Nate Ngerebara

Partner Patent Infringement Litigation

Bay Area – San Francisco +1 415 439 1371

Nate Ngerebara

Overview

Nate Ngerebara is an intellectual property litigation partner in Kirkland’s Bay Area office. His practice focuses on high stakes patent infringement and trade secret litigation. Nate has worked on cases in state courts, U.S. Federal courts (including the Federal Circuit), the PTAB and before arbitration panels. Nate has played an integral role in cases, including by drafting and arguing substantive motions are various stages of litigation, taking or assisting in the taking and defending of expert trial testimony; and taking and defended fact and expert depositions. He has also worked with technical experts to develop an understanding of complex technologies, including DNA sequencing, adaptive cruise control in automotives, organ transplant diagnostics.

Nate further enhances his trial and advocacy skills through his involvement in various pro bono matters.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Nate was involved in the following representative matters:

  • Represented large home automation company in trade secret and patent arbitration proceeding relating to home security and monitoring systems.
  • Defended a large organ transplant diagnostics company in a multi-patent lawsuit by a major industry competitor.
  • Secured trial victory and permanent injunction for a global DNA sequencing company in a high stakes, high-profile patent infringement suit against a large competitor.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

  • Associate

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett, and Dunner LLP

  • Associate
  • Summer Associate

Prior to joining Kirkland, Nate was involved in the following pro bono matters:

  • Secured post-conviction release of a former inmate under the Incarceration Reduction Amendment Act.

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Co-Author, “Evolving Approaches to Discovery of Litigation Funding Agreements,” SF Daily Journal, November 2022

Co-Author, “Litigation Holds,” Mondaq, May 2020

Co-Author, “Clean Your Room: Protecting Against Trade Secret Misappropriation Claims,” Mondaq, May 2019

Author, “Commil v. Cisco, Implications of the Intend Standard for Inducement Liability on Willfulness,” Berkeley Technology Law Journal, 2016

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2017California
  • 2020District of Columbia

Courts

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Central District of California
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of California

Education

  • University of California, Berkeley, School of LawJ.D.
  • Stanford UniversityM.S., Chemical Engineering
  • Michigan Technological UniversityB.S., Chemical Engineeringsumma cum laude2010