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Doran J. Satanove

Doran
Satanove

Associate Attorney

CONTACT INFO

dsatanove@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 212.351.4098

FAX:+1 212.817.9598

New York

200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166-0193 USA

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PRACTICE

Litigation Intellectual Property Labor and Employment Life Sciences Media, Entertainment and Technology Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation Trade Secrets

BIOGRAPHY

Doran Satanove is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  Mr. Satanove is a member of the firm’s trade secrets, intellectual property, media, entertainment and technology, and labor and employment practice groups.

Mr. Satanove’s practice is focused on trade secrets litigation and other intellectual property matters (including patent, copyright, and trademark disputes) impacting media, entertainment, and technology companies, as well as general breach of contract matters, and those pertaining to employee defection, competition, and restrictive covenants.  He has litigated numerous high-stakes commercial cases relating to these matters in federal and state courts from coast to coast, and at all phases of litigation, including trial.  Mr. Satanove has particularly significant experience drafting and arguing dispositive and discovery motions, first- and second-chairing numerous depositions, and leading offensive and defensive written and document discovery efforts.  Mr. Satanove also has experience leading forensic investigations into trade secret-related matters, as well as data privacy matters.  Mr. Satanove also regularly counsels clients on trade secrets, false advertising, and trademark issues in the digital advertising, technology, and life sciences spaces.

Recent representative matters include:

  • Representing Archer Aviation in a closely watched, high-stakes trade secrets case, in which Gibson Dunn previously secured the denial of a preliminary injunction against Archer.
  • Representing a precision oncology company in a high-stakes patent inventorship, trade secret, and contract dispute.
  • Representing Apple Inc. in a high-stakes patent inventorship and trade secrets dispute relating to the Apple Watch.
  • Representing DirecTV (AT&T subsidiary) in a class action suit asserting claims under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
  • Member of the trial team that achieved a complete victory for AMC on all issues tried in a first phase bench trial in Los Angeles, in a long-running profit participation and breach of contract litigation concerning the television series, The Walking Dead. Represented AMC in related profit participation and breach of contract litigations in New York.
  • Securing a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction on behalf of a technology start-up asserting breach of restrictive covenants and trade secret claims against a former employee.
  • Securing summary judgment on wilfulness damages in three copyright infringement lawsuits, on behalf of Apple, Inc., resulting in plaintiffs voluntarily dismissing all three cases with prejudice
  • Securing dismissal with prejudice of a trade secrets dispute brought against Oath Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of the Verizon Media Group.
  • Securing dismissal of trade secret and hacking-related claims against an international strategic consultancy firm.
  • Securing a motion to compel arbitration in a trade secrets suit filed against a clinical stage gene therapy company.
  • Securing a closure without conditions of a non-public FTC investigation related to a top social networking company’s use of consumer information.
  • Achieving a favorable settlement on behalf of a digital advertising and technology company defending against breach of contract and trade secret misappropriation claims.
  • Achieving a favorable settlement on behalf of a digital advertising and technology company, asserting breach of loyalty and contractual interference claims against a former employee and its competing business.

Mr. Satanove also maintains an active pro bono practice.  He recently argued and secured a reversal from the Appellate Division of New York (First Department), in Stevens v. New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, resulting in the annulment of New York’s familial DNA search regulations.  He has also drafted numerous amicus curiae briefs on immigration law matters before the United States Supreme Court, and helped secure a favorable settlement on behalf of a non-profit dedicated to protecting the rights of the migrant farmworker community, in a First Amendment lawsuit against the federal government.

From 2018 to 2019, Mr. Satanove served as a law clerk to the Honorable Ronnie Abrams of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Mr. Satanove received his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from NYU Law in 2017, and was elected to the Order of the Coif.  During his final year of law school, he served as an extern to the Honorable Dennis Jacobs of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.  Mr. Satanove earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacology, with First Class Honours, from McGill University.

Publications:

Co-Author, COVID-19 News Defamation Claims Are Unlikely To Succeed, Law360 (May 4, 2020)

Author, The Challenging Economics of the Companion Diagnostics Industry: A Compelling Case for Invigorated Patent Protection, 6 N.Y.U. J. Intell. Prop. & Ent. L. 142 (2016)

EDUCATION

New York University - 2017 Juris Doctor

McGill University - 2014 Bachelor of Science

ADMISSIONS

New York Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Client Alert - October 5, 2021 | Second Circuit Issues Important Ruling Concerning Authors’ Termination Rights Under The Copyright Act
Client Alert - February 2, 2021 | Media, Entertainment and Technology Group 2020 Year-End Review
Client Alert - January 8, 2021 | Update on Intellectual Property Issues in the Response to COVID-19
Client Alert - December 22, 2020 | New Law Creates Procedural Tools to Challenge Fraudulent Trademark Filings and Formalizes Presumption of Irreparable Injury for Trademark Violations
Client Alert - August 18, 2020 | New York Attorney General’s Office 18-Month Round-Up
Client Alert - June 26, 2020 | Update on Intellectual Property-Related Issues in the Response to COVID-19
Client Alert - June 18, 2020 | New York State Businesses Must Adhere to Strict Compliance Requirements As They Reopen
Client Alert - June 12, 2020 | Update on Intellectual Property-Related Issues in the Response to COVID-19
Client Alert - May 28, 2020 | Update on Intellectual Property-Related Issues in the Response to COVID-19
Client Alert - May 13, 2020 | Update on Intellectual Property-Related Issues in the Response to COVID-19
Client Alert - May 7, 2020 | New York Moratorium on Residential and Commercial Evictions Extended Through August 20, 2020
Publications - May 5, 2020 | COVID-19 News Defamation Claims Are Unlikely To Succeed
Client Alert - April 28, 2020 | Update on Intellectual Property-Related Issues in the Responses to COVID-19
Client Alert - April 22, 2020 | Supreme Court to Resolve Longstanding Circuit Split Over Scope of Federal Anti-Hacking Statute
Client Alert - April 14, 2020 | Recent Trends Involving Intellectual Property Rights in the Responses to COVID-19
Client Alert - April 10, 2020 | New York Empire State Development Corporation Further Updates Guidance on Businesses Deemed Essential Under Governor Andrew Cuomo’s “New York State on PAUSE” Executive Order
Client Alert - April 8, 2020 | Some Protection from Patent Infringement Suits Is Available to Those Who Make and Provide Personal Protective Equipment and Ventilators in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis
Client Alert - April 1, 2020 | The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security Updates Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce Guidance
Client Alert - March 27, 2020 | New York State Empire State Development Corporation Revises Guidance on Construction Businesses Deemed Essential Under New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s “New York State on PAUSE” Executive Order
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