Kait Crowder's practice focuses on intellectual property, with a primary focus on patent litigation. She also has experience with trademark, trade secret, and unfair competition matters.
Kait assists clients with protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights through court and administrative actions as well as cease and desist efforts. She represents domestic and international clients in federal courts throughout the United States in patent and trademark infringement and in claims of unfair competition and trade secret misappropriation. She also represents clients in inter partes review proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. She has experience in many stages of litigation, including discovery, research, depositions, and motion practice.
Kait is a member of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association.
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)