Darin W. Snyder

Darin W. Snyder is a highly experienced patent litigator and a partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, where he is also a member of the Executive Committee and co-heads Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. He previously served as the firm's head of Northern California litigation and immediate past chair of its intellectual property and technology practice group. Snyder specializes in complex patent, trade secret, and technology-intense copyright disputes for world-leading companies. His practice spans a broad range of technologies, including hardware, software, e-commerce, digital technology, streaming video, augmented reality, semiconductors, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals.

Snyder primarily represents defendants, often defending prominent technology-sector clients against patent infringement claims, including those asserted by non-practicing entities. His track record includes numerous victories at trial, pre-trial, and on appeal across the United States. Notable cases include successfully defending Google in ART+COM Innovationpool GmbH v. Google Inc., where a jury invalidated the patent and found no infringement, a verdict affirmed by the Federal Circuit and featured in a Netflix mini-series. He also secured the dismissal and Federal Circuit affirmance, under Section 101, of patent claims asserted against Niantic's Pokémon GO application, and achieved a Federal Circuit reversal of a US$20 million judgment against Google related to its Chrome web browser. His work also includes a jury verdict for Google against patent infringement claims concerning Nest Hub devices, and a significant win for open-source development in Artifex Software, Inc. v. Hancom, Inc..

Snyder also possesses substantial experience in post-grant proceedings, having defeated seven Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs) for AstraZeneca related to its breast cancer treatment, Faslodex®. His work further includes defending a complex bet-the-company trade secrets case for JHL Biotech against Genentech, Inc., securing a preliminary injunction order that allowed JHL Biotech to continue operations.

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 1988, Snyder is also admitted to practice before various U.S. District Courts and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth, Ninth, and Federal Circuits, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court. He earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Chicago in 1988 and his B.A., cum laude, from Georgetown University in 1985.