Stuart Lubitz Has Joined DLA Piper
28 August 2012
DLA Piper has announced that Stuart Lubitz, a lawyer with over 40 years of experience representing major Japanese and US technology companies on patent matters, has joined DLA Piper as special counsel in Los Angeles.
Lubitz, who was chairman and name partner of a well-known IP boutique and later directed the IP practices at two national law firms, was a pioneer in representing US high-technology startup companies and then representing Japanese multinational companies. He developed one of the US’s leading IP practices serving Japanese clients. His clients have included such companies as Kyocera, Sharp, Seiko Epson, Toshiba, Olympus, Ricoh and many others. Lubitz was the first Westerner to be selected as a director of a large Japanese public company.
At DLA Piper, Lubitz will assist in expanding and developing the firm’s practice serving Japanese clients in connection with patent litigation, licensing, counseling, prosecution, negotiation, and opinions, as well as with competition issues.
