David Sepanik

Counsel

David J. Sepanik is a counsel in O’Melveny's San Francisco office and a member of the Intellectual Property and Technology Practice within the Litigation Department.  David focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation, with an emphasis on trade secret, copyright and trademark litigation.

Illustrative Professional Experience

• Assisted in the representation of a leading provider of digital pay-TV solutions in the successful defense of litigation alleging copyright infringement, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, RICO, 1934 Communications Act, and unfair competition claims relating to satellite television conditional access systems; following a five-week trial, the jury deliberated for less than a day and found in favor of the client
• Assisted in the representation of a dental device company in an International Trade Commission investigation involving claims of patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation in software and manufacturing technology used to design and manufacture transparent orthodontic braces, known as “aligners.” The matter was resolved with other related matters through a global settlement, which included a significant cash payment to the client.
• Assisted in the representation of well-known animation studio and leading media and entertainment company against allegations of copyright infringement and Lanham Act violations related to the creation of a popular animated motion picture. The case resulted in a settlement favorable to the clients.
• Assisted in the successful defense of a television satellite technology company against a copyright infringement and unfair competition lawsuit brought by a European satellite television giant alleging that the client reverse engineered the computer code contained in the plaintiff’s satellite television access cards and used that code to facilitate piracy of the plaintiff’s system. The case was dismissed.
• Assisted in the defense of a software company in an action brought by a competitor asserting claims for copyright infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets and other claims arising out of the alleged use of proprietary algorithms and source code

Professional Activities

Admitted to Practice,  US District Court, Northern District of California; US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit