Karl Sun
Patent Counsel
Google Inc.
Karl Sun joined Google Inc. in 2002 as the company’s first Patent
Counsel. Prior to joining Google, Karl worked in the Bay Area offices
of Perkins Coie, LLP, as a member of the firm’s emerging growth
company and patent groups. Karl’s previous experience includes counseling
companies through all stages of development, with an emphasis on intellectual
property, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions. Karl has also served
as a law clerk to the Honorable Raymond C. Clevenger III, United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and practiced law with the Venture
Law Group.
PRIOR EXPERIENCE
Perkins Coie, LLP, Menlo Park, CA, Senior Associate 1999-2002
Law Clerk to Hon. Raymond C. Clevenger III, United States Court of Appeals,
Federal Circuit, 1998-99
Venture Law Group, Menlo Park, CA, Associate, 1997-98
David Sarnoff Research Center, Princeton, NJ, 1989-93
EDUCATION
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1997
Editor, Harvard Law Review, 1995-97
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.S. Technology and Policy, 1997
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.S./B.S. Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science, with highest honors, 1993
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
California
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States Patent and Trademark Office
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Mandarin Chinese (fluent)
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