David R. Wright - Equity Shareholder

Mr. Wright’s practice focuses on complex litigation of intellectual property matters, including trade secret, copyright, patent, and trademark cases. He also has experience in transactional matters such as licensing and other contractual matters, and opinions regarding patent validity, infringement, and unenforceability.

Mr. Wright has successfully represented the firm’s clients in courts and administrative agencies throughout the United States. He also has represented clients before arbitration and mediation panels. In addition, he has successfully coordinated enforcement efforts of international intellectual property rights throughout the European Union and Asia.

Mr. Wright has lectured on topics such as international patent litigation and intellectual property damages and has assisted in teaching law school courses on litigation practice and racketeering laws. Mr. Wright has published articles involving federal court litigation and drafted model jury instructions used by lawyers across the country in racketeering and business tort cases.

During law school, Mr. Wright was Articles Editor for the Brigham Young University Law Review and Lead Notes and Comments Editor for the Brigham Young University International Law Annual. Also while in law school, Mr. Wright coordinated a joint effort by the J. Reuben Clark Law School and the American Bar Association in developing and publishing model jury instructions for civil RICO cases.

Mr. Wright served as the firm’s president and managing shareholder from 2004 – 2005, and is currently a member of its board of directors.

Primary Practice Focus

• Complex IP Litigation, Inter Partes Conflicts & Mediation and Arbitration
  • Patent Infringement, U. S. and Europe
  • Trademark Infringement
  • Copyright Infringement
  • Trade Dress Infringement
  • Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
  • Breach of Contract
  • Unfair Business Practices
  • Patent Related Antitrust Actions
  • Actions Before the International Trade Commission
  • Patent and Trademark Oppositions, U. S. and Europe
  • Arbitration
  • Mediation

• Appeals
  • Before the U. S. Supreme Court
  • Before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and Other Regional Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal
  • Utah State Supreme Court

Other Practice Experience

• Licensing, Other Transactional Work & Client Counseling
  • U. S. and Foreign Licensing of Intellectual Property Rights, Including Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets, and Know How
  • Employment Agreements & Invention Ownership
  • Non-Competition Covenants
  • Non-Disclosure Agreements
  • Assignments of Intellectual Property Rights
  • Patent Infringement Opinions
  • Due Diligence Investigations of IP Portfolios During Acquisition or Merger Transactions
  • Defensive Opinions of Non-infringement and Design Around Strategies

Second Language

Spanish

Professional Accomplishments of Note

• Finisar Corporation v. The DIRECTV Group, Inc., No. 1:05-CV-0264 (E.D. Tex. 2006) (jury verdict of patent infringement; awarding Finisar damages of over $120 million (overturned on appeal)).
• Lifetime Products, Inc. v. GSC Technology Corp., 97 Fed. Appx. 327 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (affirming grant of preliminary injunction).
• Biotec Biologische Naturverpackungen GmbH & Co. KG v. Biocorp, Inc., 249 F.3d 1341 (Fed. Cir. 2001) (affirming jury verdict of infringement).
• Jazz Photo Corp v International Trade Commission, 264 F.3d 1094 (Fed. Cir. 2001) (reversing, remanding, and lifting stay).
• Ultradent Products, Inc. v. Life-Like Cosmetics, Inc., 127 F.3d 1065 (Fed. Cir. 1997) (affirming findings of infringement).
• Ultradent Products, Inc. v. Life-Like Cosmetics, Inc., 924 F. Supp. 1101 (D. Utah 1996) (granting favorable patent construction terms and denying counterclaims).
• Jeppsen v. Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, Inc., 879 F. Supp. 1030 (D. Utah 1995) (upholding arbitration award).

Publications

• Contributing Author: Mark A Glick et al., Intellectual Property Damages: Guidelines and Analysis (Supp. 2004) (writing Part II: Patent Infringement Damages).
• Jury Instructions For Civil and Criminal RICO Cases with Commentary, Approved by: RICO Cases Committee, Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association, 1987 BYU L. Rev. 1.
• Model Utah Jury Instructions: Civil, Utah State Bar Model Jury Instructions Committee (Michie 1993) (contributing author).

Education

• J.D., J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, 1987
• B.A., magna cum laude, University of Utah, 1984

Professional Admissions and Associations

• Utah State Bar
• American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
• American Bar Association