Leading Intellectual Property Attorney Joins EFF

Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release

For Immediate Release: Monday, June 09, 2008

Contact:

Michael Kwun
   Senior Intellectual Property Staff Attorney
   Electronic Frontier Foundation
   michael@eff.org
   +1 415 436-9333 x136

Rebecca Jeschke
   Media Coordinator
   Electronic Frontier Foundation
   press@eff.org
   +1 415 436-9333 x125

Leading Intellectual Property Attorney Joins EFF

Michael Kwun Brings Years of Litigation Experience to EFF's
Legal Team

San Francisco - Michael Kwun has joined the Electronic
Frontier Foundation (EFF) as a new Senior Intellectual
Property Staff Attorney, bringing years of copyright,
trademark, and patent litigation experience to EFF's legal
team.

Kwun comes to EFF from Google.  As the company's Managing
Counsel, Litigation, he was responsible for defending
Google in copyright cases about YouTube, Google Book
Search, and Google Image Search; trademark cases about
Google AdWords; and patent cases in connection with a wide
variety of Google products.

"EFF has always fought to protect new innovations from
bogus legal claims that stifle creativity, kill
competition, and limit consumer choice," said Kwun.  "I'm
looking forward to tackling these important cases with the
rest of EFF's legal team."

Before joining Google, Kwun was an associate at the law
firm Keker & Van Nest, where he worked one of the early
cases challenging Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
subpoenas issued by the Recording Industry Institute of
America (RIAA).  Kwun is also a long-time geek; his first
publication was a short computer program that appeared in a
Commodore computer enthusiast magazine in 1985.

"Michael brings a wealth of experience in copyright,
trademark, and patent law to EFF," said EFF Executive
Director Shari Steele.  "We're so glad that he has chosen
to join our legal team and help with this important work."

Kwun also sits on the board of directors of the East Bay
Community Law Center, which provides legal services to the
low-income community and hands-on clinical education for
law students.  Kwun received his J.D. degree from the Boalt
Hall School of Law and his undergraduate degree from the
University of Michigan.

For this release:
http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/06/09

About EFF

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challenges industry and government to support free
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