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Jacqueline A. Kett

Jacqueline Kett concentrates her practice in intellectual property law, with a focus on patent prosecution and portfolio analytics. Her patent prosecution practice includes conducting patentability searches, drafting applications, prosecuting foreign and domestic applications, performing freedom-to-operate and infringement analyses, and client counseling. Jacqueline specializes in large-scale patent portfolio analyses of both client and competitor portfolios. In this role, she has had the opportunity to perform statistical analyses, advise clients on scopes of subject matter protection, and provide insights to clients undergoing corporate restructuring and acquisition due diligence.

Jacqueline also provides litigation support for patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation cases. In her support roles, she has appeared pro hac vice in the Eastern District of Texas, attended hearings and depositions, prepared briefing, and provided ancillary services to litigation teams. In addition to her patent practice, she also specializes in website disability compliance under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

Jacqueline's experience in serving clients extends beyond the practice of law as prior to her joining the firm, she counseled and assisted start-up ventures in business and marketing strategy. She aims to implement her prior experience to help clients holistically develop and execute appropriate intellectual property strategy based on their needs.

Prior to joining the firm, Jacqueline clerked at an intellectual property firm. Through this role, Jacqueline performed a variety of patent prosecution, patent litigation, trademark prosecution, and copyright tasks. She also served at a pro-bono intellectual property clinic where she assisted micro-entity companies and individuals in establishing their intellectual property portfolios and business entities.

Before entering the practice of law, Jacqueline counseled start-up ventures while working at a venture capital firm. In addition, she has worked on several start-up teams herself taking on a variety of roles ranging from marketing to operations.

  • “In a League of Its Own: Should Intellectual Property Law Protect Sports Moves?” Case Western Reserve Law Review, September 2022
  • “As a Matter of Fact: Copyrighting Fictitious Entries Within Reference Works,” Case Western Reserve Law Review, May 2022
  • Goodwine, B., Kett, J. “Battle of the Beverages: The Zero-Sum Game for the ZERO Trademark,” Fay Sharpe Insights, January 2021
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