Michael S. Kwun

Michael S. Kwun is a highly experienced patent litigator with a practice concentrated on complex legal issues arising from cutting-edge technologies. His expertise spans a wide range of technical domains, including software, internet technologies, and the design and fabrication of computer chips, encompassing all levels of the technology stack. He is adept at explaining intricate technical concepts such as chemical vapor deposition or amorphous silicon in one-time programmable chips to judges and juries alike.

Mr. Kwun primarily focuses on defending operating companies against intellectual property claims. His tracked case, Uniloc USA, Inc. v. Ubisoft, Inc., saw him serving as lead counsel on the defendant side while at Keker, Van Nest & Peters. He has a strong track record of securing defense judgments in high-stakes intellectual property trials, including cases involving nine-to-ten figure copyright infringement demands. Notably, he achieved a successful outcome at the International Trade Commission for a client, followed by summary judgment invalidating five patents and a subsequent Federal Circuit affirmance just four days after oral argument.

Currently, Mr. Kwun is a founding partner at Kwun Bhansali Lazarus LLP, which he established in 2018. Prior to this, he had two stints at Keker & Van Nest (now Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP), joining in 2000 and rejoining in 2009. His career also includes significant in-house experience as Google's first Managing Counsel, Litigation, where he defended the company in patent, copyright, and trademark matters, and as a Senior Staff Attorney in intellectual property for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. There is no publicly available information indicating regular appearances by Mr. Kwun in PTAB or IPR proceedings.

Mr. Kwun earned his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 1998 and holds a B.G.S. from the University of Michigan (1993). He was admitted to the State Bar of California in December 1998.