Kent, Amanda Heather

Wayne Kennard is a partner in the firm's Intellectual Property Department, and a member of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group. He joined the firm in 1993. Mr. Kennard focuses his practice primarily on representing high-tech start-up and established companies in a full range of intellectual property matters that include obtaining patent, trademark, and copyright protection, licensing intellectual property, trade secret protection, and the protection of plaintiffs' and defendants' rights in intellectual property through litigation.

Practice

In the patent area, Mr. Kennard has experience in obtaining intellectual property protection, licensing, and litigation in the computer hardware and software, electrical, and electronics technology areas, as well as in the mechanical and electromechanical technology areas. He has extensive experience advising US and international companies on US and international intellectual property issues.

Before joining the firm, Mr. Kennard was with the firms of Fish & Neave and Kenyon & Kenyon in New York City, and was patent counsel for Pacesetter Systems in Sylmar, California.

Honors and Awards

Mr. Kennard was recognized for his exceptional standing in the legal community in the area of intellectual property by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2005.

Professional Activities

Mr. Kennard has written extensively on intellectual property issues and has lectured across the country. He has written articles entitled “Obtaining & Litigating Software Patents and Judicially Created Doctrine of Equivalents,” “Are You Ready for a Preliminary Injunction in Your Patent Case?” “Designing Around Business Method Patents,” “State Street: Business Method Patents Can They Be a “Boardwalk Address”?” “Software and Software-Based Business Method Patents Can Fence Out Competition,” and “Software Patents and the Internet.” Mr. Kennard’s most recent articles include “Patent Assets: Offensive and Defensive Strategies” and “Computer Patents and Markman Constructions.”