Bindu Palapura

Bindu Palapura is a partner at Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, specializing in patent, trademark, and trade secret litigation. Her practice spans a diverse array of technology areas, including pharmaceuticals, chemicals, software, medical devices, telecommunications (LTE technology), e-commerce, and solar photovoltaic technology. She represents clients ranging from startups to Fortune 50 companies.

Ms. Palapura demonstrates experience working both sides of patent disputes. Her tracked case appearances include representing a plaintiff in a pharmaceutical matter (Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. v. Par Pharmaceutical Inc.) and a defendant in a solar technology case (Mundra Solar v. First Solar, Inc.). Beyond these, her firm highlights her role in successfully defending major technology and medical device companies against substantial patent infringement claims, including Apple (LTE technology) and AngioDynamics (medical devices). She also represented IBM in an $82.5 million jury trial victory involving e-commerce patents and was part of the team that secured a $2 billion patent case win for Intel relating to microprocessor technology. She has also handled Hatch-Waxman litigation for pharmaceutical clients and obtained a jury victory for DuPont in a patent infringement case.

In the context of the Mundra Solar v. First Solar, Inc. case, related Inter Partes Review (IPR) petitions were filed against First Solar's patents at the USPTO, which were ultimately denied institution. While her firm's intellectual property practice includes comprehensive services such as patent and trademark procurement and intellectual property counseling, her specific appearances in IPR/PTAB proceedings are not explicitly detailed in publicly available sources.

Ms. Palapura earned her J.D. in 2009 from Temple University Beasley School of Law and holds a B.S.E. in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania. She was admitted to practice in Delaware in 2009. Prior to her legal career, she was an associate in GlaxoSmithKline's IT Development Program.