Dariush Keyhani

LL.M., New York University School of Law
J.D., State University of New York School of Law (Buffalo)
M.S., Molecular Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine
M.S. Ed., University of Rochester Graduate School of Education
B.A., Cum Laude , University of Rochester

Dariush Keyhani, Esq.
Phone:  (646) 536-5692
Facsimile:  (212) 202-3819
Email:  dkeyhani@meredithkeyhani.com

Dariush Keyhani is a founder of the law firm of Meredith & Keyhani, PLLC, a national intellectual property law boutique firm, heads the intellectual property licensing and litigation practice of the firm and consults clients on all aspects of intellectual property law.

Prior to forming Meredith & Keyhani, PLLC, Mr. Keyhani was invited to serve as a visiting professor of intellectual property law at the National University in South Korea where he taught graduate law courses in intellectual property law to examiners at the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO). He also previously worked at the international law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop LLP as well other highly regarded Manhattan and New York law firms where he focused on intellectual property litigation matters.

Mr. Keyhani was also the founder and first Editor-in-Chief of the Buffalo Intellectual Property Law Journal that is now subscribed to by the leading law schools in the United States and is regularly cited. Mr. Keyhani regularly publishes in academic law journals as well as trade journals on a variety of intellectual property law, international, and civil procedure issues and is regularly invited as a guest speaker and panelist at international forums on intellectual property law. Mr. Keyhani has served as an adjunct on the faculty of SUNY Buffalo School of Law where he teaches courses on intellectual property law and litigation.

Mr. Keyhani is admitted in the Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, and Western District of New York, New Jersey District Court and NJ Bar and is regularly admitted pro hac vice in federal courts around the U.S.

Representative Recent Cases Where Mr. Keyhani Has Served As Lead Litigation and Trial Counsel:

Air Vent, Inc. v. Vent Right Corporation, Civil Action No. 08-00146-TFM (2010, WDPA)(obtained summary judgment for patent infringement);

Jake Lee v. Accessories By Peak et al., 07-CV-338-JTC (2010, WDNY)(obtained summary judgment for willful patent infringement);

Colucci v. Callaway Golf Company, 6:08-cv-288 (JDL)(2010, EDTX)(obtained jury verdict for patent infringement on five Callaway golf putters);

Nav-tv Corporation, Inc. v. Vociti Technologies, LLC 72 117 00463 JEMO (2010, American Arbitration Association)(obtained judgment intellectual property license agreement and damages);

Air Vent, Inc. v. Shandex Industrial Inc., 08 CV 5375 (2009, DNJ)(obtained consent judgment of validity and infringement of the two patents at issue);

Representative Publications:

  •  “Trademark Infringement and Personal Jurisdiction Over the Internet” (forthcoming);
  •  Patent Law in the Global Economy:  A Modest Proposal for U.S. Patent Law and Infringement Without Borders, 52 Vill. L. Rev. 291 (2009);
  •  Permanent Injunctions in Patent Cases, Buff. Intell. Prop. L. J. 1 (2008);
  • Bulova Wrongly Decided: A Case against Extraterritoriality of Trademark Law, 6 Chi. Kent J. Intell. Prop. 33 (2007);
  • U.S. Patent Law and Extraterritorial Reach, Vol 7, Tul. J. Tech. & Intell. Prop. 51 (2005);
  • 35 U.S.C. 287(c) and Patent Infringement of Medical Procedure Patents, Vol 3, Buf. Intel. Prop. J. 13 (2005) (co-author).