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.

Representing medical device company in ongoing patent and copyright infringement suit in the District of Delaware.

Representing pharmaceutical company in ongoing False Claims Act suit in the Northern District of Illinois.

Representing a major oil and gas company in arbitration regarding patent license agreements.

Representing Motorola Solutions in a series of Federal Circuit appeals relating to two-way talk radio technology.

Represented Corning Optical Communications LLC in a series of Federal Circuit appeals relating to its patented fiber optic technologies.

Represented a leading provider of oil and gas technologies in the Southern District of Texas and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in multi-patent litigation related to drill bit designs and features.

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

Researcher, McGovern Institute of Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Representing a pro bono veteran in Raybine v. Wilkie in Federal Circuit appeal of denial of veterans’ benefits

Represented a pro bono client in United States v. Palomino-Chavez in Seventh Circuit appeal and successfully argued for reversal and vacatur of the district court’s judgment

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Thought Leadership

Publications 

“Uncertainty in U.S. Patent Cases Following the Arthrex Decision,” Corporate Disputes, April–June 2020

“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