Intellectual
Property
Strength and agility in exploiting, protecting andenforcing intellectual property rights is business-critical.
Our full-service intellectual property practice combines
proven first-chair trial lawyers with true technicalspecialists to defend our clients’ IP interests through:Patent litigation before district courts across thecountry, including the Western District of Texas,
the Eastern District of Texas, the District ofDelaware, and the Central and Northern Districtsof California
Post-Grant proceedings, including inter partes
review in front of the Patent Trial and Appeal
Board (PTAB)Appellate courts and the International TradeCommission (ITC)
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)
proceedings
Patent prosecution, counseling and IP due
diligenceMedia and entertainment litigation, including
leading-edge music and copyright matters
Trademark enforcement, prosecution, counselingand IP due diligence
Trademark, copyright, trade secret and false
advertising litigation
Our IP litigators have handled hundreds of complex
litigation matters across a diverse range of industry
sectors, including most notably life sciences,
telecommunications, computer systems, media andentertainment, biotech, consumer products, oil and gas,
cosmetics and food and beverage.
Our patent trial lawyers are extremely capable in obtaining
the best results for our clients and are not afraid to litigate in
the most complicated of cases. For many clients, the at-risk
product revenues were in the billions of dollars per case.

Capability
Lawyers
Chris Campbell
Washington, D.C.

Stephen E. Baskin (Steve)
Washington, D.C.

Thomas J. Friel, Jr. (Tom)Silicon Valley

Richard J. Groos
AustinKenneth L. Steinthal
San Francisco

Kathleen E. McCarthy (Katie)
New York

Recognition
Ranked Tier 1 Nationally for
Copyright Litigation
LEGAL 500 US, 2022

Top Ranked Across Various
Jurisdictions for Intellectual
Property
CHAMBERS USA, 2022

Top Ranked for Patent
Litigation Nationwide

King & Spalding’s IP practice has established a reputation
as a go-to firm for IP appellate work. Our litigation teams
make concerted efforts to include, where appropriate,appellate practitioners before, during and after trial toensure the best record and the best results for the client.
In trademark and copyright litigation, our lawyers haverepresented clients in trials and preliminary injunction
hearing, practiced in federal courts, the USPTO, TTAB andITC, and participated in ICANN domain name arbitrations.
Our media and entertainment practice is right at the cuttingedge of digital media and traditional media. Our team has
particular experience in litigating copyright infringement
and antitrust/rate-setting claims in cases involving thedistribution of audio and audio-visual media content.
The majority of the team’s patent professionals holdtechnical degrees, with many having industry experience aswell.

Cases & Deals
September 19, 2024
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Issues Construction
Permit for King & Spalding Client Natura Resources’Molten Salt Reactor To Be Deployed at ACU
June 21, 2024
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Construction Permit
Issuance Expected in September for King & Spalding
client Natura Resource’s Molten Salt Reactor to be
deployed at ACU
May 29, 2024
K&S Wins Second Circuit Victory for Federal Reserve
Banks
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Insights
ARTICLE
June 1, 2024
Federal Circuit Overrules 'Rosen-Durling' Test for Design
Patent Obviousness
CLIENT ALERTMay 23, 2024
Federal Circuit Overrules Rosen-Durling Test For Design
Patent ObviousnessCLIENT ALERTDecember 19, 2023
The Administration Takes Aim At Drug Prices Again –This Time Through A Controversial Framework for
Exercising March-In Rights
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Named Law Firm of the Year
- Copyright (West)
MANAGING IP HANDBOOK,
2022

15 Lawyers Listed as "IPStars"
MANAGING IP HANDBOOK,
2022

Recommended for
Trademark Law
WORLD TRADEMARKREVIEW 1000, 2022

14 Lawyers Named to"Patent 1000"
INTELLECTUAL ASSETMANAGEMENT, 2022

IP Lawyers Recognized asTop Litigators
BENCHMARK LITIGATION,
2022

Tier 1 Nationally andRegionally for Litigation –Intellectual Property,
Copyright Law, Patent
Litigation, and Trademark
Law
US NEWS & WORLDREPORT, 2022

EventsSPEAKING ENGAGEMENT
October 8, 2024
Kathleen E. McCarthy to Speak at the New YorkIntellectual Property Law Association’s IP Transactions
Bootcamp
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT
October 1, 2024
Kathleen E. McCarthy to Speak at Practising Law Institute
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT
September 12, 2024
Dirk Lasater and Fradyn Suárez to Speak at Associationof Corporate Counsel South Florida Chapter
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IN THE NEWS
September 11, 2024
Trial partners Kim Bueno, Amy Pepke, Christopher Cowanand Tara Blake join the firm’s Product Liability and Mass
Torts practice group in Houston and Austin
PRESS RELEASE
September 11, 2024
Four-Partner Team Led by Renowned Trial Lawyer Kim
Bueno Joins King & Spalding’s Product Liability and Mass
Torts Practice
RECOGNITION
August 15, 2024
Alfonso Chan Selected to 2024 IAM Strategy 300 List
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