Ranjini Acharya

Alongside her litigation practice, Ranjini is also well-versed in helping clients strategically develop and commercialize their trademark and copyright portfolios. In her role as a trusted counselor, Ranjini helps clients develop effective brand strategies, employee disclosure agreements and inventions disclosure protocols, and licensing programs to protect and commercialize their valuable intellectual property.

Ranjini maintains a robust pro bono practice and actively mentors diverse law students at Stanford and UC Berkeley law schools.

• Regularly represent ADT in district courts around the country, as well as at the International Trade Commission. Past work has included defending ADT against claims of patent infringement, as well as enforcing ADT’s foundational home security patents against third parties.
• Served as lead trial counsel on behalf of Bass Pro Shops in relation to allegations of trademark infringement. Secured an early settlement shortly after pleadings closed, and plaintiff dismissed the suit thereafter. Elite Detailed Cleaning Inc. v. Bass Pro, LLC (N.D. Cal. 2022).
• Defended MicroVention in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Stryker Corp. in Delaware involving vascular stent technologies. Spearheaded the filing of an ex parte reexamination request, resulting in a stay of the district court proceedings and cancellation of all challenged claims at the Patent Office. Stryker Corp. v. MicroVention, Inc. (D. Del. 2021).
• Defended Disney in a patent infringement lawsuit involving the popular Disney Infinity console. The case settled favorably on the eve of trial. VRtoysone LLC v. Disney Interactive Studios, Inc. (C.D. Cal. 2019).
• Represented Intel Corp. in relation to claims of patent infringement brought by FG SRC against Intel’s field programmable gate array (FPGA) semiconductor devices, including locating and developing the testimony of a prior art inventor in connection with Intel’s petition for inter partes review at the Patent Office. FG SRC, LLC v. Intel Corp. (W.D. Tex. 2020).
• Defended ViewRay in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Varian Medical Systems involving radiotherapy technology. The case was stayed and eventually resolved after the court found six claims indefinite during claim construction. Varian Medical Systems v. ViewRay, Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2019).
• Served as lead attorney for Sonoma Pharmaceuticals in one of the first cases brought under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (2016). Case settled following grant of expedited discovery and after defeating defendants’ attempted Rule 11 motion. Sonoma Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Collidion Inc. et al. (N.D. Cal., 2018).

• Speaking Engagements
  • Practising Law Institute’s Law Workshop 2025 Program, May 28, 2025. Chair.
  • Practising Law Institute’s “Technotainment” 2024: Distributing Content Across Multiple Platforms Program, October 10, 2024. Chair.
  • Practising Law Institute’s Fundamentals of Copyright Law 2024 Program, May 9, 2024. Chair.
  • Practising Law Institute’s Fundamentals of Copyright Law in the Data Era 2023 Program, June 1, 2023. Chair.
• Publications
  
  • Practising Law Institute’s Fundamentals of Copyright Law 2024 Course Handbook, May 2024.
  • “Supreme Court Protects Patent Owners Facing Challenges of Globalization,” U.S. IP Procurement and Portfolio Management Alert, June 2018.