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Education
  • University of California, Berkeley (B.A.,1989)
  • University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (J.D.,1993)


Bar Admissions
Admitted only in
  • California
  • District of Columbia
  • Japan
  • New York

Sherman W. Kahn Sherman W. Kahn

Of Counsel
Primary Office: New York

Email: skahn@mofo.com
Phone: (212) 468-8023
Fax: (212) 468-7900

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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. He also represents clients in international arbitration proceedings, trade secret, copyright, and antitrust litigation as well as regulatory proceedings involving consumer protection, privacy issues and information security.

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.



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 al : Represent Wacoal America Corporation in litigation regarding a patent on a brassiere with interchangeable straps.

  • ICC Arbitration : Representing a major Japanese industrial company in an ICC arbitration pending in Zurich, Switzerland regarding construction issues.

  • Semiconductor Energy Laboratories v. Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. : Represented Sanyo in patent litigation regarding thin film transistor technology used in liquid crystal displays.

  • 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.