Perry Goldberg is a partner with Irell & Manella LLP.  He graduated in three years from the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School of Business), receiving a B.S. in economics, summa cum laude, in 1990. Mr. Goldberg graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he served as Editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology.

Mr. Goldberg currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association. He was selected by Los Angeles Magazine for inclusion in Southern California "Rising Stars" in 2004 and Southern California "Super Lawyers" in 2005, 2006 and 2007. 

Representative Matters

Mr. Goldberg’s practice focuses on intellectual property litigation, with an emphasis on patent litigation. He has been involved in several notable cases, including:

TiVo Inc. v. EchoStar Communications, Inc., a patent infringement case in which Irell represents TiVo, the developer of the first commercially available digital video recorder (DVR). TiVo sued EchoStar for infringement of a patent covering TiVo's core DVR technology. After a two-week trial, the jury unanimously found all of TiVo’s asserted claims to be valid and infringed by all of EchoStar's accused products. The jury also found, by clear and convincing evidence, that the infringement was willful. The Federal Circuit affirmed the Judgment, including the full damages award and the injunction. EchoStar has paid TiVo more than $100 million in connection with the judgement.

Pause Technology v. TiVo Inc., a patent infringement case in which Irell's client, TiVo, obtained summary judgment of non-infringement, which was affirmed on appeal by the Federal Circuit. Mr. Goldberg handled the argument in the district court as well as on appeal.

Stac Electronics v. Microsoft, a patent infringement case in which Irell’s client, Stac Electronics, won a jury verdict of $120 million, as well as a worldwide injunction against various Microsoft operating systems. The case quickly settled after the injunction was granted.

Matthew Bender & Company v. West Publishing (the “star pagination case”), a copyright infringement case in which Irell’s client, Matthew Bender & Company, obtained summary judgment that the page numbers of West Publishing’s National Reporter System are not copyrightable. That judgment was affirmed on appeal.

Xerox v. Hewlett-Packard Company, a patent infringement case in which Irell’s client, Hewlett-Packard Company, obtained summary judgment of non-infringement. Shortly thereafter, the parties settled that case, as well as all other patent infringement cases pending between the two companies.

Mr. Goldberg has also been involved in several other complex intellectual property matters, including cases relating to internet telephony, plasma televisions, pharmaceuticals, advertising, and other products and services. In addition, Mr. Goldberg has experience in a wide range of general litigation matters in state and federal court, including breach of contract, intentional interference, malicious prosecution, fraudulent transfer and various other types of cases.

Professional Activities

• Board of Directors, Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association

Publications

Mr. Goldberg is the co-author (with Morgan Chu) of numerous articles pertaining to intellectual property litigation and strategy, as well as an article entitled “E-mail And The Attorney Client Privilege In California,” which was published in California Litigation. Mr. Goldberg is also the author of Mergers and the Federal Antitrust Laws: A Research Guide for Practitioners (William S. Hein, 1992).

Bar & Court Admissions

• 1993, California
• U.S. District Court, Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal and Ninth Circuits