Deanna Kwong

Associate

dkwong@cov.com
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Covington & Burling LLP
One Front Street
San Francisco, CA 94111-5356
Tel: 415.591.7054
Fax: 415.591.6091


 

Practices

Industries

Education

  • University of California, Berkeley School of Law, J.D., 2004
    • BCLT Law & Technology Certificate Program
    • Asian Law Journal, Senior Articles Editor
    • Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice, Recent Developments Editor
    • Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Production Editor
    • Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic
  • University of California at Berkeley, B.A., 2001
    • Chancellor's Scholar
    • Phi Beta Kappa

Bar Admissions

  • California


Deanna Kwong is resident in our San Francisco office practicing in the areas of litigation and intellectual property.

Representative Matters

  • Defense of LendingTree, LLC in patent infringement litigation concerning on-line financial services.
  • Defense of DVD authoring software manufacturer in patent infringement litigation involving patents on recording video onto disk.
  • Co-authorship of amicus brief in In re Seagate Technology, LLC.
  • Defense of online dating services companies in patent infringement suit involving web-based database systems.
  • Member of trial team in the defense of a Fortune 500 food company in a patent infringement suit.
  • Defense of pharmaceuticals corporation in litigation involving authorized generics and alleged violations of California antitrust laws.
  • Intellectual property counsel on the IPO, related debt financings, and spin-off of the chemical business of a global energy company.
  • Defense of manufacturer in patent infringement litigation concerning LCD technologies.

Pro Bono

  • Successfully briefed and argued a Ninth Circuit appeal seeking reversal of the dismissal of an alien's habeas petition, which challenged the procedures through which an immigration judge had ordered him removed from the country.
  • Co-authored amicus brief in U.S. Supreme Court case Horne v. Flores, Case Nos. 08-289 & 08-294, on behalf of The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund and over twenty additional nonprofit organizations whose mission is to advocate on behalf of or provide direct services to Asian American and other immigrant communities in various jurisdictions across the United States.

Memberships and Affiliations

  • ABTL Leadership Development Committee (2009-2010)
  • Intellectual Property Organization, Damages & Injunctions Committee Member (2008); Patent Law (US) Committee Member (2007); Patent Law (US) Committee Member (2006); and Damages Committee Member (2005).
  • San Francisco Bay Area Intellectual Property American Inn of Court
  • American Bar Association

Publications and Speeches

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