JD Harriman is a partner at Foundation Law Group LLP and is the creator of the Mona LisaTM method of patent analysis.

As outside patent counsel for Steve Jobs at Apple, NeXT, and Pixar, he was instrumental in establishing their IP infrastructure. He is at the forefront of high-level strategic advising on intellectual property matters (having done so for OpenAI founder Sam Altman’s first company, and for many other leading tech companies, including Intel andSun Microsystems). JD’s expert witness experience includes the biggest trade secret espionage trial of this century.

JD received his juris doctor from USC Law School and is admitted to practice law in California and by the United States Patent Bar. He received his BS in Materials Science, Electrical Engineering from Ohio State University.  He has served as the Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property Rights Committee of the ABA International Law Section.

JD’s publications and presentations include:

• “Epstein File Release” Erie News Now November 2025
• “Tilly Norwood AI Actress” Variety September 2025
• “Anthropic Settlement” Scripp News TV September 2025
• “House Settlement for College Athletics” NewsNation TV June 2025
• “Studio Ghibli Dilemna – Copyright in the Age of AI“ Forbes May 2025
• How Velcro is Just Like AI, For Getting Patents” ABA International Law News March 2025
• “AI and the Scarlett Letter(s)” The AI Journal March 2025
• “AI Voice Cloning, Celebrities, and Law” KTLA February 2025
• “What AI Executives Need to Know about Fair-Use Law” VKTR December 2024
• “Uncovering the Mysterious Side of Art Pricing” CNBC October 2024
• “Challenges in Enforcing Trade Secret Protection Against Chinese Companies” Daily Journal April 2024
• “AI Voice Copying” Fox2 News, San Francisco June 2024.

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