Karthik Ravishankar

Overview

Karthik Ravishankar focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation, with a particular emphasis on patent, trade secret, and trademark cases at the US International Trade Commission (ITC). Karthik has taken over a dozen matters to trial at the ITC while working on over 30 investigations overall.

With more than 10 years of IP litigation experience, Karthik manages trial teams, handles the economic and damages side of cases, and has prepared and examined dozens of witnesses on direct and cross at numerous trials.

Karthik represents clients before the ITC and in district court and arbitration across a wide range of technologies, including cellular devices, mobile payments, data encryption, spray guns, non-invasive body-contouring devices, pharmaceuticals, construction equipment, and AI dashcams. His practice also includes advising on and litigating global FRAND issues and IP-adjacent antitrust matters.

Prior to joining Wolf Greenfield, Karthik was a partner at an Am Law 10 law firm. Before that, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable John F. Anderson of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, drafting bench memoranda and opinions, and started his career as an associate at a global litigation firm.

Karthik leads and participates in pro bono projects, particularly those relating to Veterans Affairs appeals.

Experience

• Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Lenovo in global patent litigation against Ericsson at the ITC, in the Eastern District of Texas, in China, in the United Kingdom, and elsewhere (Inv. Nos. 337-TA-1375, 337-TA-1376, 337-TA-1387, and 337-TA-1388).
• Eli Lilly & Co. at the ITC against importers of falsely marked or advertised tirzepatide products, securing a global exclusion order and limited exclusion orders against dozens of entities (Certain Products Containing Tirzepatide and Products Purporting To Contain Tirzepatide, Inv. No. 337-TA-1377).
• Mohawk Industries, Inc. at the ITC, securing a global exclusion order against more than 40 entities (Certain Luxury Vinyl Tile and Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-1155).
• Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. at the ITC, achieving a finding of no violation for the client (Certain Mobile Devices with Multifunction Emulators, Inv. No. 337-TA-1170).
• Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and numerous other respondents at the ITC against a prolific non-practicing entity (Certain Laptops, Desktops, Servers, Mobile Phones, Tablets, and Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-1280).
• Oracle Corporation in a long-running patent case in the Eastern District of Virginia (TecSec, Inc. v. IBM Corp., et al., 1:10-cv-0115 (E.D. Va.)).
• Carlisle Construction Materials in a patent case in the District of Delaware (Graco Inc. v. CCM, LLC, 1:21-cv-00245 (D. Del.)).
• Represented a leading consumer robotics company at the ITC in an investigation concerning robotic floor cleaning devices.
• Represented a leading fleet management technology company at the ITC and in arbitration against a competitor.
• Represented a leading biopharmaceutical company at the ITC in an investigation concerning non-invasive body-contouring devices.
• Represented a major publicly traded technology company at the ITC against an action brought by a non-practicing entity, achieving a finding of no violation for the client.
• Represented a leading data storage company in dueling patent infringement investigations brought in the ITC.
• Represented a leading textile manufacturer in securing a general exclusion order in the ITC.

Recognition

• The Legal 500 US: Patents: Litigation (International Trade Commission) (2024-2026)

Interests

• Pro football
• Video games
• Fostering dogs