Sharif S. Ahmed

Sharif S. Ahmed is a patent litigation attorney at Husch Blackwell, specializing in intellectual property disputes across a broad range of technologies. His practice encompasses software and high-technology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, chemicals, consumer products, and various mechanical systems, including generators and lawn mowers. Ahmed also handles Pharmaceutical/Hatch-Waxman matters, often representing generic drug companies challenging existing patents. While his experience includes both enforcement and defense matters, tracked case appearances indicate a focus on defending companies in patent infringement litigation, as evidenced by his representation of defendants in all tracked matters.

Ahmed's notable case involvement includes representing Champion Power Equipment, Inc. as a defendant in patent litigation brought by Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc. This dispute also involved related inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), where at least one IPR (IPR2025-00805) resulted in an institution denial. Beyond these tracked cases, Ahmed has served as third chair in federal jury and bench trials nationwide. He was part of a trial team that secured an eight-figure patent and trademark infringement verdict, including a finding of willful infringement, for a consumer products company. He also represented a generic pharmaceutical company in a patent infringement trial.

As a registered patent attorney, Ahmed regularly contributes to post-grant IPR proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, leveraging his firm's robust PTAB practice.

Ahmed earned his J.D. from Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, where he was a Note & Comment Editor for Jurimetrics, The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology. He holds a B.S. in Pharmacology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.