Orange County
Phone +1.714.830.0526
Fax +1.714.830.0700
600 Anton Blvd., Ste. 1800//Costa Mesa, CA 92626-7653
Kenneth Cheney advises clients on the full spectrum of intellectual property (IP) matters, with an emphasis on patent-related disputes and transactional matters. Ken routinely represents clients before the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and in appeals and post-issuance patent challenges before the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board. His litigation experience has involved patent and trademark infringement, trade secrets, fraud, and breach of contract. Ken also conducts freedom-to-operate and IP due diligence investigations in connection with funding, acquisition, and merger transactions, and prepares legal opinions on patent validity, infringement, and noninfringement.
With his degree in computer engineering and industry experience, Ken is also intimately familiar with many of the technical aspects of his practice, including computer hardware and software systems, networking, analog and digital technology, semiconductor devices, electrical and electromagnetic circuits, integrated circuits, mixed signal systems, volatile and nonvolatile memory systems and devices, artificial intelligence, big data, social networks, mathematical and computer modeling, visualization and simulation software, virtual reality software and systems, spacecraft applications, solar and battery cell technology, and quantum mechanics. Ken's technical experience in the life sciences includes medical devices and methods (e.g., stents, catheters, implantable devices, glucose monitoring, infusion pumps, ultrasound, electric and magnetic field therapy, and MRI), external and intra-body therapies, DNA chromatography, and stem cell technologies.
Ken regularly authors articles on IP-related issues, with a recent focus on patent law under the America Invents Act. He is also a contributing author of Computer Games and Immersive Entertainment: Next Frontiers in IP Law, published by the American Bar Association. Ken's first legal publication explored international norms in stem cell research. Prior to attending law school, Ken gained experience as a software engineer in the aerospace and healthcare industries.
Selected Representations
Served as counsel for US multinational oil and gas corporation in inter partes review proceedings against 93 patent claims asserted by nonpracticing entity. Drafted and filed three petitions for inter partes review, obtaining consolidation of all petitions and PTAB institution on all 93 claims, resulting in a favorable settlement for the corporation. (Haliburton Energy Servs., Inc. v. Dynamic 3D Geosolutions LLC, IPR2014-01186, IPR2014-01189, IPR2014-01190)
Obtained favorable settlement and termination of inter partes review proceedings initiated against multiple DNA chromatography patents for US multinational medical diagnostic company. (Bio-Techne Corp. v. Caliper Life Scis., Inc., IPR2016-00139, IPR2016-00227, IPR2016-00228)
Drafted and filed petition for inter partes review, obtaining PTAB institution on a patent that was previously confirmed in reexamination and unsuccessfully challenged in four other petitions for inter partes review during the same district court litigation. (Linear Tech. Corp. v. In-Depth Test LLC, IPR2015-01998, Inst. Decision, Apr. 1, 2016)
Served as counsel in advising numerous clients, as petitioners and patent owners, in inter partes and post-grant review proceedings in connection with co-pending district court litigation
Represented defendant against alleged violation of the Lanham Act arising from purchase of plaintiff's business, resulting in favorable settlement by which defendant obtained ownership of the subject trademark
Represented plaintiff in case involving misappropriation of its trade secrets in the Southern District of Florida, obtaining preliminary injunction enjoining defendants from competing with plaintiff in the subject territories
Served as counsel for multiple out-of-state defendants in patent infringement suit brought in the District of Colorado
Represented US multinational semiconductor manufacturer in multiple patent licensing disputes
Negotiated and drafted license agreements and nondisclosure agreements for US multinational semiconductor manufacturer, healthcare corporations, and video game development companies
Conducted numerous IP due diligence investigations related to acquisitions and mergers for various entities, including US healthcare corporation, global pharmaceuticals and healthcare products company, US multinational financial services corporation, US airline, US computer manufacturers, American aerospace company, and private investment foundation
Conducted numerous freedom-to-operate analyses related to diabetes monitoring devices and pumps, automated drug dispenser systems, ventilation systems, integrated circuits, positive train control system, and electric and magnetic field therapy devices
Drafted and filed Request for Patent Term Extension under 35 USC §156 for global pharmaceuticals and healthcare products company, receiving determination of eligibility from FDA
Ongoing representation of numerous US multinational companies in large-volume patent prosecution-related activities, including providing strategy on, and day-to-day servicing of, domestic and international patent prosecution portfolios
Awards and Affiliations
Member, Practice Group of the Year, Intellectual Property, Law360 (2019)
Member, Litigation Department of the Year–Intellectual Property, The American Lawyer (2019)
Recommended, Intellectual property: Patents: licensing, The Legal 500 US (2019)
Recommended, Intellectual property: Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings), The Legal 500 US (2019)
Panelist, Inter Partes Reviews: What Have We Really Learned?, 2016 Patent Disputes Forum South (Oct. 19, 2016)
Team Captain, Judge Paul R. Michel Intellectual Property American Inn of Court (2010–2011)
Speaker, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Dialogues in Freedom (2008–2009)
Senior Production Editor, Loyola International & Comparative Law Review
Admissions
California
US Patent and Trademark Office
US District Court for the Central District of California
Education
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, J.D.
University of California, Irvine, B.S., Computer Engineering
