Dawn David

Trusted counsel for complex intellectual property litigation

Dawn David guides clients through every stage of offensive and defensive litigation — from discovery and early resolution strategies through trial and favorable settlement negotiations. Her practice centers on complex intellectual property (IP) litigation, including matters involving patents, trademarks, trade dress, copyrights, trade secrets and false advertising. Dawn also represents clients in patent infringement actions before the International Trade Commission (ITC) and in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Beyond IP, she also has successfully handled a wide range of disputes, including contract, employment and environmental contamination litigation, as well as being involved in global asset recovery efforts and internal investigations.

Dawn thinks outside the box, crafting litigation strategies that align with each client’s business objectives and helps them achieve meaningful results. A fearless advocate for her clients, Dawn skillfully navigates her work with opposing counsel and court proceedings to deliver favorable, efficient outcomes.

• Litigates across a broad range of technologies such as medical diagnostics and devices, aerospace components, construction machinery and equipment, hunting equipment, transportation and traffic safety equipment (including autonomous vehicles), barcode readers, food chemical composition and creation, AI processors and chips, telecommunications, graphics processing and architecture, mobile devices, computer networking, software, video streaming, digital rights management, network security, content delivery networks, video compression, graphical user interfaces and more.
• Handles internal investigations, including those involving the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
• Regularly presents CLEs on cutting-edge topics, including AI in patent inventorship/prior art, privilege issues in investigations, trade secrets, privacy laws, damages strategies and practical litigation insights and legal updates.

• Successfully defended one of the largest technology companies in a $185 million, multi-patent infringement trial brought by a non-practicing entity; after a week-long trial, the jury deliberated for less than an hour before returning a complete defense verdict.
• Successfully defended a leading computer graphics processing unit (GPU) company in an ITC investigation, securing a favorable settlement on the eve of trial.
• Successfully defended an aerospace engineering company in a trade secret misappropriate case.
• Successfully defended a marketing company in a multi-million-dollar breach of contract dispute.
• Conducted a high-stakes internal investigation for a major automotive company involving the DOJ and SEC.
• Protected one of the largest video streaming company’s proprietary source code by successfully opposing third-party subpoenas.