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K.T. Cherian
525 Market Street
Suite 3600
San Francisco, CA 94105-2708
+1 415.848.4930
+1 415.848.4999 (Fax)
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Partner
K.T. (Sunny) Cherian is a Partner in the San Francisco office. He handles all areas of intellectual property litigation. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Mr. Cherian was a program manager with the US Department of Energy, specializing in renewable energy conversion. He served as the project manager to the world’s then-largest solar electric plant, a 10MWe Solar Central receiver power plant, located near Barstow, California. Mr. Cherian also was a consultant to Sandia National Laboratories and the Pacific Gas & Electric Company.
Representative Highlights
- Micron Semiconductor, Inc. v. Hyundai, et al. Represented a respondent in a patent infringement action involving anisotropic plasma etching of semiconductors. The trial spanned four weeks, during which officials from many Silicon Valley companies appeared to testify in Hyundai's case-in-chief. The matter was settled prior to a written decision from the administrative law judge.
- (1) ASM America, Inc., and (2) ASM International N.V., Plaintiffs v. (1) Applied Materials, Inc., Defendant.
- O2 Micro v. Bitek (2006). Represented O2 Micro in a continuing series of cases enforcing O2's patent rights to power converter technology used in LCD screens (laptop computers and monitors). A jury trial in Marshall, Texas resulted in a finding in favor of O2 of willful infringement and an injunction. Opposing counsel was Powell Goldstein.
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Education
- University of California, Davis School of Law (JD, 1987)
- George Washington University (MS, Electrical Engineering, 1979)
- University of Mysore (India) (BS, Electrical Engineering, 1976)
- Cambridge University (ISC, 1969)
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