Heather Takahashi

About Heather Takahashi

Partner with a robust intellectual property practice, focused primarily on patent…

Experience

1. Partner

   Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

   Jan 2016 — Present

   High-stakes complex civil litigation, with an emphasis on patent infringement litigation and technology-related disputes. Experience includes briefing and arguing summary judgment, claim construction, and procedural, discovery, trial, and post-trial motions; briefing and preparing oral argument for appeals to the Federal Circuit; conducting and defending dozens of fact and expert witness depositions; conducting witness examination at trial; and negotiating settlement and license agreements.\\\\n- Exemplary representations include: Amgen in patent infringement litigation involving an allergy medicine; Google and YouTube in patent infringement litigation related to video compression technology; Takeda in a patent infringement trial involving an acid reflux disease treatment; AbbVie in defending against patent infringement allegations related to its largest product, Humira®; Boeing Co. in a five-month trial and subsequent appeal involving $7 billion breach of contract, fraud, and tortious interference claims related to construction and launch of telecommunications satellites.\\\\n- Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.\\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n

Education

• The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  M.A., Molecular Biology

  1993 — 1997

• Brigham Young University

  B.S., Biochemistry

  1988 — 1991

• Columbia Law School

  Juris Doctor (J.D.), Law

  2003 — 2006