Litigation - Intellectual Property Litigation - Patent
Wayne M. Barsky
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2008 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
For more information, please visit www.gibsondunn.com/lawyer/barsky-wayne/.
Overview
Los Angeles, California
- University of California Berkeley, J.D., graduated 1985
- California, United States
Los Angeles, California
- California, United States
- University of California Berkeley, J.D., graduated 1985
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Litigation - Patent, Los Angeles (2025)
- Litigation - Intellectual Property, Los Angeles (2017)
- Intellectual Property Law, Los Angeles (2011)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Patent
Additional Areas of Practice:
- Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
Special Focus:
- Litigation
- Patent
News & Media
Additional Information
- Other representative engagements include:
- Biogen, Inc. v. Merck-Serono, Pfizer, et al. (lead counsel for Merck-Serono and Pfizer in patent litigation and related arbitration proceedings pertaining to recombinant beta-interferon and therapeutic treatment of multiple sclerosis);
- In Re Columbia University Patent Litigation(representation of Columbia in patent litigation against Amgen, Immunex, Biogen and others pertaining to Columbia's patent portfolio on pioneering inventions involving the genetic transformation of mammalian cells);
- Israel Bio-Engineering Project v. Amgen, Immunex, et al. (representation of Serono (now Merck-Serono) in patent litigation pertaining to tumor necrosis factor binding proteins and novel therapies for rheumatoid arthritis);
- Medgraph v. Medtronic (lead counsel representing Medtronic in patent litigation pertaining to remote patient health monitoring technology);
- Beneficial Innovations v. Viacom, et al. (lead counsel for Viacom, Amazon.com, Scripps Networks, and Expedia in patent litigation pertaining to internet advertising);
- Walker Digital Litigations (representation of numerous media, social networking and game publishing companies—including Activision, Atari, EA, Zynga, Turner, Warner Bros., Sega, and Ubisoft—in three separate patent infringement lawsuits filed by Walker Digital pertaining to encryption and online payment systems);
- Part 2
- Everglades Interactive v. Crowdstar, et al.(representation of EA, Rockyou, LOLapps, Electronic Arts, Zynga, and others in patent litigation pertaining to internet-based social games);
- In Re Certain Semiconductor Chips with Minimized Chip Package Size and Products Containing Same (lead counsel for Tessera Technologies in three separate ITC investigations and related district court proceedings against various companies, including Motorola and Qualcomm, alleging infringement of certain semiconductor patents; the ITC issued a Final Determination in favor of Tessera in the first trial, and an initial determination in the second trial is pending);
- Balthaser v. Network Solutions (representation of eleven social networking and game publishing companies in patent infringement action);
- American Video Graphics v. Electronic Arts, Sega, Atari, et al. (selected to defend Electronic Arts, Sega, Atari, LucasArts, Vivendi, Activision, and other major electronic publishers in software patent litigation brought in the Eastern District of Texas, asserting infringement by more than 1,000 video game titles representing more than a billion dollars in revenue);
- General Electric Medical Systems v. Resonance Technology (representation of GE in patent litigation pertaining to magnetic resonance imaging);
- Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon v. Inamed Corporation(representation of J&J and Ethicon in patent litigation against Inamed pertaining to bariatric surgical devices and methods).
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