Morrison Foerster

Morrison Foerster‘s IP litigation team utilizes its global footprint, spanning Asia, Europe and the Americas to counsel clients in a broad range of cases involving literary works, theatre works, visual artwork, sounds recordings and multi media products. The team handle a prolific flow of copyright enforcement and litigation issues fueled by a sophistication in IP owners effort to protect their assets. Adept in a wide range of IP matters practice heads lead from locations across the US: Brian Nash in Austin, Bita Rahebi in Los Angeles, Timothy Chen Saulsbury in San Francisco and Mark Whitaker in Washington DC. Los-Angeles based lawyer Benjamin Fox , leverages his trial experience for high-stakes copyright and trademark litigation cases. While, San Francisco’s Joseph Gratz boasts deep expertise at the intersection of copyright and new technologies, such as generative AI. Gratz has established precents in internet law and often serves as lead counsel in AI copyright cases, such as numerous ongoing cases for OpenAI which may have pivotal consequences for AI copyright law. Allyson Bennett departed in September 2024.