Silicon Valley, California
160 W. Santa Clara St., Suite 1600, San Jose, 95113 CA
Claude M. Stern is an attorney with more than 40 years of experience, during which time he gained extensive national experience in all areas of intellectual property, licensing, allegedly defective technology and complex civil litigation. Mr. Stern served as co-chair or chair of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s national intellectual property litigation practice, the largest practice area within Quinn Emanuel, from 2003 through 2021.
Mr. Stern was the lead trial counsel in numerous precedent-setting cases within the intellectual property field. He also has had substantial experience in litigating and settling technology performance class-action cases, particularly involving allegations of defective software and hardware, and has spoken widely on the subject. He has tried jury and non-jury cases in state and federal courts throughout the United States and has extensive arbitration and mediation experience, as well as extensive litigation experience before various federal and state agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission. In 2006, he served as president of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, the most prestigious bench-bar educational organization for trial lawyers in California.
Mr. Stern was repeatedly recognized as one of the preeminent intellectual property trial lawyers and litigators in Silicon Valley, California and the United States by such publications as Chambers: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2006–2020), Law Dragon, San Francisco magazine and San Jose magazine. He has also consistently been recognized as one of California’s Super Lawyers (2004–2020). From 2010 through 2020, Chambers identified him as one of eight lawyers in California designated as Band 1, or “most recommended.” Chambers observed that he “is held in high regard for his work across patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secrets.” The 2020 publications for Chambers USA and Chambers Global ranked Mr. Stern Band 1 for Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets.
Trade Secret Misappropriation/Employee Mobility
Copyright Infringement
False Advertising/Trademark Infringement
Patent
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Selected Awards and Honors
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