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Albert Bedecarré founded Quinn Emanuel’s Northern California office in 1997, and currently is a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office.  Mr. Bedecarré's practice focuses on intellectual property, trade secrets, and unfair competition, and other complex business litigation in federal and state courts. 

For the last 17 years, he has represented clients in a wide array of patent, trademark, and copyright infringement matters, trade secret misappropriation, employee movement and unfair competition actions, and other types of business litigation.  Mr. Bedecarré is undefeated at trial, and also has resolved many cases successfully prior to trial by way of dismissal, summary judgment, or favorable settlement. 

In the computer software and hardware fields, he has represented IBM, Callidus Software, Terayon Communications, Phoenix Technologies, and TRW.

In the medical device and pharmaceutical fields, he has represented Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary LifeScan, Mentor Corporation, and Teva Pharmaceuticals.

In the semiconductor field, he has represented Vishay Siliconix and ZiLOG.

In the insurance and reinsurance fields, he has represented Zurich Insurance Company, Steadfast Insurance and Fireman’s Fund.

In regard to protection and enforcement of copyrights and trademarks, he has represented Mattel, Disney, Pixar, Hallmark, Abrams-Gentile Entertainment, Lockheed and Breyers.

Represented Homestake Mining Co. against Deloitte in a case involving claims of professional malpractice arising from tax and corporate restructuring issue.  After a one-and-one-half-month jury trial, obtained a $4.7 million recovery.

Represented A.B. Dick subsidiary Itek in two breach of warranty and fraud actions involving digital typesetting hardware and software.  Obtained defense verdicts after a three-week jury trial.

Represented fifteen employees in a pro bono action against Avis Rent-A-Car claiming race discrimination and harassment against the company.  Obtained plaintiffs verdicts and novel injunctive relief after two-and-one-half-month jury trial. The  relief  was affirmed by the California Supreme Court.

Represented Mattel, Hallmark, and DIC Animation City in a copyright action related to a writer of the successful animated children's television program Rainbow Brite.  Obtained summary judgment.
 

Represented Breyers in trademark infringement action brought by Dreyers.  Defeated a motion for preliminary injunction and obtained an award of $50,000 in attorneys fees.

Represented Siliconix in a series of patent infringement cases alleging infringement of Siliconix’s patents covering Trench MOSFET semiconductor technology.  After Siliconix obtained favorable claim construction rulings, the cases settled on favorable terms. 

Represented LifeScan in a trademark infringement case arising out of two competitors’ dissemination of fraudulent letters relating to LifeScan’s products.  LifeScan obtained a permanent injunction and damages judgment.

Represented Medo Industries and Pennzoil-Quaker State in a patent infringement action relating to after-market automobile products.  Although retained just two months before the trial of the action, obtained summary judgment of non-infringement on all claims asserted.

Represented Mattel in numerous copyright and trademark actions related to its famous BARBIE® DOLL line of toys.

Represented Callidus Software, Inc., an enterprise software maker, as plaintiff and defendant in several trade secret and employee movement actions.  As plaintiff, obtained temporary restraining order, document preservation orders, and expedited discovery.  Resolved all cases favorably.

Represented IBM as plaintiff in trade secret and employee movement action involving disk drive technology.  Obtained favorable resolution quickly following aggressive prosecution of the action.

Represented individual defendants against fraud, breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty claims made by limited partners in a general partnership that issued and securitized mortgage loans.  Obtained a favorable judgment after four-week binding arbitration.