Cheryl A. Cauley

Practice Group Chair - Trade Secrets Litigation (Firmwide) & Department Chair – Litigation (Palo Alto & San Francisco) Partner

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Cheryl Cauley

Cheryl Cauley is Partner in Charge of the firm's Palo Alto office. Her practice is focused on complex commercial litigation and intellectual property disputes. She has experience trying cases from inception through appeal in district and appellate courts across the country. She has diverse experience representing technology clients in fields such as search, sales and advertising, wireless communications and autonomous vehicles.

Related Experience

  • Lashify Inc. v. Urban Dollz LLC et al., No. 2:22-cv-06148-GW-AFM (C.D. Cal.). Representing clients defending claims of false advertising, trademark infringement, tortious interference and patent infringement relating to false eyelash products.
  • Shulman et al. v. Kaplan et al., No. 20ECV01406 (L.A. Superior). Representing client bringing claims of breach of contract, fraud, tortious interference and other claims.
  • Schwartz v. Bai Brands, No. 2:19-cv-06249-SPG-RAO (C.D. Cal.). Successfully obtained summary judgment defeating claims alleging violations of the CLRA, FAL, and UCL relating to flavored water products.
  • Global Industrial Investment Limited and China Fortune Land Development v. 1955 Capital Fund I GP LLC and 1955 Capital China Fund GP LLC, ICDR arbitration and No. 4:21-cv-08924-HSG (N.D. Cal.). Achieved arbitration victory for LP client resulting in findings of breaches of fiduciary duty sufficient for monetary award and dissolution of investment funds; successfully obtained confirmation of the award in district court.
  • Neutron Depot, L.L.C. v. Bankrate, Incorporated, et al. (Case No. 18-51021). Argued and obtained affirmance of dismissal in the Fifth Circuit on issues relating to Lanham Act statutory standing and damages.
  • Acorn Bay v. CamelBak Products LLC, No. 3:20-cv-05214-WHA (N.D. Cal.). Successfully resolved case for client alleging trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, and patent infringement.
  • SunPower v. Standard Industries, et al., Santa Clara County Superior Court (Case No. 19-CV-349042). Represented former SunPower executive in litigation asserting, inter alia, trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, and breach of the duty of loyalty.
  • Rosetta Stone v. Google Inc., No. 1:09-cv-00736-GBL-TCB (E.D. Va.). Prevailed on summary judgment for Google in AdWords trademark infringement case; the matter was satisfactorily resolved after appeal.
  • MerchDirect v. Schell, et al., No. 1:16-cv-05213 (SDNY). Represented employee and company in trademark infringement dispute; matter satisfactorily resolved.
  • Jurin v. Google Inc., No. 2:09-cv-03065-MCE-CKD (E.D. Cal.). Prevailed on summary judgment for Google in trademark infringement case relating to Google's AdWords program; also prevailed on a partial motion to dismiss on the grounds that CDA immunity applied to Google).

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Recognized as a "Future Star" by Benchmark Litigation, 2021 & 2022

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