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Jennifer L. Yokoyama is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Orange County office. She is a member of the Intellectual Property, Media & Technology Department, where she concentrates her practice on patent infringement litigation.
Jennifer has substantial experience representing clients in cases involving a broad range of technologies, including internet products and services, plasma flat panel displays, electronic systems, semiconductor products and processes, medical devices, athletic equipment, computerized sales systems and bulk food processing.
At Georgetown University Law Center, Jennifer was a project editor for the American Criminal Law Review. She co-authored an article on Health Care Fraud for the American Criminal Law Review's "Fourteenth Survey of White Collar Crime," 36 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 773 (1999).
Jennifer is a member of the bar of the state of California and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. She is also admitted to practice in the Central, Northern and Southern district courts in California. Jennifer has also represented pro bono clients before California Superior Court, Orange County.
Representative Experience
Oversaw all aspects of case - including discovery, depositions, motion writing, hearings and expert reports - which ended in a favorable settlement for a client.
Prepared claim construction briefing and presented arguments at Markman hearing on behalf of client, a leading electronics company, in connection with complex patent dispute involving plasma display panels.
Managed discovery, wrote various motions that led to positive results for the client and prepared summary judgment motions and Daubert motions.
Led damages case, played significant role in claim construction briefing and hearing, and in preparing pre-trial materials in connection with all aspects of case involving athletic footwear.
Played a significant role in developing damages theories, and participated in all aspects of trial preparation in a case involving chipsets, memory arbitration and 3D graphics.
Significant involvement in Markman briefing and hearing in a case involving chip manufacturing processes and design. The results were a very favorable claim construction ruling.
Wrote claim construction briefing and second chaired the claim construction hearing for a client involved in bulk food processing, which resulted in a win for the client on every single term. The case involved misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract and patent infringement.
Substantial experience litigating patent infringement matters in the Eastern District of Texas, including three months secondment in Beaumont, Texas.
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D. (cum laude), 2000
University of California-San Diego, BS/BA, 1996 | 