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Yar Chaikovsky
Partner
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
275 Middlefield Road, Suite 100 w: 650 815 7447
Menlo Park, CA 94025
United States
yarchaikovsky@gmail.com
Chaikovsky
http://www.mwe.com/Yar-Chaikovsky/
McDermott:
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/yar-chaikovsky/0/75/bb6
Yar
http://www.insidecounsel.com/2011/11/01/america-invents-
Chaikovsky
act-overhauls-us-patent-system
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Summary
Yar Chaikovsky is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm’s
Silicon Valley office. He focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation.
Yar Chaikovsky has extensive experience litigating matters for companies in all stages of development,
from start-ups to established companies. He has litigated in technology fields as diverse as
networking, software, hardware, internet, communications, video compression, semiconductors,
consumer electronics, analog devices and medical devices.
He was ranked as a leading intellectual property lawyer by Chambers USA in 2009, 2010 and 2011,
where he was described as a "‘fast processor’ and ‘insightful and productive’." Chambers USA praised
him for his “assertive, thorough and thoughtful approach” and his ability to adopt the viewpoint of in-
house counsel. Yar Chaikovsky was also recognized in the 2011 edition of IAM Patent Litigation 250 –
The World’s Leading Patent Litigators and as a leading patent litigator in The Legal 500 United States.
Yar was honored in the Daily Journal as one of the 75 Leading Intellectual Property Litigators in 2009,
2010 and 2011. He was previously profiled in the Daily Journal as one of the top 20 lawyers in
California under the age of 40 as well as in the Silicon Valley Business Journal’s 40 Under 40. Yar
was Yahoo!’s first head patent counsel.
In 2008, Yar Chaikovsky was elected as a member of The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation
(ABF). Membership in The Fellows is limited to one-third of 1 percent of lawyers licensed to practice in
each jurisdiction.
Yar graduated from the University of Southern California in 1991 with a B.S. in Computer Science,
magna cum laude, and received the University’s highest scholarship honor, a Trustees’ Scholarship.
He received his J.D. from UCLA Law School in 1994 while obtaining the Wheat Scholarship and
Murray Fellowship.
He has been an adjunct lecturer of intellectual property at Stanford Law School, and he is a frequent
speaker at conferences around the nation on various aspects of intellectual property law. He is also
the author of numerous publications on the subject of intellectual property.
Before practicing law, Yar Chaikovsky was an engineer in the missile systems defense department of
Hughes Aircraft Company. He is a member of several professional organizations including the
American Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Federal Circuit Bar
Association, International Trade Commission Lawyer Association, San Francisco Bay Area IP Inn of
Court, American Electronics Association and American Bar Association.
Work History
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
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Menlo Park, CA, United States Dec 2009 - Present
Partner
Every year The Daily Journal reports on the annual rankings for the top California intellectual
property attorneys, and in their 2012 rankings three of McDermott Will & Emery's partners made the
cut. Terrence McMahon (McDermott Silicon Valley), Yar Chaikovsky (McDermott Silicon Valley),
and Jorge Arciniega (McDermott Los Angeles).
Education
UCLA Law School
CA, United States 1994
JD Degree
University of Southern California
CA, United States 1991
BS, Computer Science
Custom
Yar Chaikovsky at McDermott Will & Emery
Yar Chaikovsky McDermott
Articles:
Yar Chaikovsky at the Washington Post
Yar Chaikovsky on the America Invents Act
Yar Chaikovsky at Inside Counsel
Yar Chaikovsky at Thompson Reuters
Yar Chaikovsky at Super Lawyers
Quotes:
Yar Chaikovsky Quotes
"Within two to three years, we will be talking about patent reform again. You can bank on it." Yar
Chaikovsky on the America Invents Act.
"Being the best trial lawyer alone does not always win the case. What wins cases is hard work and
preparation from the entire team. In each of the trials in which I have been involved, we won in large
part because our team was better prepared, had a better strategy and trial theme, and knew the facts
on our feet better than the other side.”
Interests
Yar Chaikovsky McDermott on Digg
Yar Chaikovsky McDerrmott at Chambers
Yar Chaikovsky McDerrmott at Squidoo
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