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Diane C. Hutnyan Diane C. Hutnyan Quinn Emanuel 865 S. Figueroa St. 10th Floor Los Angeles California 90017 work(213) 443 3000 dianehutnyan@quinnemanuel.com Download vCard Los Angeles Office Tel: 213-443-3000 Fax: 213-443-3100 dianehutnyan@quinnemanuel.com Practice Areas Antitrust and Trade Regulation Class Action Litigation Intellectual Property Litigation Education Stanford University (J.D., M.B.A., 1997) Fellow, Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation, 1997 President, JD/MBA Association, 1996-1997 The George Washington University (M.A., Russian and East European Studies, 1991) Plekhanov Institute of Economics, Moscow, USSR (Diploma, 1988) Indiana University (B.A., Russian Languages and Literatures; Certificate, Russian and East European Institute, 1987) Prior Associations Associate, Cooley Godward LLP, 1997-1999 Research Assistant, Professor Constance Bagley, J.D., Stanford Graduate School of Business, 1995 (work on her book, The Entrepreneur's Guide to Business Law, West Publishing, 1998) Professional Activities Member, Board of Directors, Foundation of the State Bar of California, 2006-2007 Member, Board of Visitors, Stanford Law School, 2006-2009 Member, Executive Board of Directors, Children's After-School Program (C.A.P.), 2004-present Co-Chairman, Stanford Law Society of Los Angeles, 2006-present Co-Chairman, Stanford Law Society of Silicon Valley, 2000-2001 Judge, Computer and High Technology Journal Comment Contest, Santa Clara Law School, 1999 Member, Beverly Hills Bar Association Member, Los Angeles Bar Association Member, American Bar Association Admissions Member, The State Bar of California Languages Russian	Send to a friend Biography Diane Cafferata Hutnyan is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Quinn Emanuel. She joined Quinn Emanuel in 1999 and helped open the firm's San Francisco office before transferring to Los Angeles in 2001. Diane's practice focuses on intellectual property and other complex business litigation in federal and state courts. She also coordinates many of the firm's trial training programs. Representative Clients Mattel Micron Nokia Notable Representations Represented Freedom Wireless in a suit for patent infringement against twelve defendants for infringement of its patents on prepaid wireless telephone systems and methods. The trial lasted 15 weeks and we obtained a $128 million jury verdict entered against several wireless telephone carriers. The verdict is the largest ever awarded in Massachusetts, and was the eighth biggest verdict awarded in the U.S. that year. The case recently settled for a lump sum payment of $87 million, plus on-going royalties which are expected to generate an additional $50 million. Represented two Micron entities, and settled group boycott and price-fixing claims brought by Tessera, Inc., who was seeking over $300 million; settled for a fraction of the claimed damages. In class action capitol Madison County, Illinois, obtained decertification of a class, and shortly thereafter, dismissal of class action involving use of the term "limited edition" that was pending against our client, a major toy company. Defeated omitted inventorship claim in suit involving prepaid wireless telephone technology. Played integral role in obtaining jury verdict of willful infringement of three patents and one-third enhancement of damages, for a total award of $20.5 million, as well as permanent injunction, on behalf of patentee in patent infringement action involving surgical trocar seal technology. Represented two nanotechnology companies in a patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation action. Obtained summary judgment in defense of medical device manufacturer on trade secret misappropriation, conversion, estoppel, breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty in trade secret misappropriation/patent joint inventorship action. Obtained a constructive trust and a stipulated permanent injunction for plaintiff, a large Silicon Valley manufacturer, in lawsuit against departing manager for theft of trade secrets and breach of fiduciary duty. In matter originally claiming damages in millions for alleged software copyright infringement and breach of license agreement, negotiated settlement and release of all claims against defendants for total payment of three dollars. Obtained dismissal with prejudice, at the pleading stage of lawsuit, of nine causes of action asserted against Fortune 50 technology company, including fraud, breach of contract, trade libel, breach of fiduciary duty, and negligence. Obtained and enforced $177,500 judgment after a bench trial in pro bono representation of a young mother whose landlord had locked her out of her home (increasing arbitration award by more than 800%).

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