Jenny N. Lee
Professional Profile
Jenny Lee is a partner in Kirkland's San Francisco intellectual property group. Ms. Lee focuses her practice on client counseling and intellectual property litigation in federal district court and in the International Trade Commission. She has worked on cases involving a wide range of technologies, including communication protocols, semiconductor manufacturing processes, telecommunication standards, VCR components, and carboxylated nitrile butadiene gloves. She has worked on transactional deals focused on intellectual property rights, including licensing arrangements, joint ventures, product development agreements, and supply agreements. In addition, she has assisted artists and non-profit organizations in a variety of pro bono matters.
Representative Matters
Represented Korean corporation in the post-trial and appeal phase of a patent infringement case in the Northern District of California. The technology involved VCR components.
Represented a consortium of Malaysian, Indonesian, and Chinese glove manufacturers in the International Trade Commission in a patent infringement action involving carboxylated nitrile butadiene materials.
Represented a major Korean electronics corporation and its U.S. subsidiary in parallel patent infringement litigations in the International Trade Commission, where the patents at issue involved telecommunications standards and other mobile phone technologies.
Represented a U.S. telecommunications corporation in two separate patent infringement litigations (both in federal district court) involving communication protocols and other technologies.
Represented U.S. semiconductor manufacturer in a patent infringement litigation in federal district court involving semiconductor manufacturing and packaging technologies.
Other Distinctions
Recipient, 2005 Kirkland & Ellis LLP Pro Bono Service AwardSeminars
Speaker, American Corporate Counsel of America 2008 CLE Spring Training Day, "Accidentally On Purpose: Preventing and Litigating Willful Infringement After In re Seagate" (April 2008)
Panelist, Law Seminars International Conference, "Developing Effective Multinational Case Strategies" (June 2007)
Presenter, K&E Advertising and Trademark Law Seminar, "Text Messaging: Advertiser's Friend or Foe?" (November 2006)
Courts
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
United States District Court for the Southern District of California
United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
United States District Court for the Central District of California
United States District Court for the Northern District of California
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
