Navid Bayar is a trial lawyer specializing in representing litigants in high-exposure commercial and intellectual property cases in courts throughout the country. His efforts have resulted in securing hundreds of millions in jury verdicts and settlements on behalf of clients in the last few years. 

As a former Silicon Valley deal lawyer, Navid knows what drives (and resolves) high-stakes commercial disputes. From the outset of every engagement, his focus is on achieving the best results for his clients by identifying areas of leverage and developing a strategy to achieve his clients’ business goals. He has experience with all aspects of litigation including examining witnesses before juries, taking and defending depositions throughout the country, and successfully drafting and arguing motions in state and federal court.

Navid has handled disputes involving antitrust, patents, trade secrets, corporate law, insurance, securities, cryptocurrencies, and many types of complex agreements. He makes it a priority to stay apprised of the law’s development and explores emerging issues on Betting the Company, a complex litigation blog he updates regularly.

Before joining the firm, Navid clerked for two federal judges, first for the former Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, and later for a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.  He started his career as a transactional attorney at one of the Bay Area’s premier law firms representing technology companies and venture capital funds in IPOs, M&A transactions, and private securities offerings, among other complex transactions.

Navid strives to maintain an active pro bono practice and is a former pro bono attorney with the Federal Defenders. 

Representative Matters

• Successfully secured a $525 million jury verdict for Kove IO against Amazon Web Services in its patent infringement case involving hyper-scalable cloud storage technology (N.D. Ill. Case No. 1:18-cv-08175). The judge later added $148 million in interest during post-trial motions. At the time, this was the largest patent victory of 2024 and ranked as the 9th highest over the past decade.

• Successfully represented Dawgs USA in a Lanham Act false advertising appeal before the Federal Circuit (Case No. 22-2160), resulting in a unanimous reversal of the district court’s grant of summary judgment.

• Successfully represented Cirba to help secure an $84 million willful patent infringement verdict following a five-day jury trial (D. Del. Case No. 1:19-cv-00742). After only two hours of deliberation, the jury decided VMware willfully infringed Cirba’s patent covering virtualization technology.

• Successfully represented Arconic in a significant trade secret and antitrust case in the Western District of Pennsylvania, resulting in a confidential settlement. The case involved claims that Novelis intentionally published Arconic’s trade secrets in a pretreatment process, used for aluminum alloys used in Ford’s popular F-150 pickup truck to avoid royalty obligations.

• Successfully secured a confidential settlement on behalf of CardWare in bet-the-company patent litigation against Samsung (E.D. Tex. Case No. 2:21-cv-0041). 

• Successfully represented an online jobs marketplace in arbitration defending against privacy claims. The case resulted in a settlement well below the cost of litigation. 

• Successfully represented Valtrus Innovations Ltd. in several patent infringement suits in the Eastern District of Texas, including against T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T, resulting in confidential settlements.

• Successfully represented private equity fund in confidential insurance coverage dispute and drafted summary judgment brief resulting in insurers’ duty to defend against class action alleging various theories of fraud.

• Successfully represented software startup in breach of contract dispute with corporate customer resulting in a successful pre-litigation resolution.

• Successfully represented a financial institution in confidential indemnification dispute with several loan originators for losses from suits over mortgage-backed securities offerings resulting in settlement.

• Representing Key Patent Innovations Ltd. and Valtrus Innovations Ltd. in multiple patent infringement suits against SAP SE and SAP America, Inc. in the Eastern District of Texas and the District of Delaware.

• Representing VideoLabs in bet-the-company patent litigation regarding foundational video technologies against multiple companies, including Netflix, Facebook, Apple, and Starz.

• Representing HAWKvision in a patent infringement case against Tangible Play in the Northern District of California.

• Previously represented minority stockholders of blockchain technology startup in fiduciary duty and trade secret theft litigation against the startup’s controlling stockholder and certain directors. Case is pending in N.D. Cal.

• Previously represented whistleblowers in False Claims Act case against national hospital chain for history of Medicare over-billing. Case is pending and under seal.

• Counseled dozens of technology companies on capitalization, corporate governance, and intellectual property matters in prior life as Silicon Valley corporate attorney.