Hannah L. Bedard

Associate Intellectual Property

Washington, D.C. +1 202 389 5296

Hannah L. Bedard

Overview

Hannah L. Bedard is an intellectual property associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Her practice focuses on both trial and appellate matters involving a wide variety of technologies, including hardware, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and mechanical systems. Prior to joining Kirkland, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Raymond C. Clevenger, III at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Corning Optical Communications LLC v. Panduit Corp. (Fed. Cir.) — Representing Corning in a series of appeals relating to its patented fiber optic technologies.

Baker Hughes Oilfield v. Innovex Downhole Solutions (S.D. Tex.) — Representing a leading provider of oil and gas technologies in an ongoing district court patent litigation.

United States v. Palomino-Chavez (7th Cir.) — Lead counsel for a client challenging a warrantless entry into his curtilage by law enforcement. The Seventh Circuit reversed the district court’s decision and vacated the judgment, holding that law enforcement conduct an illegal Terry stop in the defendant’s curtilage and therefore tainted his consent to search. The decision garnered a concurring opinion regarding the status of driveways as curtilage.

Law ClerkHonorable Raymond C. Clevenger, IIIUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Researcher, McGovern Institute for Brain Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Thought Leadership

Publications 

What’s Next For Issue Preclusion And Patent Invalidity, Law360, June 28, 2018

The Potential for Bioprediction in Criminal Law, 18 Colum. Sci. & Tech. L. Rev. 268 (2017)

Proposals for Fee-Shifting in American Patent Law, Intellectual Property Law Newsletter (Pa. Bar Assoc.), Summer 2016

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2018District of Columbia
  • 2016Virginia

Courts

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • District of Columbia Court of Appeals
  • Supreme Court of Virginia

Education

  • University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolJ.D.magna cum laude2016

    Senior Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review

    Teaching Assistant to Professor R. Polk Wagner, Patent Law (Spring 2016)

    Teaching Assistant to Professor R. Polk Wagner, Intellectual Property Law and Policy (Spring 2016)

  • Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyB.S., Brain and Cognitive Sciences2011

    Alpha Phi