Mona Solouki

Mona Solouki is a special counsel in the Antitrust and Competition Practice Group in the firm's San Francisco office.

Areas of Practice

Ms. Solouki specializes in antitrust issues arising out of the enforcement of standard essential patents and other intellectual property rights.

Ms. Solouki also specializes in defending individual and nation-wide class action lawsuits under both state and federal antitrust and consumer protection statutes. Ms. Solouki's experience includes managing complex antitrust actions from inception to trial through discovery, motion practice, and trial preparation. She is also experienced in working with economic experts on liability and damages issues, and has taken and defended expert depositions.

Ms. Solouki is a member of the California Bar. She is also admitted to practice before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Central and Eastern Districts of California. Ms. Solouki appears before both state and federal courts and also has experience in private arbitration before the Court of International Chamber of Commerce.

Representative Matters

Represent Samsung Electronics in global patent and standards related antitrust governmental proceedings, and private antitrust actions involving major technology companies, including Apple (2011-present).

Defend Samsung Electronics in DOJ antitrust investigation of standard essential patents (SEPs), investigation closed (2014).

Other case experiences include, among others, In re CRT Antitrust Litigation, In re Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust Litigation, In re LCD Antitrust Litigation, In re SRAM Antitrust Litigation; Rambus Inc. v. Micron Technology, Inc., et al.; DRAM Claims Liquidation Trust v. Hynix Semiconductor, Inc. et al.; and In re DRAM Antitrust Litigation.

Articles

Antitrust Law Blog Posts

• "Ninth Circuit Holds That NCAA’s Amateurism Rules Violate Section 1 of the Sherman Act," October 27, 2015
• "In a Rarely-Seen Joint-Effort in the Competition Arena, the DOJ and the USPTO Unite in Issuing a Policy Statement on Remedies Involving Standard Essential Patents," January 16, 2013
• "Court Throws Out Antitrust Claims Against Netflix", May 24, 2011
• "Court Tosses Transpacific Air Passengers' Claims Based on Alleged Overcharges for Flights Originating in Asia", May 13, 2011
• "Indirect Purchaser Plavix Class Actions Tossed for Lack of Antitrust Standing", February 18, 2011
• "Aspartame Class Action Dismissal Affirmed on Statute of Limitations Grounds", February 18, 2011
• "Court Dismisses Claims Against Shippers Under Twombly And The Filed Rate Doctrine", October 12, 2009 

Speaking Engagements

• Antitrust and Intellectual Property Boot Camp, The Bar Association of San Francisco, April 7, 2015