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University of New Delhi, India (B.E., Computer Engineering, 1988); University of Georgia (M.S., Computer Science, 1990); University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Doctoral Candidate, Computer Science, 1997); Stanford School of Engineering (MS, Engineering Management, 2000); Stanford Law School (J.D., 2000).
California; United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
State Bar of California, American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Anupam Sharma joined the firm in 2006 and practices Intellectual Property litigation, with an emphasis on patent litigation.
Mr. Sharma has worked on a number of intellectual property related litigation matters. He has extensive experience in conducting technical analysis regarding the validity, infringement and enforceability of patents. He has worked with scientific experts and technical personnel to conduct pre-filing investigations, develop non-infringement and invalidity positions and claim construction positions. The technologies in which Mr. Sharma has experience include semiconductor manufacturing, semiconductor capital equipment, digital integrated circuits, electronic design automation (EDA) software, and database synchronization software. Prior to joining Heller Ehrman, Mr. Sharma was an associate in the Intellectual Property Litigation Group of a nationally recognized law firm.
Prior to starting his legal career, Mr. Sharma was a venture capital associate at Investor Growth Capital, a subsidiary of Investor AB, where he evaluated hardware and technical software investment opportunities. Before that, he was an investment banking associate in the Semiconductor and Capital Equipment Group of Credit Suisse First Boston’s Technology Group. Mr. Sharma has also worked with Intel Capital’s Merger & Acquisitions Group.
Before attending law school, Mr. Sharma worked as an engineer for Mentor Graphics, Inc., where he developed electrical and physical synthesis software to design Multi-chip Modules (MCMs) and high-speed Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs). Mr. Sharma was also the founding Research Assistant of the Hardware-Software Codesign Research Group at the Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.University of New Delhi, India (B.E., Computer Engineering, 1988); University of Georgia (M.S., Computer Science, 1990); University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Doctoral Candidate, Computer Science, 1997); Stanford School of Engineering (MS, Engineering Management, 2000); Stanford Law School (J.D., 2000).
California; United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
State Bar of California, American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).