REPRESENTATIVE CASES

Konrad Sherinian has appeared in more than 200 Federal and State cases, and consulted on dozens more. Below is a representative listing of cases that Konrad litigated along with a brief description of the subject matter and results.

Intellectual Property

2020 – 2021 Putco v. Racesport Product: Represented defendant in a patent infringement suit brought by a contractor over an LED headlamp product. Case was settled advantageously after the filing of a Petition for Inter Partes Review was filed.
2017 – 2018 Segerdahl v. Ferruzza et al.: Represented former employee of plaintiff in a trade secret lawsuit. The case was settled advantageously for represented defendant in 2018, and is still pending as of late 2021 against other defendants.
2018 – 2019 National Hockey League v. The Hockey Cup LLC: Represented defendant in trademark infringement suit. Case was settled with payment from defendant’s insurer; defendant was allowed to sell all remaining product and keep all profits.
2017 Volo Sportsplex et al. v. McClenathan et al.: Represented plaintiff in a contract and CFAA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act) case against a computer contractor that had taken their websites down without permission.
2016 Tecmen Electronics v. Menard: Defended Menards against an accusation of patent infringement. The matter was settled advantageously for Menards shortly after filing.
Luxottica Group v. Eddiestore2008: Defendant Eddie Store against accusations of counterfeiting. The Plaintiff sought $250,000 in damages plus substantial attorneys fees, and refused reasonable offers of settlement. The final verdict was for $50,000 and an additional $25,000 in attorneys’ fees.
Polaris Industries et al. v. Nouis Technologies: Represented Nouis Technologies in litigation before the Western District of Wisconsin as well as before the Patent Trials and Appeals Board (PTAB), which denied Polaris’s petition on all grounds.
Burberry Limited v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A: Burberry sued Music Lily, a music retailer, for counterfeiting based on false information provided by an unknown individual. The case was settled advantageously for Music Lily, which regained access to its Pay Pal account, and avoided having a preliminary injunction entered against it.
Walgreen v. Toy Century: Represented Toy Century against Walgreen in a case involving alleged lead paint on toy cars. The matter settled favorably shortly before trial.
Narada Systems v. Tabula: Represented Narada Systems in a patent infringement suit to enforce U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,504,786, 6,901,070, and 7,236,488, which cover various improved routing and switching technologies. The case was settled advantageously for Narada.
United Skys v. CPI Daylighting: Represented United Skys in a trade secret action against CPI Daylighting to recover for CPI’s misappropriation of United Skys’s trade secrets and to quell CPI’s accusations that United Skys misappropriated CPI’s trade secrets. The case was settled advantageously for United Skys.
A&R Collectibles v. A Christmas Story House: Represented A&R Collectibles in a suit to recover damages incurred due to a wrongful assertion of copyright infringement made by defendant. The case was settled advantageously for A&R.
Narada Systems v. Violin Memory: Represented Narada Systems in a patent infringement suit to enforce U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,504,786 & 7,236,488, which cover various advances in routing and switching technologies. As a result of Mr. Sherinian’s representation, Violin Memory agreed to license Narada Systems’ patents.
Ameranth v. GrubHub: Represented Defendant GrubHub in a second patent case brought by Ameranth, Inc. on U.S. Pat. No. 8,146,077 that allegedly covers the real time synchronization of hospitality information among a master database and various clients.
Ameranth v. Pizza Hut et al.: Represented Defendant GrubHub in a patent case brought by Ameranth, Inc. on two patents (6,384,850 and 6,871,325) that allegedly cover the synchronization of hospitality information among a central database, web, and wireless clients

Other Cases

2016 – Present Perez v. Schueler: Represent plaintiff in a case for medical negligence where the plaintiff has suffered significant loss of nerve function after a surgery to remove a benign lipoma.
2016 – Present Perez v. Schueler: Represent plaintiff in a case for medical negligence where the plaintiff has suffered significant loss of nerve function after a surgery to remove a benign lipoma.
2019 – 2022 Tao v. Braverman et al.: Represented dental malpractice victim in case for medical negligence where plaintiff suffered significant nerve damage after extraction of wisdom tooth. Achieved a record settlement for the client.
2017 – 2021 CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT: Represented dental malpractice victim in case against local dental clinic. A multi-million dollar settlement was obtained after substantial negotiations.
2020 – Reyes v. G.W. Nitzche et al.: Took over case filed by other attorney after client felt pressured to accept settlement.  Case settled six months after taking over case for double the settlement offer that previous firm had obtained.
2018 – 2019 Reyes et al. v. Elbert et al.: Represented a group of plaintiffs against a bowling alley for injuries involving an enormous fight that occurred at the bowling alley. Case settled after video of incident was uncovered in discovery.
2018 – 2019 Hollins v. Patel: Represented minor plaintiff in auto-accident case where she was struck by driver while crossing a busy street outside of a marked crosswalk.  Case was settled for policy limits.
2015-2017 Estrada v. Molenkamp: Represented plaintiff in auto-accident case that recovered substantial damages. Prior to filing the case, the insurance company (State Farm) for the at fault driver refused to discuss the case with counsel. However, the case settled after discovery established that the Defendant driver was 1) intoxicated, 2) had run a red light, and 3) that a Carol Stream Police Officer had witnessed the crash.
Represented dental malpractice victim in case for medical negligence where plaintiff suffered significant nerve damage after extraction of wisdom tooth. Achieved a record settlement for the client.
2017 – 2021 CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT: Represented dental malpractice victim in case against local dental clinic. A multi-million dollar settlement was obtained after substantial negotiations.
2020 – Reyes v. G.W. Nitzche et al.: Took over case filed by other attorney after client felt pressured to accept settlement.  Case settled six months after taking over case for double the settlement offer that previous firm had obtained.
2018 – 2019 Reyes et al. v. Elbert et al.: Represented a group of plaintiffs against a bowling alley for injuries involving an enormous fight that occurred at the bowling alley. Case settled after video of incident was uncovered in discovery.
2018 – 2019 Hollins v. Patel: Represented minor plaintiff in auto-accident case where she was struck by driver while crossing a busy street outside of a marked crosswalk.  Case was settled for policy limits.
2015-2017 Estrada v. Molenkamp: Represented plaintiff in auto-accident case that recovered substantial damages. Prior to filing the case, the insurance company (State Farm) for the at fault driver refused to discuss the case with counsel. However, the case settled after discovery established that the Defendant driver was 1) intoxicated, 2) had run a red light, and 3) that a Carol Stream Police Officer had witnessed the crash.