As counsel in the Litigation Department, Kripa Raman focuses his practice on patent litigation matters.  He also has experience in licensing and the intellectual property aspects of transactions. 

Mr. Raman has a B.A. in Chemistry from Columbia University and was an editor of the Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum.

Representative Cases:

• BASF Agro B.V. and Bayer S.A.S. v. Makhteshim Agan of North America and Control Solutions, Inc., No. 10-CV-276 (M.D. N.C.) (patent infringement case involving pesticides)
  
  
• BASF Agro B.V. and Bayer S.A.S. v. Cheminova, Inc., No. 10-CV-274 (M.D. N.C.) (patent infringement case involving pesticides)
  
  
• Edwards Lifesciences v. CoreValve, Inc. and Medtronic CoreValve, LLC, No. 08-091 (D. Del.) ($74 million jury verdict for client Edwards Lifesciences for infringement of transcatheter heart valve patent; finding of willful infringement)
  
  
• In the Matter of Certain Short Wavelength Semiconductor Lasers and Products Containing Same, Investigation No. 337-TA-627 (ITC) (semiconductor lasers)
  
  
• Polymer Solvents v. PPG and BASF, No. 2:07-CV-049 (E.D.Tex.) (polymers)
  
  
• BASF Catalysts v. Honeywell Int’l et al., No. MRS-C-36-07 (N.J. Supr. Ct., Ch. Div) (catalysts and absorbents)
  
  
• Collins v. Gillette, No. 2:04-CV-0038 (E.D.Tex.) (shaving products)
  
  
• L’Oreal v. Estée Lauder, No. 04-1660 (D.N.J.) (mascara formulations)
  
  
• Chevron Phillips Chemicals v. BASF, No. H-04-1693 (S.D.Tex.) (polymers)
  
  
• Purdue Pharma v. Roxane and Endo, Nos. 99-CV-3658 and 00-CV-8029 (S.D.N.Y) (pharmaceuticals)
  
  
• Plasma Physics v. IBM et al., Nos. 02-3463, 3473, 3475 and 3484 (E.D.N.Y.) (semiconductor manufacturing)
  
  
• Verizon California v. RAKTL, No. 01-CV-09871 (C.D.Cal.) (interactive telephony)
  
  
• Khedesian v. Bombardier, SACV 99-532 (C.D.Cal.) (jet-skis)