Sharonmoyee
Goswami

Ms. Goswami regularly leads patent infringement litigation across various industries—including life sciences, technology and financial services—and has deep experience in intellectual property strategy and management.  In recognition of this work, IAM Patent 1000 points to her “exceptional command of the law, technical dexterity, intellect and positivity.” The publication has also noted that she is “extremely strategic and detail‑oriented and knows how to position cases to maximise chances of success.”

Ms. Goswami’s notable representations include:

• Representation of Illumina in several matters, including:
  • Representing Illumina as plaintiff in a patent infringement lawsuit brought in Delaware federal court against Element Biosciences, concerning next-generation sequencing instruments.
  • Represented Illumina in an administrative challenge brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) concerning Illumina’s $8 billion acquisition of GRAIL, a healthcare company developing a cancer screening test for 50 cancer types. Ms. Goswami obtained an unprecedented trial win, in which the FTC’s Chief Administrative Law Judge ruled in favor of Illumina and rejected the FTC’s challenge to the merger. In connection with this victory, the Cravath team was recognized as The Am Law Litigation Daily’s “Litigators of the Week.”
  • Represented Illumina in antitrust litigation filed by Complete Genomics and related entities in California federal court alleging that Illumina unlawfully asserted certain patents against plaintiffs in an anticompetitive manner. The case settled on grounds favorable to Illumina.

• Representation of Alarm.com in several patent infringement matters, including:
  • Representing Alarm.com on appeal after winning a trial decision in patent infringement litigation brought by Causam Enterprises at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) concerning four patents for demand management functionality used to manage electric operating reserves. The ITC affirmed the trial decision and terminated the investigation. She also represents Alarm.com in similar litigation in Texas federal court.
  • Secured numerous victories for Alarm.com in patent infringement litigation brought by Vivint concerning interactive security and home automation technology, eliminating over 100 claims with respect to five of Vivint’s patents in PTAB decisions and repeatedly knocking back Vivint’s attempts to reverse those rulings on appeal. Following eight years of litigation in multiple jurisdictions, Ms. Goswami helped secure a favorable resolution for Alarm.com to end all litigation between the parties.
    
    In connection with her representation, she successfully argued a Federal Circuit appeal against the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), obtaining a precedential opinion in Alarm.com’s favor that offers new guidance regarding the interplay between the ex parte reexamination statute and the inter partes review (IPR) statute. 
  • Won a trial decision for Alarm.com in an ITC investigation initiated by EcoFactor, which sought an exclusion order to prevent certain products, among them Alarm.com’s smart thermostats, from entering the U.S. The matter was brought against Alarm.com and other makers of smart thermostats, and was tried in one of the first all-virtual ITC patent infringement trials.

• Representation of Abiomed, a global medical device company that develops groundbreaking cardiovascular products, in several intellectual property matters, including:
  • Representing Abiomed in Massachusetts federal court and on appeal to the Federal Circuit in two patent infringement matters against Maquet Cardiovascular relating to guidance systems used in minimally invasive intravascular blood pumps.
  • Represented Abiomed as plaintiff in a trade secret and breach of contract action in Massachusetts federal court against Enmodes and its founder, alleging Enmodes wrongfully disclosed Abiomed’s confidential information and trade secrets. After defeating defendants’ motion to dismiss and moving to dismiss the counterclaims against Abiomed, the parties reached a settlement and stipulated to the dismissal of the action.
  • Secured complete victories for Abiomed in four IPR proceedings and one post-grant proceeding against WhiteSwell Medical relating to patents on devices and methods to treat pulmonary edema.
• Representing Southern Power Company and Deriva Energy in connection with seven actions brought in North Carolina federal court by the founder and sole shareholder of Trabant Solar alleging infringement of patents relating to free‑standing solar trackers.

• Representing Ingevity in its appeal to the Federal Circuit of a patent infringement case against BASF and BASF’s antitrust counterclaims.  

• Representing Medytox in its appeal to the Federal Circuit of the final determination issued by the ITC in an action against Hugel, a global medical aesthetics company.

• Representing First Solar as plaintiff in patent infringement litigation against JinkoSolar (“Jinko”), a Chinese solar module manufacturer, and its subsidiaries alleging Jinko has violated one of First Solar’s patents for TOPCon solar technology.

• Secured a favorable settlement for Tempur Sealy and certain of its subsidiaries in patent infringement litigation brought by Purple Innovation in North Carolina federal court, alleging that Tempur Sealy’s FlexGrid Hybrid mattresses infringed Purple’s patented GelFlex Grid mattress technology.

• Secured favorable settlements for Truist Bank in patent infringement litigation brought by United Services Automobile Association (“USAA”) in Texas federal court concerning patents that relate to remote check deposits for mobile banking, and in associated IPR proceedings. 

• Represented Biogen in litigation concerning its introduction of a biosimilar to Genentech’s rheumatoid arthritis drug Actemra® (tocilizumab) under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA), and secured a settlement relating to the same.

• Represented Amgen in litigation concerning its introduction of a biosimilar to AbbVie’s biologic drug, Humira®—one of the world’s largest‑selling drugs—in one of the first cases to proceed under the BPCIA. Amgen reached a global settlement with AbbVie that enabled Amgen to market the first approved biosimilar to Humira® in the U.S. and Europe.

• Won a jury verdict for Amgen in a patent infringement case in Delaware federal court against Sanofi and Regeneron relating to Amgen’s patents covering a class of biologic drugs that treat high cholesterol.

• Obtained a jury verdict for DRIT, an investment partnership, in a patent licensing dispute against Glaxo Group over the lupus drug Benlysta®. 

• Represented Qualcomm in a suit filed by the FTC in California federal court alleging violations of Section 5 of the FTC Act and seeking a permanent injunction against Qualcomm. Qualcomm ultimately prevailed in litigation against the FTC.

Ms. Goswami serves as a Vice Chair of the Federal Circuit Bar Association’s PTAB and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) Committee, and has previously served as Chair of the Patents Committee of the New York City Bar Association and on Law360’s Life Sciences Editorial Advisory Board. She is a member of the Diversity Committee of the PTAB Bar Association and a Director of the South Asian Bar Association of New York.

Ms. Goswami has been recognized by numerous publications. In 2024, The American Lawyer named her a finalist for its “Young Lawyer of the Year—Litigation” award. She was named a 2023 "Rising Star" by The New York Law Journal, and Benchmark Litigation has recognized her as a "Future Star" and named her to its “40 & Under List.” For her "deep grasp of complex patents" in patent litigation work, Ms. Goswami has been ranked by Chambers USA as a leading intellectual property lawyer and repeatedly recognized by IAM Patent 1000 and The Legal 500 US, including as a “Next Generation Partner.” She has also been named to Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Global IP Lawyers,” “500 Leading Litigators in America” and “500 X – The Next Generation” lists. In 2022, Ms. Goswami received LMG Life Sciences’ “US Rising Star – Intellectual Property” award and Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Rising Star Award for “Best in Patent,” and she was named to Patexia Insight’s list of Top IPR Attorneys of 2022.

Ms. Goswami was born in Washington, D.C. She received a B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University in 2009 and obtained certificates (minors) in Engineering Biology and Materials Science. At Princeton, she was awarded the inaugural leadership prize in Materials Science and Engineering. She received a J.D. magna cum laude from New York University School of Law in 2012, where she was a Florence Allen Scholar, a Senior Editor of the Journal of Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law and was elected to the Order of the Coif. At NYU, she was awarded the Walter J. Derenberg Prize in Copyright Law. She also received the Sidney B. Williams, Jr. scholarship from the Foundation for Advancement of Diversity in IP Law.

Ms. Goswami joined Cravath in 2012. She served as a law clerk to Hon. Timothy B. Dyk of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 2013. She rejoined Cravath in 2014 and was elected a partner in 2019. Ms. Goswami is a partner liaison to the South Asian Affinity Group.