Eric Tuttle

Experience

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  U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

  Aug 2006 - Aug 2007

  Law Clerk to the Hon. Pamela Ann Rymer
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  Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

  Oct 2007 - Nov 2021

  Partner

  Eric Tuttle is a litigation partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson. Mr. Tuttle’s practice focuses on complex civil litigation primarily in the technology, entertainment, and financial sectors, including patent litigation and general commercial litigation matters. Mr. Tuttle has also represented cultural institutions in a range of matters.Key Representations:• Wells Fargo in matters relating to consumer banking sales practices, the sale of mortgages, and management of a securities lending program.• Bank of America in actions relating to the failure of a $1.75 billion mortgage warehouse facility.• Ericsson in a dispute with Apple over Apple’s obligation to pay FRAND royalties for Ericsson’s standard-essential patents used in 2G, 3G and 4G LTE cellular communications.• Verizon as a defendant in a patent infringement action pertaining to wired communications.• Tessera as patentee in infringement actions involving semiconductor packaging technology.• Warner Bros. in defending and resolving claims asserted by the heirs of J.R.R. Tolkien challenging the participation accounting for the “Lord of the Rings” movies.• Universal Music Group in a lawsuit asserting antitrust violations and other claims arising out of disputed right to license Bob Marley tracks.• The Norton Simon Museum in obtaining summary judgment dismissing claims to recover two paintings that were subject to Nazi-coerced sales during World War II. Mr. Tuttle earned a 2017 California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) award from the Daily Journal for his work on the case.• The J. Paul Getty Trust in defending litigation over the ownership of illuminated pages from a medieval gospel manuscript. Show less

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  Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

  Nov 2021 - now

  Partner