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Elizabeth Pehrson

Elizabeth S. Pehrson

Special Counsel
Palo Alto +1 650 632 4722 epehrson@cov.com Download V-card
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Elizabeth Pehrson is special counsel in the firm’s Palo Alto office.  She has represented companies in a variety of patent litigation matters involving hardware, software, and internet technology.

  • Hard Disk Drives, Inv. No. 337-TA-616 (Reiber v. Seagate).  Represented Seagate in the United States International Trade Commission, in this patent infringement investigation initiated by Steven and Mary Reiber relating to dissipative bonding tool tips used in the manufacture of hard disk drives.
  • Sky Technologies LLC v. Ariba, Inc., Case No. 1:06-cv-11889-WGY (D. Mass.).  Represented Ariba in this patent case relating to technology for online contract negotiations.
  • Thomas v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc. et al., Case No. 3:05-cv-00510 (W.D.N.C.).  Represented Samsung in this patent case involving cellular telephone technology.
  • Overture Services, Inc. v. Google, Inc., C 02-01991 JSW (N.D. Cal.); and Overture Services, Inc. v. FindWhat.com, Inc., SACV 03-00685 CJC (C.D. Cal.).  Represented Overture in these patent infringement cases involving sponsored search advertising on the Internet.

Memberships and Affiliations

  • State Bar of California

Practices

University of California, Berkeley School of Law, J.D., 1998

  • Boalt Appellate Advocacy Program, Director
  • Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Editor

Yale University, B.A., 1995

  • cum laude
  • California