David B. Almeling

David B. Almeling is a Partner in the San Francisco office of O'Melveny & Myers LLP, where he is also Chair of the firm's Trade Secret Group. While highly recognized for his expertise in trade secret law, he is also an accomplished and successful patent litigator. His patent litigation practice primarily involves defending operating companies against infringement claims.

Mr. Almeling's patent litigation experience spans various technology areas, including terrain visualization software, wake-surfing technology, and video-streaming services. He has successfully defended a multinational public cloud computing company in over three dozen patent matters, achieving an across-the-board victory with verdicts of invalidity and noninfringement in a jury trial in the District of Delaware involving terrain visualization software, where the plaintiff sought over US$100 million in damages. He has also secured favorable settlements, including substantial royalty payments, for a major manufacturer of water sports boats in cases concerning wake-surfing technology, and a resolution involving no monetary payment for a video-streaming services provider. He has also defended a Korea-based multinational electronics company in multiple patent cases.

He represents clients before the US Patent & Trademark Office, including serving as first chair at several Inter Partes Review (IPR) hearings. His tracked appearance as Of Counsel for the defendant in I/P Engine, Inc. v. AOL, Inc. et al. (E.D. Va.) resulted in the overturning of the prior judgment of patent infringement on appeal, and subsequent vacation of orders and judgments on supplemental damages and ongoing royalties.

Mr. Almeling is admitted to the State Bar of California (2004). He earned his J.D. with high honors from Duke University, where he was a note editor for the Duke Law Journal and a member of the Order of the Coif. He received his B.A. in Political Science with highest honors from the University of Florida, graduating as valedictorian and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.