Sherman W. Kahn has broad experience with all aspects of complex business litigation with a particular emphasis on intellectual property and international issues. Mr. Kahn also counsels clients regarding intellectual property, licensing and privacy issues. Mr. Kahn also provides advice to clients on information security and data breach issues.

Mr. Kahn has litigated patent matters involving complex technologies, such as programmable logic devices, microprocessors and controllers, memory devices, construction equipment, medical devices, supercomputers, LCD & PDP display devices, various computer software products and networking technologies. Mr. Kahn also litigates trade secret, copyright, and antitrust matters.

Mr. Kahn represents clients in international arbitration proceedings presenting complex technical and commercial issues and has arbitrated under the AAA, JCAA , ICC and other arbitration and dispute resolution rules. The subject matter of these arbitrations has ranged from patent issues to construction and commercial issues.

Mr. Kahn advises clients regarding information security and privacy issues for compliance and in regulatory proceedings and litigation.

Mr. Kahn practiced in Morrison & Foerster’s Tokyo office for five years and during that time was licensed as a gaikokuho jimu bengoshi and a member of the Dai-Ni Tokyo Bar Association.

Mr. Kahn received his B.A. degree with high honors from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1989. He received his J.D. degree in 1993 from the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Kahn is admitted to practice law in California, the District of Columbia and New York.

Representative Matters

• Commissariat d’Energie Atomique v. Fujitsu Display Technologies Corp et al.: Represent Fujitsu Display Technologies Corp. in a multiparty patent litigation regarding optical technology for liquid crystal displays.
• Amanda May v. Wacoal America Corp. et a l.: Represent Wacoal America Corporation in litigation regarding a patent on a brassiere with interchangeable straps
• Semiconductor Energy Laboratories v. Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd .: Represented Sanyo in patent litigation regarding thin film transistor technology used in liquid crystal displays.
• ICC Arbitration: Representing a major Japanese industrial company in an ICC arbitration pending in Zurich, Switzerland regarding construction issues.
• Confidential FTC Investigation: Represented well known American corporation in FTC investigation regarding privacy and information security practices. This investigation resulted in a no-action recommendation.