Biography
Darius Keyhani is the founder of Keyhani LLC, an IP litigation boutique law firm, and heads the patent and intellectual property litigation practice in federal courts where Darius exclusively practices.
Darius and his team have successfully represented individuals and private and publicly held corporations in all phases of high-stakes and complex litigation from preliminary hearings through trial and settlement negotiations in patent, trade secret, copyright, trademark and unfair competition matters. Over the past two decades, Darius has served as lead litigation and trial counsel in over eighty (80) cases in federal district and appeals courts including the United States Supreme Court.
Previously Darius served as a visiting professor in South Korea where he taught courses in patent and intellectual property law to graduate students including lawyers and examiners at the Korean Intellectual Property Office. Darius was previously affiliated with premier national and international law firms where he focused on patent and intellectual property litigation.
Darius was the founding editor of the State University of New York’s Buffalo Intellectual Property Law Journal subscribed to by the leading law schools in the country and often cited. Darius’ writings have been published and cited in academic law journals, trade journals and congressional/legislative committee advisory opinions on a variety of intellectual property law, international, and civil procedure issues and he is invited as a speaker, commentator/panelist at IP forums.
Darius is deeply committed to feeding the hungry, standing up for justice, and defending the rights of the underdogs, the indigent, and the forgotten. His heart remains rooted in Lahaina, Maui, where he grew up and proudly wrestled for and was captain of the Lahainaluna High School team—a community and school he continues to support with unwavering passion.
Darius is admitted in the District of Columbia, the United States Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, the Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, New Jersey District Court, New Jersey, and is regularly admitted pro hac vice in federal courts throughout the U.S.
Education
LL.M., New York University School of Law
J.D., State University of New York (Buffalo), School of Law
M.S., University of Rochester School of Medicine
M.S. Ed., University of Rochester, Graduate School of Education
B.A., cum laude, University of Rochester
Contact
Phone: (202) 903-0326
Facsimile: (202) 318-8958
Email: dkeyhani@nullkeyhanillc.com