Darius Keyhani is the founder of Keyhani LLC, an intellectual property litigation boutique law firm, and heads the patent and intellectual property litigation practice in federal districts and appellate courts where Darius exclusively practices.** In 2014 Global Law Expert's Annual Guide to the World’s Top Lawyers, Keyhani's IP litigation team has been nominated as a Global Law Expert in IP Litigation. Darius and his team have been successful representing individuals and private and publicly held corporations in all phases of high-stakes and complex litigation from preliminary hearings through trial and settlement negotiations in patent, trade secret, copyright, trademark and unfair competition matters. Over the past two decades, Darius has served as lead litigation and trial counsel in over eighty (80) cases in federal district courts throughout the United States and federal appeals courts.Prior to private practice, Darius was a visiting professor in South Korea where he taught courses in patent and intellectual property law to graduate students including lawyers and examiners at the Korean Intellectual Property Office. Darius was previously affiliated with premier national and international law firms where he focused on patent and intellectual property litigation in federal courts.Darius was the founder and first Editor of the State University of New York’s intellectual property law journal (Buffalo Intellectual Property Law Journal), subscribed to by the leading law schools in the country and often cited. Darius's writings have been published and cited in academic law journals, trade journals and congressional/legislative committee advisory opinions on a variety of intellectual property law, international, and civil procedure issues and he is invited as a speaker, commentator and panelist at international forums on intellectual property law. **Visit www.keyhanillc.com for scope of practice/practice jurisdictions.