Christina Myrold represents technology companies in high-stakes intellectual property disputes, including trade secret, copyright, and patent matters.

Christina has extensive experience litigating competitor suits and matters involving theft and infringement by foreign entities. She has represented clients across a broad range of industries, including:

  • Semiconductor manufacturing equipment and software
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Enterprise and cloud-based software
  • Other advanced technologies

Christina also maintains an active pro bono practice, including representing indigent criminal defendants. Most notably, she assisted with a habeas petition and appeal that successfully convinced the California Sixth District Court of Appeal to overturn the murder conviction of a man who was wrongfully imprisoned for more than three decades.

Before joining Latham, Christina practiced at another leading law firm.

Christina’s experience at and prior to joining Latham includes representing:

  • Cadence Design Systems in multiple offensive copyright infringement, Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and breach-of-contract actions in the Northern District of California and California state court
  • Applied Materials in an offensive trade secret competitor case in California state court and commercial arbitration, as well as a defensive trade secret competitor case in the Northern District of California
  • Cognizant Technology Solutions and Cognizant TriZetto Software Group in an offensive trade secret competitor case in the Northern District of Texas
  • Atmo in an offensive trade secret competitor case in the Northern District of California
  • EagleView Technologies in two offensive patent infringement and trade secret competitor cases in the District of Utah
  • A technology startup in a defensive copyright infringement case in the Northern District of California
  • Bright Pattern in a defensive breach-of-contract case in California state court
  • A technology and software company in an offensive breach-of-contract case in commercial arbitration

Bar Qualification

  • California

Education

  • JD, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 2018
  • BA in Economics & Political Science, University of California, Irvine, 2012