Giri Pathmanaban is a highly experienced intellectual property trial attorney. He represents clients of all shapes and sizes in patent, copyright, trade secret, and contractual licensing disputes. He has tried cases in numerous federal district courts across the US, in private arbitrations, and the International Trade Commission (ITC). His practice spans a wide range of technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, semiconductors, cloud storage technology, network communications, cybersecurity, medical devices and health sciences, and food or nutritional technology.
Giri has secured numerous victories for clients such as Amazon, Abbott Labs, Overhead Door, and GlobalFoundries through summary judgments, IPRs, and court trials.
Giri combines his in-depth knowledge of IP law and his trial expertise with his technical background in computer science engineering. In this way, he quickly focuses on the issues that matter and helps fashion favorable resolutions that achieve the clients’ business objectives.
In addition to cross-examining the most important witnesses at trial, Giri has served as lead counsel in several IPRs and argued numerous successful hearings at the PTAB and hearings in district court.