Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Languages

• Gujarati
• Hindi

Lawyer Overview

My practice focuses on assessing, managing, and protecting intellectual property with an emphasis on litigating patent, trademark, copyright, and trade-secret disputes. I develop intellectual asset management and competitive intelligence systems for technology companies with a particular focus on providing such tools to start-up and medium-sized companies. In addition, my practice includes negotiating and enforcing intellectual property licenses and technology agreements as well as designing and conducting intellectual property due diligence and audits in conjunction with corporate compliance programs and merger and acquisition deals.

PURSUITS

Travel, rollerblading, arts, theater, volunteering, and community & cultural activities

SELECT CLIENT REPRESENTATIONS

Counseling clients in patent, trademark, and copyright procurement in both the U.S. and in foreign countries.

Representation of clients in pre-litigation investigations assessing patentability and infringement controversies.

Negotiation and enforcement of various intellectual property licensing, and technology transfers.

Conducting intellectual property due diligence investigations in conjunction with merger and acquisition deals.

Preparation, design, and implementation of competitive intelligence and corporate intellectual property compliance programs.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property
• Intellectual Property Licensing
• Patent
• Trademark
• Copyright Prosecution
• Intellectual Property Business Consulting

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Intellectual Property Law, Copyrights, Technology Licensing, Trademarks, Patents

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 2003
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 2006
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State Bar of Texas, Diversity Task Force of the IP Section, 2007 - 2009 (Member)
• Dallas Bar Association, Computer Law Section, 2008 (Chair)
• The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) (Member)
• TiECon Dallas, 2006 (Member, Planning Committee)
• Greater Dallas Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (Member)
• GDIACC, 2007 (Newsletter Committee Member and Contributor)
• IIT Alumni Association of North Texas (Member)

Honors and Awards

• "Rising Stars Under 40", Law & Politics Magazine, Texas Monthly and Texas Rising Stars Magazines, 2007
• "Rising Stars Under 40", Law & Politics Magazine, Texas Monthly and Texas Rising Stars Magazines, 2008

Classes and Seminars

• "An Executive Guide to Intellectual Property", IIT Alumni Association of North Texas, Monthly Luncheon, 2007
• "Cross-Border Transactions in a Tri-Polar World: US-India-China", TiECon Dallas, 2006
• "Intellectual Property 101", Plano West Senior High School, International Business Class, 2006
• "Intellectual Property 101", Shepton High School, FBLA, 2006
• "Intellectual Property 101", Vines High School, National Honor Society, 2007

Pro Bono Activities

• Board Member, Home Owners' Association, 2005 - Present

Past Employment Positions

• Munck Butrus Carter, P.C, Associate, 2005 - 2007
• Gardere Wynne Sewell, L.L.P., Associate, 2002 - 2005

Education

• Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, New Hampshire, 2002
  J.D.
• Rochester Intitute of Technology, Rochester, New York, 1999
  B.S.
  Major: Electrical Engineering

Accepts Credit Cards

Published Works

• "Several Circuits Tighten Standards for Copyright Protection", Texas Lawyer, 2008
• "Pre-Suit Investigations in Infringement Cases", Texas Lawyer, 2008
• "Investigate Before Litigating", Executive Legal Advisor, 2008
• "An Interview with Ron Somers, President of the U.S.-India Business Council", Greater Dallas Indo-American Chamber of Commerce Newsletter, 2007
• "Global Data Privacy Issues & Multinational Companies", International HR Roundtable, 2006
• "Patently Protected," Special Report: '05 Year in Review, Developments in the Substantive Law in Intellectual Property, Texas Lawyer, 2005
• "Spam, Spam and more Spam", 16th Annual Computer and Technology Law Institute, 2003

Address

Campbell Centre II
8150 North Central Expy.
Suite 1150
Dallas, TX 75206-1815

Phones

214-367-6000

Faxes

214-367-6001

Emails

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Websites

http://www.kk-llp.com