Sharif is a trial lawyer who represents clients in some of the most complex and high-stakes intellectual property disputes in the country.
Sharif’s national practice reaches all aspects of intellectual property litigation, including design and utility patents, trademarks and trade dress, copyrights, trade secrets, and unfair competition claims. He has served as third chair in multiple federal jury and bench trials in District Courts nationwide, from Arizona to New Jersey to the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York. As a registered patent attorney, he also contributes to post-grant inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Sharif has experience in both enforcement and defense matters involving eight-figure jury verdicts and multi-million-dollar products and technology. His patent and trade secret litigation work spans many industries, including software and high-technology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, chemicals, consumer products, and a wide variety of mechanical systems ranging from lawn mowers to generators. In Pharmaceutical/Hatch-Waxman matters, Sharif represents generic drug companies and has been a member of trial teams challenging “evergreen” patents. His trademark, trade dress, and copyright dispute experience include cases involving luxury fashion houses, hospitality and tourism services, viral consumer products, pet nutrition, and e-commerce sellers.
Sharif is immersed in all stages of the IP litigation life cycle, including pre-suit investigations, early motion and preliminary injunction practice, discovery and dispositive motions, Markman practice, and trial and post-trial proceedings. A determined advocate at trial, he has argued evidentiary issues and cross-examined expert witnesses, and he thrives and is at his most comfortable in the courtroom. Always eager to try a case when it’s in the client’s best interests, Sharif fights as though it’s his own business at stake.