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Michael S. Kwun
Of Counsel

Email: mkwun@kvn.com
Tel: 415.391.5400

Education:
Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley, 1998
University of Michigan, 1993

Michael Kwun first joined Keker & Van Nest in 2000, and rejoined the firm in 2009 after stints as Managing Counsel, Litigation, at Google, and as a Senior Staff Attorney in the intellectual property group at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Prior to first joining Keker & Van Nest, Michael clerked for the Honorable Claudia Wilken in the Northern District of California.

Michael's practice is focused on the legal issues raised by cutting edge technologies. He has worked on many of the most-watched high tech cases of the Internet era, including (parties represented in italics):

Lenz v. Universal Music Group, N.D. Cal. (fair use & false DMCA takedown notices)

Viacom v. YouTube, S.D.N.Y. (DMCA safe harbors & copyright)

Authors Guild v. Google; Publishers v. Google, S.D.N.Y. (Google Book Search & copyright)

Microsoft v. Google, W.D. Wash. (employee mobility & trade secrets)

Perfect 10 v. Google, C.D. Cal & 9th Cir. (Google Image Search & copyright)

Rescuecom v. Google, N.D.N.Y. & 2nd Cir. (keyword-triggered advertising & trademarks)

Field v. Google, D. Nev. (web search & copyright)

American Blind & Wallpaper Factory v. Google, N.D. Cal. (keyword-triggered advertising & trademarks)

Barrett. v. Rosenthal, Cal. S. Ct. (Google as amicus, CDA section 230)

GEICO v. Google, E.D. Va. (keyword-triggered advertising & trademarks)

City of Hope v. Genentech, Cal. S. Ct. (Google as amicus, licensing and punitive damages)

1-800 Contacts v. WhenU, 2nd Cir. (Google as amicus, keyword-triggered advertising & trademarks)

Overture v. Google, N.D. Cal. (Google AdWords & patents)

In addition to his work with Keker & Van Nest, Michael sits on the board of directors of the East Bay Community Law Center, the advisory board of the Korea Policy Institute, and the advisory board for the Green Bag Reader.

Michael received his law degree from the Boalt Hall School of Law, where he won the James Patterson McBaine Honors Moot Court Competition, was executive editor of the Berkeley Women's Law Journal, was Web editor of the Berkeley Technology Law Journal, volunteered with the Workers' Rights Clinic and interned with the housing unit of the East Bay Community Law Center. Michael received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, where he was a Bentley Scholar, a Regent Scholar, and a National Merit Scholar.