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"Simply the best at addressing threats through practical business landscapes, analysis and strategies.” - IAM Patent 1000.
Shane's holistic approach views each engagement in the context of his client's business as a whole. Shane works closely with his client to first assess the risk or value associated with a particular matter and then to develop a strategy for aggressively defending or pursuing his client's rights while never losing sight of the larger context of the client's overarching business interests and goals. Shane has proven particularly adept at identifying and exploiting the other side’s weaknesses early in the case to position his clients for victory through early dispositive motions or favorable settlements.
Shane has served as lead counsel for companies such as F5, Fitbit, Mandiant, Nikon, Hitachi, Conviva, and Kodiak Robotics in patent, trade secret, employee mobility and a wide range of commercial matters.
Shane also works with early-stage companies to identify, secure and protect trade secret, patent, copyright and trademark assets, including serving as a mentor attorney at Plug and Play Tech Center in Silicon Valley with a focus on PNP's supply chain start-up companies.
Shane devotes significant time to pro bono education rights litigation. He is currently lead counsel for a class of students with reading disabilities, including dyslexia, in a class action lawsuit against the Berkeley Unified School District. After four years of litigation, the parties reached a court-brokered settlement agreement, including a Literacy Improvement Plan effecting a complete overhaul of BUSD's processes and programs for identifying, teaching and supporting children with reading disabilities. Shane's team, along with universally recognized reading experts, continue to monitor the district's compliance with the Plan, which is to be fully implemented on a three year schedule. This case has been cited by children's advocates in other school districts seeking similar remedies.
Shane also represented a class of English-learning students in California challenging, and obtaining an injunction prohibiting California's implementation of, the California High School Exit Examination.
Shane sits on the Board for the Western Center on Law and Poverty in Los Angeles.
Shane also served as in-house counsel to two public technology companies, and prior to his legal career was a manufacturing consultant with a focus on semiconductor processing and international supply chains.
J.D., University of California Hastings College of Law
B.S., University of Arkansas
California
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Board member, Western Center on Law & Poverty
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Educational Foundation of Orinda and Arkansas Alumni Association
Member, International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association
Member, San Francisco Bar Association
April 7, 2023
Shane Brun, Paul Mezzina and Jonathan Weinberg advise SetSail Technologies in a patent infringement dispute with People.ai
December 16, 2022
Angela Tarasi, Brent Ray, Shane Brun, Patrick Lafferty and Ryan Schmid obtain a dismissal on behalf of F5 Networks in a patent infringement dispute
Defended six Russian nationals and former employees of Russian search engine Rambler against fraud and breach of contract claims brought in a California federal court. The court dismissed the claims for failing to meet the applicable statutes of limitations.
Defended a cybersecurity company against a competitor’s claims of patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation brought by a multinational corporation in federal courts in Delaware and California. Disposed of the trade secret claims through a motion for a protective order after a year of litigation and obtained favorable claim constructions leading to the voluntary dismissal of the patent claims.
Defended early-stage company in a bet-the-company patent litigation suit brought by larger competitor in federal district court in San Francisco, California. After a year of litigation, the court found the asserted patents to be directed at ineligible subject matter and dismissed the case.
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April 7, 2023
Shane Brun, Paul Mezzina and Jonathan Weinberg advise SetSail Technologies in a patent infringement dispute with People.ai
December 16, 2022
Angela Tarasi, Brent Ray, Shane Brun, Patrick Lafferty and Ryan Schmid obtain a dismissal on behalf of F5 Networks in a patent infringement dispute
Defended six Russian nationals and former employees of Russian search engine Rambler against fraud and breach of contract claims brought in a California federal court. The court dismissed the claims for failing to meet the applicable statutes of limitations.
Defended a cybersecurity company against a competitor’s claims of patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation brought by a multinational corporation in federal courts in Delaware and California. Disposed of the trade secret claims through a motion for a protective order after a year of litigation and obtained favorable claim constructions leading to the voluntary dismissal of the patent claims.
Defended early-stage company in a bet-the-company patent litigation suit brought by larger competitor in federal district court in San Francisco, California. After a year of litigation, the court found the asserted patents to be directed at ineligible subject matter and dismissed the case.
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April 7, 2023
Shane Brun, Paul Mezzina and Jonathan Weinberg advise SetSail Technologies in a patent infringement dispute with People.ai
December 16, 2022
Angela Tarasi, Brent Ray, Shane Brun, Patrick Lafferty and Ryan Schmid obtain a dismissal on behalf of F5 Networks in a patent infringement dispute
J.D., University of California Hastings College of Law
B.S., University of Arkansas
California
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Board member, Western Center on Law & Poverty
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Educational Foundation of Orinda and Arkansas Alumni Association
Member, International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association
Member, San Francisco Bar Association