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Greg Lanier is an accomplished trial lawyer with more than 35 years experience leading major intellectual property (IP) and business disputes for companies around the globe, covering a wide range of technology.

Greg has won jury and bench trials, arbitrations, injunctions, and other major motions and hearings in venues across the United States. He also has personally argued appeals at the Federal, Fifth, and Ninth Circuits and in California's appellate courts. In addition, Greg has substantial experience in complex litigation matters involving parallel proceedings and investigations across the United States and around the world. Greg regularly advises on IP and litigation issues arising in corporate transactions and internal investigations and has led IP enforcement efforts against competitors and departing employees.

Greg has received significant recognition for excellent client results, being named by the Daily Journal as a "Top IP Lawyer" and as a "Top 100 Lawyer" in California and selected as a "Lawyer of the Week" by The American Lawyer. Greg has been described in IAM Patent 1000 — The World's Leading Patent Professionals as a "charismatic first-chair trial lawyer" and "globe-trotting litigator and consummate counselor." Greg is included in The Best Lawyers in America, recommended by The Legal 500 for patent litigation, and listed in Managing IP and Super Lawyers for IP litigation.

Greg was born and raised in Silicon Valley. He is a member of the Leadership Board of the College of Arts and Sciences of Santa Clara University and has served on the UC Hastings Foundation Board of Trustees.

Experience

  • NXP defends multi-jurisdiction patent infringement suits involving RFID technologyJones Day represented NXP USA Inc. against a competitor in a global patent infringement dispute involving more than 50 patents.
  • NXP litigates against competitor in 18-patent suit directed to RFID technologyJones Day represented NXP USA Inc. and NXP Semiconductors Netherlands B.V. in a patent infringement lawsuit against its competitor Impinj, Inc. in the Western District of Texas.
  • NXP Netherlands defends patent infringement claims in Western District of TexasJones Day defended NXP Semiconductors Netherlands B.V. in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by its competitor Impinj, Inc. in the Western District of Texas.
  • NXP sues Impinj for infringing patents relating to RFID technologyJones Day represented NXP USA, Inc. and NXP B.V. in their enforcement of six radio frequency identification (RFID) and wafer-layout patents against Impinj, Inc.
  • NXP whittles down competitor's infringement suit involving RFID technology from 26 to four patentsJones Day defended NXP USA, Inc. in a lawsuit brought by its competitor Impinj, Inc. alleging infringement of 26 patents relating to different aspects of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology.
  • Google wins patent trial in Western District of Texas against WSOU InvestmentsJones Day obtained a trial victory on behalf of Google and secured various additional wins through dispositive pre-trial motions in a patent litigation in the Western District of Texas involving 15 cases brought by WSOU Investments LLC.
  • SAP wins summary judgment on Teradata trade secret and antitrust claimsJones Day successfully defended SAP, one of the world's leading producers of software for the management of business processes, against trade secret and antitrust claims in a lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California.
  • REGENXBIO wins unanimous award of over $33 million issued against former licensee in AAA arbitrationJones Day, on behalf of REGENXBIO Inc., secured a unanimous final award of over $33 million from a three-member AAA panel following a multi-day arbitration against REGENXBIO's licensee Abeona Therapeutics Inc.
  • SAP defends patent infringement claims involving HANA database management softwareJones Day is representing SAP in a patent infringement litigation brought by a competitor in the Northern District of California.
  • Google defends patent infringement allegations over its Chromecast and Cast technologyJones Day is defending Google LLC in patent litigation brought by Touchstream Technologies, Inc. d/b/a Shodogg in the Western District of Texas.
  • Ability Opto-Electronics resolves patent infringement dispute relating to computer camera lensesJones Day defended Taiwan-based Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., Ltd. in a patent infringement lawsuit filed by its competitor Largan Precision Co., Ltd., in a case relating to optical lens systems for cameras and computers.
  • Google defends patent infringement lawsuits brought by Uniloc relating to Chromecast productsJones Day is defending Google LLC against patent infringement allegations in three lawsuits brought in the Eastern District of Texas by Uniloc 2017 LLC relating to Google's Chromecast products.
  • Google defends patent infringement lawsuits brought by Uniloc relating to YouTube TV and Google Play productsJones Day is defending Google LLC against patent infringement allegations in three lawsuits brought in the Eastern District of Texas by Uniloc 2017 LLC relating to Google’s YouTube TV and Google Play products.
  • Adocia prevails in biopharma license agreement dispute in international arbitrationJones Day won a binding arbitration award for French biopharmaceutical company, Adocia S.A., in a license agreement dispute against Eli Lilly and Company.
  • GreatCall wins affirmance of IP defense verdict in trade secret and patent telecom disputeJones Day won in binding arbitration and on appeal for GreatCall, Inc. in IP litigation brought by the company's founders.
  • SAP files DJ action in patent infringement dispute with Wellogix over computer softwareOn behalf of SAP America ("SAP"), Jones Day filed a patent infringement declaratory judgment action involving computer software, which is currently stayed in full pending the conclusion of reexamination proceedings filed by SAP in the USPTO involving the six patents-in-suit.
  • DIRECTV and component manufacturers prevail on summary judgment in patent infringement caseJones Day representing The DIRECTV Group, Inc., as well as numerous manufacturers of components used in DIRECTV's systems, prevailed by obtaining summary judgment rulings holding: (1) that a covenant not to sue between DIRECTV and Global was breached by Global's filing of this lawsuit; and (2) that the component manufacturers did not infringe Global's patents.
  • Google prevails in IPR proceeding by establishing that challenged claims are not patentableJones Day successfully represented Google Inc. before the PTAB in an IPR challenge to an internet-related patent that was also asserted in a district court action by Industrial Quick Search. 
  • SOLiD and Reach obtain jury verdict finding non-infringement in competitor-vs.-competitor patent caseFollowing a seven day trial, a jury in the Northern District of California unanimously found that Jones Day clients SOLiD, Inc. and Reach Holdings LLC did not infringe any claims of a 16-year-old wireless communications patent owned by Corning Optical Communications Wireless Ltd., a subsidiary of Corning, Inc.
  • Japanese multinational electronics manufacturer defeats royalty claims by former licensor of antenna-array technologyJones Day successfully defended a Japanese multinational electronics manufacturer against royalty claims by its former licensor of antenna-array technology.
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    October 2016 Commentary

    Federal Trade Commission Releases Long-Awaited Report on Patent Assertion Entities

    July 2016 Alert

    Federal Circuit Decision Clarifies Application of On-Sale Bar to Third-Party Manufacturers and Suppliers

    June 2016 Alert

    Supreme Court Upends Law of Treble Damages in Patent Cases

    February 17, 2016 External Publications

    Top Verdicts of 2015: Dyna LLC v. GreatCall Inc., Daily Journal

    May 2015 Alert

    Supreme Court Says Good-Faith Belief in Patent Invalidity No Defense to a Charge of Inducing Infringement

    April 2015 Jones Day Publications

    Claim Construction, Findings of Fact, and Indefiniteness in the Wake of Teva v. Sandoz

    April 2015 Commentary

    Federal Circuit Addresses Jurisdiction to Review Stay Orders in Covered Business Method Reviews

    January 2015 Alert

    Supreme Court Alters Appellate Review of Patent Claim Construction

    June 2011 Alert

    ALERT: Fourteen Federal District Courts Selected for Pilot Project Designed to Enhance Patent Expertise

    Additional Speaking Engagements

    • January 28, 2016
      Winning Strategies for Litigating Patent Trials, Northern California Jones Day University
    • September 20, 2013
      How the Business Role Impacts the Attorney-Client Privilege, and Waiver Risks
    • October 14, 2011
      Complex Issues in Complex Cases: A Focus on Damages, Daubert & Ethics
    • June 22, 2005
      Patent Trolls - Myth or Menace?
    • December 7, 2004
      The Government as VIP Protecting Your IP
    • November 30, 2004
      The Government as VIP Protecting Your IP

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