Sangeeta Shah has a national practice that emphasizes all aspects of intellectual property litigation, prosecution and counseling, including patent, trademark, trade secrets, design patent and copyright cases, with a special focus on patent litigation and opinion practice.  With over 20 years of experience, Sangeeta represents a broad range of corporate clients including several Fortune 500 companies for whom she provides strategic counseling and guidance on their global intellectual property portfolios.

Sangeeta has handled numerous patent, trade secret, trademark and unfair competition cases involving parties in the chemical, software, automotive and metallurgical industries on such matters as injection molded polyethylene terephthalate bottles, polymer reinforcements, magnetic storage devices, emission testing equipment, touch controlled switching circuits, compression molded doors, chemical vapor deposition processes and cutting tools.  She has also obtained significant experience litigating design patent and copyright infringement cases in such diverse areas as architectural building designs, automotive parts and consumer products.

Through her opinion and prosecution practice, Sangeeta has extensive experience with chemical and mechanical technologies, in the areas of catalysts, packaging, food science, analytical instrumentation, adhesives, plastics and metallurgy.

A growing and significant component of Sangeeta’s work revolves around India. She has represented U.S. companies going into India, and Indian companies doing business in the U.S. to help obtain and protect global intellectual property assets.

In addition to her legal practice, Sangeeta served on Brooks Kushman’s management committee for 2 years and managed human resources for the firm for over ten years.

Sangeeta was recognized by Profiles in Diversity Journal as one of its “Women Worth Watching in 2009.”  She has spoken at several business and legal conferences on a variety of intellectual property topics at the Women Lawyer’s Association of Michigan, State of Bar Michigan, Intellectual Property Division, the Association of Press Photographers and the Confederation of Indian Industries.

She is also actively involved with such legal organizations as the Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association, Women’s Bar Association, Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, Southeast Asian Bar Association, Minority Corporate Counsel Association and Corporate Counsel Women of Color.

Sangeeta is further committed to community outreach efforts.  She is actively involved in Isha Foundation and its social initiatives in the areas of health, education and the environment.  Sangeeta serves as the foundation representative on the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and has represented Isha Foundation at such international conferences as the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, the Indian Economic Summit and the Tallberg Forum.   Sangeeta served as a member of the leadership committee of the United States- India Political Action Committee and gives her time for such charities as Habitat for Humanity and Gleaners.