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Biography
Denise De Mory is the managing partner and co-founder of Bunsow De Mory. She has litigated patent and other intellectual property cases for more than 30 years.
Denise is a courtroom leader who has appeared in more than 150 patent cases across every major US jurisdiction and has tried more than a dozen cases to verdict.
Her trial expertise provides clients with a significant strategic advantage, often resulting in substantial settlements before trial against law firms many times larger than Bunsow De Mory. Universities, university professors, start-ups and individual inventors regularly rely on her strategic counsel to maximise the value of their intellectual property assets.
In addition to being recognised by Managing IP as an IP Star and among the Top 250 Women in IP, Denise has been ranked in Chambers USA for Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation, recognised by IAM Strategy 300 as a Global Leader, Benchmark Litigation as a National Practice Star and Top Woman in Litigation, Law Dragon as one of the Top 500 Global IP Lawyers and Top 500 Litigators in America, the Daily Journal as a Top IP Lawyer, and Best Lawyers by U.S. News & World Report.
Year joined firm: 2012
Denise is a courtroom leader who has appeared in more than 150 patent cases across every major US jurisdiction and has tried more than a dozen cases to verdict.
Her trial expertise provides clients with a significant strategic advantage, often resulting in substantial settlements before trial against law firms many times larger than Bunsow De Mory. Universities, university professors, start-ups and individual inventors regularly rely on her strategic counsel to maximise the value of their intellectual property assets.
In addition to being recognised by Managing IP as an IP Star and among the Top 250 Women in IP, Denise has been ranked in Chambers USA for Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation, recognised by IAM Strategy 300 as a Global Leader, Benchmark Litigation as a National Practice Star and Top Woman in Litigation, Law Dragon as one of the Top 500 Global IP Lawyers and Top 500 Litigators in America, the Daily Journal as a Top IP Lawyer, and Best Lawyers by U.S. News & World Report.
Year joined firm: 2012
Client feedback
"Denise is an outstanding strategist, litigator, and trial lawyer and advocate. She's the whole package. It's a combination that few can master, and she has few peers. She also is a tireless worker and fighter for her clients. You want her in your corner."
"Denise De Mory excels at strategic judgment, early case assessment, and aligning patent litigation strategy with commercial objectives. She is hands-on, decisive, and highly effective at simplifying complex issues for practical decision-making."
"Denise demonstrated excellent strategic judgment, strong technical command, and a practical, commercially aligned approach to complex patent matters."
Recent Matter / Case Highlights
- TOT Power Control, S.L. v. Apple, Samsung and LG (D. Del.) In June 2025, Denise led the trial team that secured a jury verdict of $110,738,008 for TOT Power Control against Apple, representing the third-largest patent damages verdict in the District of Delaware in 2025 and the eighth largest in the United States. After a three-day trial, the jury found Apple liable for infringement of one patent relating to power-saving improvements in 3G technology, upheld the patent’s validity, and awarded a $0.25 running royalty. Denise will continue leading TOT’s related patent infringement actions against LG and Samsung.
- Inmar Brand Solutions, Inc. v. Quotient Technology Inc. (D. Del., PTAB) Denise represented Inmar, a company specialising in electronic coupon distribution and clearing. She helped convert an infringement notice received from a competitor into a strategic patent enforcement opportunity, securing an exclusive licence to the competitor’s patents and asserting them against Quotient Technologies. Following significant procedural and substantive victories, including the PTAB’s denial of institution on one inter partes review petition, the matter settled favourably for Inmar in July 2025.
- Lambeth Magnetic Structures LLC v. Seagate Technologies (US) Holdings Inc. (W.D. Pa., Fed. Cir.) Denise represents Lambeth Magnetic Structures in a long-running patent infringement dispute concerning advanced hard drive technology. She successfully defeated Seagate’s summary judgment motion, led the 2022 jury trial, and later secured a major appellate victory when the Federal Circuit reversed the district court’s claim construction and vacated the jury’s non-infringement verdict. Denise will serve as lead trial counsel in the retrial.
Key Practice Areas
- Intellectual Property
- Patent
- Patent Litigation / Contentious Patent Matters
Sector Expertise
- intellectual Property
- Technology
- Telecommunications
- Consumer Electronics
- Software and Digital Technologies
- University and Research Institution Innovation
Bar Admissions
- California Bar – 1993
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Website:https://www.bdiplaw.com/our-team/denise-de-mory/
701 El Camino Real, Redwood City, CA 94063
United States
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