Padmini Cheruvu Partner (510) 451-3300 pcheruvu@donahue.com Download vCard LinkedIn

Padmini Cheruvu

Partner

(510) 451-3300

pcheruvu@donahue.com

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Padmini Cheruvu is a litigation attorney focusing on intellectual property and business disputes. She represents clients in complex matters involving trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and other commercial conflicts, and advises on enforcement strategies throughout the full lifecycle of brand protection from pre-filing investigations and strategic counseling to discovery, motion practice, alternative dispute resolution, and trial.

Padmini handles all aspects of state and federal court litigation across a broad range of industries. She regularly counsels clients on protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights and currently leads the firm’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board practice for all contested matters before the Board.

Litigation

• Prosecuting and defending trademark, copyright, trade secret, and other business-related disputes in state and federal court
• Representing clients in complex commercial disputes and enforcement actions
• Managing all phases of litigation, including pre-litigation investigations, discovery, motion practice, mediation, trial preparation, and trial
• Representing clients in arbitration and mediation

Intellectual Property

• Representing clients in opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
• Developing and implementing intellectual property enforcement strategies
• Advising clients on brand protection, risk mitigation, and dispute resolution

In addition to her legal practice, Padmini chairs the firm’s DEI Education Committee.

She previously served as associate co-chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group.

Padmini earned her B.S. in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics from the University of California, Los Angeles, and her J.D. from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, where she served as operations editor of the Communications and Entertainment Law Journal and as a staff editor of the Science and Technology Law Journal.