<p>Ms. Boroumand Smith specializes in the handling of intellectual property and complex commercial litigation matters. Her practice focuses on representing high technology companies in litigation regarding claims of patent, copyright, and trademark infringement, as well as breach of contract, breach of warranty, fraud, unfair competition and misappropriation of trade secrets. Her experience has ranged from working for clients in the software, hardware, semiconductor, IT outsourcing, laser, retail, video gaming, arts and crafts, and toy industries. She has appeared in federal and state courts and is also experienced in arbitration matters.
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Ms. Boroumand Smith's representative clients in the area of intellectual property litigation include Oracle Corporation, Apple Inc., Ellison Educational Equipment Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Catalyst, Inc., Biolase Technologies, Inc., IXYS Corporation and Hitachi. Ms. Boroumand Smith has worked on patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret cases at both the district and appellate court levels on behalf of these clients.
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Ms. Boroumand Smith's representative clients in the area of complex commercial litigation include Oracle Corporation, Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS) and CGI/AMS. In the dozen cases Ms. Boroumand Smith has done collectively on behalf of these clients, she has dealt in depth with breach of contract, breach of warranty, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, fraud and unfair competition issues.
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Ms. Boroumand Smith is an Adjunct Professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law, where she has been teaching copyright, trademark and privacy issues in the Internet Justice Clinic since spring of 2008.   She also chairs the firm’s Diversity Committee and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF) Foundation, which actively fundraises for BASF’s Volunteer Legal Services Program and various diversity initiatives.  She was selected for inclusion in Northern California Super Lawyers - Rising Stars Edition for 2009 and 2010.