Yury Kapgan is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins. He has a wide range of experience in intellectual property matters, including litigation, licensing and acquisitions. Representative matters include:
- Represented AMD in dispute with Intel regarding their key patent cross-license agreement. Intel agreed to pay AMD $1.25 billion to settle all disputes between the parties.
- Advised the government of Abu Dhabi on modernization of its intellectual property and related commercial laws and practices.
- Represented Symantec in numerous litigation matters pending in federal courts across the US, including cases for patent and copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract.
- Represented DIRECTV in numerous licensing matters, including negotiating agreement for development and deployment of digital rights management technologies in set-top boxes, and advising on patent pools and standards organizations.
- Represented Adobe Systems in negotiating license of digital rights management technology.
- Represented Chevron in multi-year intellectual property analysis and negotiations related to divestiture of joint venture that commercialized advanced automotive battery technology.
- Represented Absolute Software in acquisition of technology assets from Phoenix Technologies.
- Represented Demand Media in acquisitions of approximately 10 technology companies.
- Represented Knowledge Universe Education in launch of GlobalScholar, an online educational marketplace.
- Represented Arthur Andersen LLP in litigation involving a non-compete agreement. Published decision issued from California Supreme Court and case subsequently dismissed on summary judgment in favor of Andersen.
Mr. Kapgan’s publications and presentations have covered topics such as leveraging IP assets, digital rights management, peer-to-peer networks and video game licensing. His publications include:
- “The Law of Patent Damages: Who Will Have the Final Say?,” Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal (Vol. 22 No. 4, April 2010).
- “Winnie-the-Pooh: New Limits on the Rights of Authors and Their Heirs to Reclaim Transferred Copyrights," Client Alert (July 2006).
- “MGM v. Grokster: The Supreme Court Revisits the Parameters of Secondary Liability for Copyright Infringement," Client Alert (August 2005).
- “The P2P Threat From Your PC," White Paper (November 2004).
- "Of Golf and Ghouls: The Prose Style of Justice Scalia," 9 Legal Writing 71 (2003).
Mr. Kapgan is active in firm management, serving on the firm's Ethics Committee and previously on the Recruiting Committee. Since graduating from law school, he has also served on the Board of Directors for the Boalt Hall Alumni Association.