Tiffany K. Sung

Associate

Tiffany Sung uses her broad-based intellectual property litigation and counseling experience to help her clients protect their intellectual property portfolios. She has been involved in complex litigation involving all types of intellectual property in a variety of industries.

Tiffany’s experience includes patent litigation related to electronic percussion instruments, networking devices, commercial plumbing fixtures, housewares, medical devices, personal care devices, and pharmaceuticals. She has also litigated various design patent, trademark, trade dress, and trade secret matters, including those involving food and beverage packaging and equipment, design and fashion, and seating. Tiffany also represents clients in their global enforcement matters; for example, she assisted a Fortune 500 food and beverage company in establishing a comprehensive trade secret policy to protect its most valuable assets. She is a member of the firm’s IP Litigation Practice.

Prior to joining Foley, Tiffany served as a judicial extern with the Patent Pilot Program of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. As a law student, Tiffany served as a summer associate with Foley, where she gained valuable IP litigation experience. She also gained commercial litigation experience as a summer associate for a private practice lawyer in Santa Monica, California. During her undergraduate years, Tiffany worked as a researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Hirsch Laboratory for the Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology.

Community Involvement

  • Volunteer and Pro Bono Advisory Council Member of the Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California
  • Volunteer with the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Domestic Violence Project

Presentations and Publications

  • Co-author, “Mining the Phytomicrobiome to Understand How Bacterial Coinoculations Enhance Plant Growth,” Frontiers in Plant Science (2015)

Languages

  • Korean (conversant)