Denise De Mory

Practice Areas

Intellectual property--patent litigation

Publications

-- Doing Business in . . . 2023, Co-Author, Chambers and Partners: Trends and Developments, June 2023

-- 2022 U.S. IP Year in Review, Panelist, Licensing Executives Society—Silicon Valley Chapter, January 2023

-- “Light At The End Of The Rabbit Hole? Is Preemption Finally Returning To The Alice Analysis?” Daily Journal, October 2016. Panelist, Patent Disputes Forum South.

-- “Alice Test: Is It Clearing District Court Dockets And Making The Concept Of Preemption For Ineligible Subject Matter A Dead Issue?”, Daily Journal, May 2016. Panelist, Patent Disputes Forum North.

-- Patent Law Roundtable, California Lawyer, October 2015. Panelist.

-- Presentation, “2012 Federal Circuit Review,” PLI: Patent Law Institute 2013 (7th Annual), San Francisco, CA, March 2013

-- Presentation, “Marine Polymner v. Hemcon: An “Amended or New” Standard for Intervening Rights,” PLI Audio Webcast, April 2012.

-- Presentation, “2011 Federal Circuit Review,” PLI: Patent Law Institute 2012 (6th Annual), San Francisco, CA, March 2012.

-- “Inside & Outside Counsel Perspectives: Challenges to Finding a Balance of Life, Law & the Pursuit of Happiness” (AIPLA Mid-Winter Institute), January 2012. Panelist.

-- Presentation, “2010 Federal Circuit Review,” PLI: Patent Law Institute 2011 (5th Annual), San Francisco, CA, March 2011.

-- Presentation, “2009 Federal Circuit Review,” PLI: Patent Law Institute 2010 (4th Annual), San Francisco, CA, March 2010.

-- “Chapter 2: 2009 Federal Circuit Review,” Patent Law Institute 2010 (4th Annual) – Course Handbook, Practising Law Institute (PLI), 2010.

-- “Who’s Looking at Your Products? Patent Marking Claims; A New Threat to Your Company!” American Corporate Counsel (ACC), San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, March 2, 2010. Presented with Ethan Andelman.

-- Presentation, “2009 Federal Circuit Review,” PLI: Patent Law Institute 2010 (4th Annual), San Francisco, CA, March 2010.

Career

Denise De Mory is the managing partner and co-founder of Bunsow De Mory LLP, a top IP litigation boutique. She has litigated patent and other intellectual property cases for more than 30 years.  

Denise is a courtroom star. She has tried 11 cases to verdict. In her most recent trial victory in September 2023, the jury awarded her patent-owning client more than $38 million in damages. It is Denise’s firm understanding of what matters at trial and what it takes to effectively communicate to a judge and to a jury that enables her to develop and pursue successful strategies to achieve her clients’ goals and objectives in intellectual property matters.

Denise’s trial expertise gives her clients a strong advantage in litigation and often leads to significant settlements before trial against law firms more than 50 times the size of Bunsow De Mory. Universities, university professors, small companies, and individual inventors rely on Denise’s strategic acumen to maximize the value of their IP assets.   

Over her career, Denise has appeared in more than 150 patent cases in every major jurisdiction in the United States. She has also successfully represented clients before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Denise was also a core member of the United States Department of Justice’s trial team in the United States v. Microsoft antitrust litigation. The DOJ hired her from a well-known litigation boutique to add technical and civil litigation expertise to the trial team.

Prestigious legal authorities regularly recognize Denise as a leader among her peers in the legal industry. Over the last year, she has been ranked by Chambers USA for patent litigation, IAM 300 as a Strategy 300 Global Leader, the Daily Journal as a Top Women Lawyer, the Daily Journal as a Top IP Lawyer, Managing IP as a Global Top 250 Women in IP, Managing IP as an IP Star, and US News & Report as a Best Lawyer.

Education

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Supreme Court of the United States

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. District Court, Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina

U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court, District of Nevada