Kait Crowder's practice focuses on intellectual property, with a primary focus on patent litigation. She assists clients with defense and with protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights through court and administrative actions. She represents domestic and international clients in federal courts throughout the United States, in the International Trade Commission, and in inter partes review proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Kait has significant experience in many stages of litigation, including discovery, research, depositions, and motion practice, including argument. She has played central roles in achieving case-dispositive indefiniteness rulings during Markman proceedings and has been a key contributor in other successful invalidity challenges and noninfringement defenses.
Experience
- The University of Akron (J.D. summa cum laude 2016; LL.M. in Intellectual Property 2016; Executive Editor, Production, Akron Law Review; President, Akron Law Moot Court Honors Society); Youngstown State University (B.S. in Mathematics and B.A. in Chemistry magna cum laude 2013)
- Ohio, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, and registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Law Clerk to Chief Judge Theresa L. Springmann, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana (2017-2018)