Atty. Eric M. Acker
Eric Acker is a partner and trial lawyer in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group. Mr.
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Eric M. Acker is a patent, business, ip, and litigation attorney based in San Diego, California, practicing at Morrison Foerster. Admitted to practice in California, The State Bar of California and District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar. Educated at University of California Berkeley (J.D., 1985) and University of California Berkeley (—, 1985). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Commercial Litigation (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Intellectual Property (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Patent (2026). Serands clients in San Diego, CA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Eric Acker is a partner and trial lawyer in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group
- Mr. Acker has tried more than 50 trials (including more than 47 jury trials) in courtrooms across the country
- Mr. Acker’s recent trials have involved a variety of technologies and significant legal issues
- In the high-profile SCO v
- Novell case, following a three-week trial, the jury affirmed our client Novell’s ownership of the copyrights to the UNIX software code and rejected SCO’s claim for damages of $100 to $200 million
- Mr. Acker received a 2012 California Lawyer Attorney of the Year Award (CLAY Award) for the defense of Novell
- During the past several years, Mr. Acker has tried patent cases in numerous jurisdictions, including New York, New Jersey, Utah, California, Texas and Massachusetts, and Nevada
- In addition to winning the CLAY award in 2012, Mr. Acker was named the Best Lawyers in America San Diego Litigation Patent Lawyer of the Year in 2014 and San Diego Litigation - Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year in 2018
- He is also recommended as a leading lawyer by Best Lawyers in America 2009-2018 and Legal 500 US 2013, and was named a “California Local Litigation Star” in the 2015-2018 issues of Benchmark Litigation
- Prior to joining Morrison & Foerster in 1999, Mr. Acker spent ten years as a federal prosecutor in the U.S
- Attorney’s Offices for the District of Columbia and the Southern District of California
- He is a past Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference for the Southern District of California, and also a Master in the Louis Welsh Inn of Court, San Diego Chapter
- Mr. Acker was Phi Beta Kappa at the University of California at Berkeley where he received his B.S
- He received his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School, where he served as an Associate Editor of the Michigan Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif
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Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
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IP attorneys protect inventions, brands, and creative work through patent prosecution, trademark registration, copyright, and trade-secret enforcement.
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Practicing law in California. Legal matters in California are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in San Diego are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate California state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in California brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in California courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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