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K&L Gates Expands IP Litigation Practice with San Francisco Partner Addition
May 27, 2010


San Francisco - The San Francisco office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Shane Brun as a partner in the firm’s intellectual property litigation practice. He joins K&L Gates from Morrison & Foerster LLP.

Brun has extensive experience representing major technology companies in intellectual property and complex commercial litigation, particularly patent litigation and infringement matters. As counsel to leading international semiconductor equipment, chip and consumer electronics manufacturers, he has litigated cases involving microlithography, plasma display technologies, and optical alignment and inspection systems. Brun’s experience also includes conducting IP due diligence for mergers and acquisitions and the formation of strategic partnerships, and negotiating commercial agreements securing clients’ intellectual property rights.  

“We are extremely pleased to fortify the San Francisco intellectual property litigation practice with a talent such as Shane,” said Edward P. Sangster, Administrative Partner of K&L Gates’ San Francisco office.

K&L Gates Chairman and Global Managing Partner Peter J. Kalis stated: “With Shane’s arrival, our leading intellectual property litigation practice takes another step forward and our San Francisco office adds to its client service capabilities.”

To learn more about K&L Gates’ intellectual property litigation practice, please visit the firm’s website.

K&L Gates includes lawyers practicing out of 36 offices located in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and represents numerous GLOBAL 500, FORTUNE 100, and FTSE 100 corporations, in addition to growth and middle market companies, entrepreneurs, capital market participants and public sector entities.

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