Brett M. Schuman

Partner

Brett M. Schuman is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Intellectual Property and Litigation Practices. He is the Risk Management Partner for the San Francisco office and a member of the firm's Standing Committee on Conflicts and Professional Responsibility. Mr. Schuman focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation and appellate litigation, including appeals to the Federal Circuit. 

Recent significant intellectual property representations include:

• Obtained Federal Circuit affirmance of a judgment of noninfringement in a patent case involving a method for selecting the color of artificial teeth.
• Served as lead partner on patent cases involving multiple patents relating to semiconductors.
• Served as the primary architect and author of a successful summary judgment motion in a case with more than $500 million in damages sought against client for trade secret misappropriation.
• Secured a favorable settlement for client in inventorship dispute case in which plaintiff claimed to be true inventor of client's intellectual property and sought change of inventorship order and damages for, among other things, copyright infringement.
• Authored an amicus brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the International Federation of Journalists in a case involving digital copyright issues.
• Successfully resolved claims for copyright infringement and other torts against a national laboratory conglomerate threatened with injunction that would have effectively shut down the company.
• Primary attorney responsible for securing summary judgment for client in case where plaintiff claimed more than $8 million in damages caused by alleged conversion of computer equipment against worldwide network solutions company.
• Obtained dismissal in federal case alleging antitrust violations against large network solutions company.
• Handled briefing in successful Federal Circuit appeal affirming finding of patent infringement against generic manufacturer of antibiotic.

In addition, Mr. Schuman has experience handling appeals in labor and employment matters, including FLSA, employment discrimination, and wrongful termination cases, as well as issues relating to the arbitrability of employment disputes.

Mr. Schuman clerked for Justice Alan B. Handler of the Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey during the court's 1996-1997 term. For the last several years, he has served as a teaching practitioner-advisor in a course on Appellate Advocacy at Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law.

Mr. Schuman is admitted to practice in California and before the U.S. Supreme Court and all Federal and State California Courts.