Jeffrey Kettle

Experience

Adept at IP law, Jeffrey recently assisted a multinational software company with various divestitures and acquisitions, including due diligence efforts involving a third party and open source software assessment.

During law school, Jeffrey served as a student attorney at an intellectual property clinic, as a legal extern at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and as a legal extern at the Department of Commerce's Office of Intellectual Property Rights.

Jeffrey gives back through pro bono service, which has included services such as the drafting of a website's privacy policy, terms of use and conditions of sale documents, submissions policy and submissions agreements, guidance regarding the DMCA, and providing counsel regarding fair use issues in the appropriation of art field.

Prior to practicing law, Jeffrey worked as a sound engineer. He earned an Emmy nomination for sound editing and several Motion Picture Sound Editors Society awards for Best Sound in Animation. He leverages these technical skills and industry knowledge to serve clients.

Publications

"Congress Giveth and Taketh Away: A Look at Section 18 of the America Invents Act and the Review of Business Method Patents," 94 J. PAT & TRADEMARK OFF. SOC'Y 201, 2012