Patent Attorney Design Engineer
Resume:
Kasen Jacobson
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Patent Attorney Litigation & Prosecution
Bar Licensure:
Licensed Attorney, 1995, State of Maryland
Registered Patent Attorney, 2001, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Education:
JD, 1993. The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
BS, Mech. Eng., 1989. The University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Professional Work Experience:
PATENTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW FIRM EXPERIENCE
Jacobson Holman, Washington, DC; Associate (licensed in MD), 1996 to 1999.
-Drafting and prosecuting non-provisional patent applications, primarily in the mechanical arts, for national and international filing;
-Preparing responses to USPTO Office Actions, including Restriction Requirements;
-Amending foreign application specifications and claims for US filing;
-Conducting hundreds of quality reviews on patentability, inter partes validity, prior art, freedom-to-operate, clearance and landscape searches on diverse technological subjects at the USPTO;
-Drafting opinion letters and reports for clients based on results of technological searches;
-Interviewing Patent Examiners and legal staff at the USPTO;
-Legal research and writing of memoranda and briefs on legal procedures, patents, intellectual property, and commercial business issues;
-Conducting legal research and writing of memoranda on law; drafting motions and supporting briefs; preparing deposition digests and evidentiary exhibits for trial; drafting bills of cost;
-Researching and drafting briefs on motions to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction in patent infringement cases and asserting patent misuse defense in patent licensing dispute.
-Drafting and filing motions and briefs for bills of costs in several US District Court cases.
-Preparing trial books and deposition digests; performing precise cite-checking, blue-booking, and Shepard’s; and professionally supervising personnel.
-Supervising a large law library at a prominent IP law firm.
Engineering Experience
Pulse Electronics, Rockville, MD; Mechanical Design Engineer, 1990. Design engineer at mid-size manufacturer of electronic and mechanical devices, components and instruments used in the railway transportation industry.
Corporate Legal Consultation: Litigation and Investigation
Litigation and Investigation
oDiscovery: Review and analyze exhibit documents for privilege review, confidentiality analysis, relevance assessments, fact development, deposition and trial preparation support, and quality control
oLitigation: legal disputes, preparing discovery response, conducting deposition issue and witness prep
oInvestigation: internal corporate, regulatory actions, legal compliance/due diligence, corporate financials
oQC review, 2nd level review, issue and keyword search and review, deposition preparation, privilege log preparation, identifying and applying redaction, HIPAA, PII
oDeposition preparation, issue/exhibit identification
oLegal research and writing, drafting motions, briefs, memoranda on law
oDocument knowledge capture and issue preparation
oRelativity, Reveal, Concordance, iPro, Catalyst, Inspicio, One, and other review software platforms
oMicrosoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
Previous Experience:
1.Prepare Litigation Discovery Responses, online markets antitrust, defending government and commercial claims, 2nd Level QC, responsiveness & privilege. Remote. Relativity. Legal consultant for Sidley Austin at Redgrave LLP, Chantilly, VA (10/2024-5/2025).
2.Second Request Discovery, cloud infrastructure management services, review documents, analyze for responsiveness and privilege. Remote. Relativity. Cimplifi, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Wilson Sonsini (08-09/2024).
3.Prepare Litigation Discovery Responses, 2nd Level QC, analyze documents, create Privilege Log and apply Redactions
- Insurance claims defense, indemnity coverage of home owners, response to request to produce. GableGotwals.
- Transportation carrier environmental incident defense, regulatory and third-party litigation issues. Wilmer Hale.
Remote. Relativity. Priv log, redact, legal consultant at Redgrave LLP, Chantilly, VA (10/2023-7/2024).
4.Pharmaceutical prime vendor agreement litigation, analyze documents, prepare discovery response to claims relating to cogs, pricing and contract termination. Remote. Relativity. Cimplifi, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Arnold & Porter (07-09/2023).
5.Class action securities fraud litigation, misrepresentation, prepare discovery response for energy storage system manufacturer. Analyze documents, QC and prepare Priv log. Remote. Relativity. Beacon Hill, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Wilson Sonsini (02-05/2023).
6.Insurance claims defense for environmental investigation and remediation, response by historical property owner. Remote. Relativity. Vigilant Legal Solutions, New York, NY; legal consultant for Covington Burling (11/2022-01/2023).
7.Analyze discovery documents for plaintiff medical claims tort related to energy production incident. Remote. Reveal. Cobra Legal Solutions, Austin, TX; legal consultant for Downs Law Group (09-11/2022).
8.Contract disputes pertaining to defending state transportation construction project. Deposition prep. Remote. Relativity. Cimplifi, Washington, DC; legal consultant for CA State Agency (09/2022).
9.Response to claims of environmental damages and personal injuries, manufacture processes. Drafting custodian knowledge capture. Remote. Relativity Cimplifi, Washington, DC; legal consultant for McCarter English (06-08/2022).
10.Pandemic property loss and business interruption for plaintiff insurance claims, entertainment venues. Privilege Log. Remote. Relativity Trustpoint, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Covington Burling (02-03/2022).
11.Responding to Inspector General investigation of alleged federal misrepresentations in development assistance grants. Remote. Relativity Beacon Hill, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Wilson Sonsini (12/2021-01/2022).
12.Payment systems defending antitrust merchant litigation (MDL), deposition prep review. Remote. Relativity Trustpoint, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Arnold Porter (10-12/2021).
13.Pharmaceutical litigation (MDL), responding in controlled substance diversion manufactures liability. Priv. PII. Remote. Relativity Compliance DS, Washington, DC; legal consultant for McCarter English (09/2021).
14.Pandemic property loss and business interruption for plaintiff insurance claims, entertainment venues. Privilege Log. Remote. Relativity Trustpoint, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Covington Burling (08-09/2021).
15.Class action, responding consumer state fraud claims on media services sales. Priv. Remote. Relativity Compliance DS, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Mayer Brown (07-08/2021).
16.Antitrust litigation response, mobile applications distribution competition and billing restraint of trade. Remote. Priv log. Relativity Fronteo, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Morgan Lewis (04-06/2021).
17.State Attorney General Request for documents response, healthcare compliance provider practices and compliance. Priv. Remote. Relativity Solomon Page, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Aken Gump (04/2021).
18.Patent infringement dispute, pharmaceuticals, genomics/DNA testing. Priv. Remote. Relativity Hire Counsel, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Weil Gotshal (02-04/2021).
19.- Litigation on capital markets, unfair practices, SORs and SEC rules. QC team. Priv log. Redact. Gibson Dunn.
- Investigation by federal/state AG, analysis of manufacturer Consumer Affairs Report. PII. Redact. Dentons Grp. Remote. Priv. Relativity. Compliance DS, Washington, DC; legal consultant (07-12/2020).
20.DOJ second request response for M&A, competition in payment systems and financial information aggregation services. Remote. Relativity. Trustpoint, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Skadden Arps (5/2020).
21.- Construction contractor liability dispute response for insurance claims. Hudgins law firm.
- Dispute related to derivative action, bankruptcy, response to attorney liability insurance claims. Hudgins law firm.
- Federal false claims litigation response to plaintiff, GSA sales, TAA. Hinckley Allen.
Remote. Relativity. Compliance DS, Washington, DC; legal consultant (03-05/2020).
22.Bankruptcy proceedings, financial claims response, energy production systems. Relativity. Solomon Page LS, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Akin Gump (02-03/2020).
23.M&A antitrust investigation response, audiovisual event planning, Competition Bureau (Canada). Relativity. Acuity FTI Consulting, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Bennett Jones (07-08/2019).
24.State false claims act litigation response, telecommunications carrier services. Relativity. Compliance DS, Washington, DC; legal consultant for King Spalding (10/2018-01/2019).
25.State AG antitrust investigation response, competition refuse services. Relativity. Compliance DS, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Vedder Price (08-09/2018).
26.M&A Second Request review of documents response, competition in commodities sales. Relativity. Law Counsel Staffing, Washington, DC; legal consultant for King Spalding (06/2018).
27.Product liability dispute, response for electronics manufacture. iPro. Law Resources, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Arnold Porter (06/2018).
28.Pharmaceutical sales, corporate privilege review, antitrust investigation response. Relativity. Law Counsel Staffing, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Hogan Lovells (02-03/2018; 12/2017).
29.M&A, FTC antitrust investigation response, international corporate commodities merger. Priv log. Relativity. TrustPoint One, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Arnold Porter (01-02/2018).
30.Pharmaceutical sales compliance, healthcare due diligence, internal corporate investigation. Relativity. Compliance DS, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Bass Berry (11/2017).
31.License fees contract dispute, semiconductor software. Relativity. Remote. Inspired Review, New York, NY; legal consultant for Jones Day (09/2017).
32.Compliance DS, Washington, DC; legal consultant. (06-09/2017). Redact. Relativity
- Class action, response to claims, Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Mayer Brown.
- Corporate investigation response of pharma/healthcare anti-diversion compliance, HIPAA. King Spalding.
- Anti-trust plaintiff litigation, unfair competition, U.S. media advertising market. Kellogg Hansen.
33.Trade secret and §337 complaint response, International Trade Commission. QC. Priv log. Dep prep. Relativity. DTI Global, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Quinn Emanuel (09/2016-02/2017; 05-06//2017).
34.M&A, DOJ antitrust/second request response in merger of software providers, One. Tower Legal Solutions, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Kirkland & Ellis (08/2016).
35.Compliance DS, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Vinson & Elkins; Arnold Porter; and Morgan Lewis (04-05/2016). Relativity
- Arbitration in US Navy government contractor and subcontractor dispute, interpretation of terms.
- Internal corporate investigations, pharma/healthcare sales compliance.
36.Federal securities fraud litigation, response to allegations relating to telecommunications providers. QC team, Relativity. DTI Global, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Sidley Austin (11-12/2015).
37.M&A, DOJ antitrust/second request, competition in Information Management services. QC. Relativity. Tower legal Solutions, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Sidley Austin (09-10/2015).
38.Corporate investigation, securities trading SEC rules/requirements, and retaliatory termination. Relativity. Hire Counsel, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Gibson Dunn (09/2015).
39.Pharmaceutical biotech patent action, supporting claims to FDA exclusivity rights, brand and generic ANDAs. Relativity. DTI Global, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Quinn Emanuel (03-05/2015).
40.Pharma/Healthcare prime vendor agreements dispute, claims to pricing, and rebate programs. Relativity. TransPerfect Staffing Solutions, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Stevens & Lee (02-03/2015).
41.Pharmaceutical biotech litigation, pursuing claims of patent rights and proprietary information. Relativity. DTI Global, Alexandria, VA; legal consultant at Oblon McClelland (02/2015).
42.SEC inquiry of financial filings and accounting controls, response for Energy Corporation. Catalyst. Epiq Systems, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Bass, Berry & Sims (12/2014).
43.Financial review of internal corporate accounting in a Q-10 filing. QC. FYI Concordance. Compliance Discovery, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Kellogg Huber (11-12/2014).
44.Corporate internal investigation, medical sales compliance, and age discrimination. Relativity. Epiq Systems, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Bass, Berry & Sims (07-08/2014).
45.M&A, DOJ antitrust/second request/FCC review, response for telecommunications providers. Relativity. Compliance Discovery, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Crowell & Moring (06-07/2014).
46.Product liability in healthcare litigation, response for medical device manufacturer. Relativity. Integreon, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Sills, Cummis & Gross (06/2014).
47.Legal and regulatory actions and investigations, response pursuant to environmental incident, DOJ, DOT, PHMSA, the Clean Water Act. Relativity. Compliance Discovery, Washington, DC; Litigation consultant for Wright, Lindsey & Jennings (03-05/2014).
48.Custodial bank fiduciary duty with foreign exchange litigation, response for claims related to transaction fees. QC team, Relativity. LegalSource, Washington, DC; Litigation consultant for Kellogg Huber (08-10/2013).
49.Public information disclosure review under the Banking Secrecy Act, SARs, HPIAA. Relativity. Innovative Discovery, Arlington, VA; legal consultant for FDIC (05/2013).
50.DOJ antitrust investigation and 3rd party merchant litigation, response for electronic payment services provider. Priv log. Relativity. TrustPoint International, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Arnold Porter (12/2011-05/2012).
51.FHA investigation response, servicing bank, analyzing mortgages, promissory notes and foreclosures. QC team. Concordance. Synergy Legal, Washington, DC; legal consultant for Huron Consulting and Sandler & Buckley (03-04/2011).
52.LAW FIRM ASSOCIATE
Legal research and writing of memoranda, preliminary motions and briefs, patents, intellectual property, and commercial business issues. Jacobson Holman, Washington, DC; Associate (licensed in MD), 1996 to 1999.
Subject Matter Index:
Antitrust litigation 1, 12, 16, 32, 50
Arbitration 35
Audiovisual event planning m/a antitrust 23
Banking Secrecy Act investigation 49
Bankruptcy, energy production 22
Class action securities fraud 5
Cloud infrastructure, 2nd request 2
Construction contractor liability 20
Corporate internal 17, 19, 30, 32, 35, 36, 43, 44, 47, 51
Custodial bank fiduciary duty dispute 48
Environmental litigation 3
Environmental remediation insurance claims 6
Environmental, PHMSA, FTA disputes 9, 43, 47
False Claims Act litigation 21, 24
FHA/mortgage/foreclosure investigation 51
FTC commodities antitrust 29
Government Construction Contracts 8
Healthcare practice & compliance 17, 35
Information management m/a antitrust 37
Insurance claims, indemnity coverage defense 3
Insurance claims, property use loss 10, 14
Int’l Trade (ITC) 337 complaint 33
Law firm associate 52
Lawyer liability 21
M&A Antitrust regulatory 20, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 34, 37, 45, 50
Manufacture Consumer Affairs Reports 19
Media sales m/a antitrust 32
Media Services sales fraud 15
Medical & pharma sales compliance 28, 30, 44
Medical claims mass tort environ incident 7
Misrepresentation, federal grants 11
Mobile app antitrust litigation 16
Natural resource litigation 9
Online Markets Antitrust 1
Patent, Trade secrets, IP, licensing 18, 31, 33, 39, 41
Payment systems antitrust lit. 12, 50
Payment Systems M&A 2nd request 20
Pharma patent infringement 18, 39, 41
Pharma prime vendor dispute 4, 40
Pharma/FDA/Health 4, 13, 17, 18, 28, 30, 32, 35, 39, 40, 41
Product liability 27, 46
SEC/finance/fraud/compliance 5, 19, 20, 36, 38, 42, 43, 50, 51
SEC/SOR rules litigation 19
Securities fraud 5, 36
State false claims act litigation 24
Telecommunications 16, 24, 36, 45
Telephone Consumer Protection Act 32
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