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Yarden Kakon

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Silicon Valley

+1 650-858-1538

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Yarden is an experienced litigator focusing her practice on complex patent and intellectual property cases. She has experience representing clients across diverse industries—including global technology, financial services, medical devices, gaming, and telecommunications—leading their cases from early case strategy through trial. She has extensive courtroom experience, having argued in state and federal courts and leading pro bono teams to trial. 

Yarden's IP litigation experience spans a variety of technologies, including beamforming, mobile banking, image recognition, and remote desktop protocols. She also has experience advising leading global technology companies in cross-border intellectual property matters and working on a wide range of complex commercial disputes.

Yarden is also an active member of the legal community and is notable for her dedication to pro bono work and women's empowerment. While in law school, she founded a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on empowering women law students pursuing careers in technology law. She is similarly committed to pro bono service, and her work spans immigration, Hague Convention matters, animal rights, and criminal justice advocacy. Yarden is also actively engaged in Winston & Strawn’s Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI).

Yarden previously served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Edward J. Davila of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

 

    • Women in Tech Law, President
    • ChIPs Network, Florida Chapter, NextGen Ambassador
    • MDFAWL, Young Lawyers Committee, Member
    • Florida Bar, Student Education & Admissions Committee, Member

Capabilities

Litigation/Trials
Commercial Litigation & Disputes
Class Actions & Group Litigation
Government Investigations, Enforcement & Compliance
Copyright-Infringement Litigation
Patent Litigation
Trademark Litigation, Prosecution & Brand Protection
Appellate & Critical Motions
IP Licensing & Due Diligence
ITC – Section 337
Trade Secrets, Non Competes & Restrictive Covenants
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Medical Devices
Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Credentials

Education

 

Yarden received her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 2019, where she received law and technology certification. She was served as the senior article editor of the Berkeley Technology Law Journal, president and founder of the Women in Tech Law, Berkeley Law Chapter, and competing member of the Berkeley Law Trial Advocacy Team. She received her B.A. in political science, magna cum laude, from the University of Florida in 2016.

 

    Admissions
    • Florida
    • California

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    • Moderator, “NextGen: From Clients to the Courthouse, In-House Insights for Junior Attorneys” a panel hosted by ChIPs Next Generation Lawyers and Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (October 22, 2020).
    • Author, “The Growing Challenges to Drug Cos.' Preemption Defense,” Law360 (August 26, 2020).
    • Moderator, “District Court Judicial Panel: The Changing Landscape and the Opportunities It Presents” a panel hosted by ChIPs Next Generation Lawyers, the Federal Circuit Bar Association, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, Berkeley Judicial Institute, ChIPs, and CLI (June 12, 2020).
    • Author, “Hello, My Name Is User #101”: Defining Personally Identifiable Information (PII) under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), 33 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 1251 (2018)
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    Capabilities

    Litigation/Trials
    Commercial Litigation & Disputes
    Class Actions & Group Litigation
    Government Investigations, Enforcement & Compliance
    Copyright-Infringement Litigation
    Patent Litigation
    Trademark Litigation, Prosecution & Brand Protection
    Appellate & Critical Motions
    IP Licensing & Due Diligence
    ITC – Section 337
    Trade Secrets, Non Competes & Restrictive Covenants
    Artificial Intelligence (AI)
    Medical Devices
    Technology, Media & Telecommunications
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