Brian C. Cannon

Brian C. Cannon is a highly experienced patent litigator with a deep focus on complex intellectual property and commercial disputes, representing major technology and life sciences companies. His practice encompasses a wide array of technology areas, including biotechnology, virtual reality, genetic testing, medical devices, enterprise software (servers, internet search), telecommunications (standards setting organizations), and general electronics.

Throughout his career, Mr. Cannon has primarily represented defendants and operating companies, defending against patent infringement, contract disputes, and antitrust claims. His significant courtroom experience includes successfully arguing numerous appeals at both the Federal Circuit and Ninth Circuit, and he has represented clients before the United States Supreme Court. His notable representations include defending TRT against Meta and Oculus VR, Bio-Rad in appeals from the International Trade Commission, Vizgen against 10x Genomics and Harvard University, Motorola against Apple and Microsoft, and Google in patent and competition law actions involving standards setting organizations. He also obtained summary judgment of non-infringement for Google in an internet search patent case.

Currently, Mr. Cannon is an attorney at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP. Earlier in his career, he was a partner at Fish & Neave, a firm whose intellectual property practice has historical ties and eventual integration with Fish & Richardson, where the provided data tracks one of his appearances as counsel. While specific personal IPR/PTAB case counts are not detailed in his profile, his firm, Quinn Emanuel, is consistently ranked as a top performer at the PTAB, indicating a strong firm-wide post-grant practice where such proceedings are an integral part of patent litigation strategy.

Mr. Cannon earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Cornell Law School in 1994, where he was an Editor of the Cornell Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. He received his B.A. in Biology from Cornell University in 1991. He is admitted to practice in California and New York.