Dion M. Bregman

Named California Lawyer of the Year by California Lawyer as well as Top Intellectual Property Lawyer in California by Daily Journal, Dion is a trusted advisor for technology companies seeking to protect and leverage their innovations. Dion represents public and private companies in the software, hardware, media, internet, telecommunications, medical device, aerospace, business methods, graphical user interfaces, fintech, and semiconductor industries. Dion also advises clients in the healthcare and automotive industry, particularly related to electric and autonomous vehicles, including in matters concerning AI-related technologies.

Dion has prepared and prosecuted thousands of patent applications. He has or is currently handling scores of post-grant proceedings, including reexaminations, inter partes reviews (IPRs), and covered business method reviews. In fact, he argued the second-ever IPR before the PTAB and has since handled more than 160 IPRs. He also regularly prepares noninfringement and invalidity opinions.

Dion also has an active litigation practice. In 2012, he was named a California Lawyer of the Year for Intellectual Property by California Lawyer. The magazine cited his role as part of the Morgan Lewis team that carried “a small technology company to a $140 million victory” in ActiveVideo v. Verizon in the Eastern District of Virginia. The win was one of the five largest patent damage awards in the United States, with a total expected recovery in excess of $260 million. Dion has also been annually recognized as a leading patent lawyer by IAM Patent 1000, The Legal 500, Managing IP, and Thomson Reuters.

Dion joined Morgan Lewis in 2004 after practicing intellectual property law at high-profile firms based in New York and Johannesburg, South Africa.