Pam Kohli Jacobson is a partner, patent lawyer and practice group coordinator for the firm's Intellectual Property practice. She is recognized for offering a single intellectual property solution across IP disciplines–from high stakes IP litigation to global IP enforcement, IP licensing, procurement, and portfolio management. Clients appreciate the treatment of their IP as a consolidated corporate asset and the resulting benefits. The benefits include, for example: minimizing the risk of licensing technology already exclusively licensed to a third party or filing time-barred patent applications because the technology was disclosed during trademark prosecution. She was an early adopter of combining alternative fee arrangements with advanced technologies and now leverages the resulting decade of data to provide innovative, cost-effective IP solutions.
Pam has been recognized by industry publications as a leading practitioner in intellectual property law including: Chambers (intellectual property); IAM Patent 1000 (patents); The Legal 500 United States (trademarks); World Trademark Review (trademarks); The Best Lawyers in America (patent, trademark and copyright); Super Lawyers; Managing IP (Patent); Corporate Livewire Global Awards (trade secret).
Chambers client referee comments include:
"Pam is incredibly knowledgeable and professional. I always feel like our business is in great hands with her leadership."
"Pam understands what is needed from a client and the commercial perspective. She has a keen knowledge of the law and provides top-notch commercial advice."
"Pam’s responsiveness is top-rate and I always feel well informed."
Prior to attending law school, Pam worked in research at the University of Chicago where she developed computer models and conducted regression analyses to identify genetic markers for familial systemic lupus erythematosus.
Pam also worked in the Math and Simulated Sciences Department at a multinational industrial conglomerate where she created math and predictive computer models to virtually test the toxicity of hydrochlorofluorocarbons.
Prior to joining K&L Gates, Pam was a partner at a boutique intellectual property firm in Seattle and then a Seattle general practice firm where she led its intellectual property group.
- Recognized by Chambers USA for Intellectual Property in Washington, 2021-2025
- Recognized by The Legal 500 United States as a Recommended Lawyer for Trademarks: Non-Contentious (Including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing), 2024-2025
- Listed in IAM Patent 1000 as a Recommended Individual: Prosecution and Litigation, 2022-2024
- Listed in the World's Leading Trademark Professionals by World Trademark Review 1000, 2020-2024
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Trademark Law, 2024
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Copyright Law and Patent Law, 2019-2022
- Selected to Washington Super Lawyers list, 2014-2021
- Named one of the Top 100 Washington Super Lawyers, 2021
- Named one of the Top 50 women lawyers in Washington by Super Lawyers, 2018, 2021
- Listed as an “IP Star” in Managing IP, 2020
- Top Washington Women Attorneys Intellectual Property, 2014-2016
- Corporate LiveWire Global Awards, Trade Secret, 2016
- Selected to Washington Rising Stars list, 2008-2010
- Adjunct Professor, Intellectual Property Law, University of Washington School of Law
- Member, Intellectual Property and Litigation Sections, Washington State Bar Association
- Member, King County Bar Association
- Member, International Trademark Association Public and Media Relations Committee
- Member, Federal Bar Association
- Member, Washington State Patent Law Association
- State Board Member, Co-Vice President, Professional Development, Washington Women Lawyers, 2012-2015
- Board Member, Seattle Chapter, Licensing Executives Society, 2012-2013
- Presenter, "Sanctions and Attorneys' Fees Post Octane Fitness," AIPLA, 28 March 2016
- Presenter, "Intellectual Property and Privacy Litigation," PSAA, 19 February 2016
- Presenter, "Trademark Prosecution," Center for Advanced Study & Research on Innovation Policy at the University of Washington, 20 July 2015
- Presenter, "Tackling Local Patent Rules," LaWorld, Washington D.C., 30 April 2015
- Presenter, "Intellectual Property Litigation: Avoiding Common Pitfalls," Harmonie Seminar, Denver, Colorado, 8 October 2015
- Moderator, "Examining the Ethics of Attorney Communications" with Chief Judge Marsha Pechman of the Western District of Washington, Jeanne Marie Clavere, WSBA’s Professional Responsibility Counsel; Lucinda Fernald, General Counsel for Garvey Schubert Barer; and, Michele Storms, Assistant Dean and Executive Director for University of Washington School of Law, 11 October 2013
- Presenter, "Emerging Issues in US Patent Law," LAWorld Conference, Boston, 5 October 2013
- Presenter, “Trademark Priority, USPTO Practice and the Madrid System,” University of Washington School of Law, November 2012
- Presenter, “Developing and Protecting Your Brand,” NW Entrepreneur Network Intellectual Property Workshop, July 2012
- Presenter, “Trademark Enforcement,” Breakfast Briefing at Christensen O’Connor Johnson Kindness, February 2012
- Presenter, “Copyright Overview,” Northwest Entrepreneur Network Intellectual Property Workshop, 16 March 2011
