secret case involving wearable medical device technologies, earning him Litigator of the Week runner up honors in The American Lawyer.</li><li>As lead counsel for Zoom in a six-patent case involving end-to-end encryption technology, Tim defended against claims seeking $100M+ annually and amounting to $1.5B+ over the life of the patents. After winning successive dismissal motions, Zoom moved to dismiss the entire case with prejudice. The Court issued a tentative ruling indicating that it was inclined to grant the motion, and the case promptly resolved.</li><li>A complete defense verdict in a competitor patent trial involving USB technology that powers Apple CarPlay. Tim’s cross-examination of the lead inventor was later described as a “climactic moment” and potentially “a big reason why the jury would later reject Microchip’s case.”</li><li>In the months leading up to that trial, Tim put together a streak of five complete walkaways as lead counsel for Zoom, Atlassian, and Brightcove.</li></ul>Tim also maintains an active pro bono docket, serving as full scope counsel in a range of cases—including FTCA, First Amendment, wrongful termination, and Section 1983 prisoners’ rights matters—and representing victims of violence in immigration proceedings.Prior to joining MoFo, Tim was a partner at a national trial boutique, where he built his practice representing major technology companies in high-stakes intellectual property matters and served on the firm’s management committee.

Timothy Chen Saulsbury

Kyle Mooney is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group, focusing on patent litigation and other intellectual property disputes, including trade secrets, copyright, and trademark disputes.Kyle represents clients in a wide variety of fields, including communications, networking, electronic trading, fiber optic components, semiconductors, LEDs, optical storage and scanning, display technologies, digital cameras, software, automotive components, and medical devices. He has litigated significant IP disputes between direct competitors, as well as patent infringement actions brought by non-practicing entities. Kyle’s IP practice has included jury trials, bench trials, ITC proceedings, PTAB proceedings, and mediations.Kyle also has substantial pro bono experience, including arguments before the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and New York Appellate Division in habeas and criminal appeals, and a bench trial in the Southern District of New York in a case involving the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.Kyle received his J.D. from New York University School of Law, where he was a staff editor for the Environmental Law Journal.

Kyle W.K. Mooney

Matt has over two decades of experience representing clients in intellectual property cases. He has represented numerous clients in the pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device industries, in cases involving technologies such as antibody therapeutics and diagnostics, nucleic acid testing, vaccines, and small molecules. Matt also works for clients in information technology, leveraging his software experience. In one case for a computer networking company, Matt persuaded the court to issue an early favorable claim construction for an encryption patent, resulting in summary judgment in the client’s favor. In another case involving hybridization assays, Matt was part of the trial team in a successful arbitration establishing infringement of the client’s patent. Matt is a member of MoFo’s PTAB Litigation Group, representing clients in inter partes review, post-grant review, covered business method and derivation proceedings under the America Invents Act. Matt has served as lead counsel on more than forty such proceedings. In one case for an early stage medical device client, Matt filed an inter partes review petition that persuaded the opposing party to license the patent on favorable terms. In addition, Matt has served as lead or co-lead counsel in more than twenty patent interferences, including one ground-breaking interference confirming that the client was the first to invent a test to screen for HIV antibodies used in blood banks throughout the world.Matt has more than ten years of experience as a consultant in software design and development. He has programmed in C, C++, Pascal, and assembly language, and has developed data analysis and instrument control programs for chemical instrumentation companies.

Matthew I. Kreeger

Senior Counsel

Michael is an associate in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group in the Miami office. He focuses his practice on patent litigation and other complex intellectual property disputes, including trade secrets, copyrights, and trademarks, in federal courts and before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).Michael has represented clients in intellectual property matters involving a broad range of technologies, including semiconductors, consumer electronics, fiber optics, and biotechnology. Michael has experience in all stages of litigation, including discovery, depositions, motion practice, summary judgment, jury and bench trials, and post-trial briefing.Michael received his J.D. cum laude from New York University School of Law and his B.A. magna cum laude with honors in classics from New York University. While attending law school, he was a senior editor for the Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law. Michael was a judicial intern for the Hon. Judge Paul G. Gardephe of the Southern District of New York.

Michael DeStefano

Associate

John is an associate in the Litigation Department with substantial trial experience. His practice focuses on intellectual property litigation.John has represented clients ranging from startups to large multinational companies in intellectual property litigation. He has litigated patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and complex commercial claims in federal and state courts, in private arbitration, and before the U.S. International Trade Commission and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. His matters have involved a broad range of technologies, including semiconductors, touch screens, network security, media systems, and live therapeutics.Before becoming an attorney, John worked as an aerospace engineer at NASA and Space Systems/Loral. While attending law school, John interned in the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and at the FCC. John has also clerked in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.John is admitted to practice in California.

John Douglass

Joyce Li is a trial lawyer with an emphasis on intellectual property.Her practice includes patent, copyright, and trade secret, as well as other complex commercial matters. She has experience with a wide range of technologies, from USB to microfluidics to video streaming. She is drawn to the interplay between technology, law, and people—and strives to understand each in view of the others.Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, Joyce clerked for the Honorable Richard G. Andrews in the U.S. District Court, District of Delaware.Joyce received her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where she served as an editor for the California Law Review and a senior editor for the Berkeley Technology Law Journal. Joyce holds a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Yale.

Joyce Li

Elana Confino-Pinzon is an associate in the Litigation Department of Morrison Foerster’s New York office.Elana’s practice focuses on intellectual property matters, including patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret disputes. Elana received her J.D. from Harvard Law School. While in law school, she served as a senior articles editor for the Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law. Elana received her B.A. magna cum laude in political science from Brown University.Elana is fluent in Spanish.