About
John 'Jay' Jurata is a leading first-chair antitrust trial lawyer with more than two decades of experience representing clients in complex litigation, government investigations relating to monopolization and abuse of dominance, and mergers and acquisitions. A former surface warfare officer in the U.S. Navy, his practice encompasses both U.S. and international competition law, with a focus on digital platforms and issues at the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property. He has represented many key players in the technology industry, including Microsoft Corporation, Sonos, Sharp Corporation, LG Corp and Panasonic Holdings Corporation. Key matters include leading the defense team for Zillow Group Inc., representing Microsoft, Sonos and others as interested parties in the Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit against Google, and representing Microsoft on merger control, antitrust investigation and private litigation matters. He has a long history of representing both licensors and licensees in disputes concerning standards-essential patents, including acting for Sharp in a licensing arbitration against InterDigital Corporation and obtaining the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging excessive royalties for iBiquity’s standards-essential patents.
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Education
- Villanova University, B.A., 1992
- University of San Diego School of Law, J.D., 2000, summa cum laude; Order of the Coif; Editor-in-Chief, Volume 37, San Diego Law Review