Denise De Mory

Practice Areas

Denise De Mory is the Managing Partner and co-founder of Bunsow De Mory and has litigated patent and other intellectual property cases for nearly thirty years. Denise has significant trial experience, including a patent trial that resulted in a $61 million verdict for her client. She was also a member of the United States Department of Justice’s trial team, in the U.S. v. Microsoft antitrust litigation. Denise deposed executive-level Microsoft witnesses and the chief architect of Internet Explorer, and offered one of the government’s technical experts at trial. 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. Denise has been ranked by Chambers and Partners 2022 USA list for Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation, the Daily Journal’s 2022 list of Top Women Lawyers in California and the Daily Journal's list of Top IP Lawyers in California. She was also named a 2022 Women of Influence by the Silicon Valley Business Journal and a Top 250 Women in IP by Managing IP. Under Denise's leadership BDIP was named a Top IP Boutique Firm in 2022 by the Daily Journal and by U.S. News as a Best Law Firm in 2023.

Publications

“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.