Ehsun Forghany

Associate

Ehsun Forghany is a trial lawyer specializing in patent, copyright, trade secret, and related intellectual property (IP) disputes. A former prosecutor, Ehsun has tried more than twenty cases to verdict and argued well over fifty case-dispositive motions in both state and federal court. Since joining Morgan Lewis, Ehsun has leveraged his trial experience to secure multimillion-dollar verdicts for his clients and defend those verdicts on appeal, including a $268 million jury verdict in a patent infringement action brought on behalf of a nonprofit research foundation. Ehsun also represents clients in high-stakes IP disputes before the US International Trade Commission, helping obtain (and defend against) exclusion orders barring the importation of products into the United States.

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Extended Profile

With a vocational background in design, Ehsun specializes in IP disputes concerning industrial and consumer product designs from various industries, including the retail, technology, and medical sectors. He has helped his clients successfully defend and enforce design patent, trade dress, and related claims for product designs ranging from produce packaging and footwear to power tools and medical devices.

A frequent speaker on design patent litigation, Ehsun has served as a guest lecturer at UC Berkeley School of Law and presented at both local and national conferences, including for the San Francisco and Silicon Valley IP Lawyers Associations, the PTAB Bar Association, and the American Bar Association Section of IP Law.

Education

Santa Clara University School of Law, 2014, J.D.
University of California, Davis, 2011, B.A., With Highest Honors

Admissions

California
District of Columbia
US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
US District Courts for the Northern Eastern Central and Southern Districts of California

Awards and Affiliations

Lawyers on the Fast Track, The Recorder (2022)

Ones to Watch, Litigation – Patent, Palo Alto, CA, The Best Lawyers in America (2023)

Member, Practice Group of the Year, Intellectual Property, Law360 (2019)

Member, Litigation Department of the Year–Intellectual Property, The American Lawyer (2019)

High Tech Law Certificate, Intellectual Property, with Honors, Santa Clara University School of Law