Keth Ditthavong

An entrepreneur who works and lives passionately everyday. Telecommunications engineer turned patent lawyer. Created a number business ventures, not the least of which is a fantastic law firm with talented legal and technical minds. Award winning filmmaker, aspiring music producer, fashion designer, and principal in a start-up that is launching a new line of spirits. Enjoys volunteering for great causes. What may be viewed as vices: cigars and cars. Let's enhance the world together!

Keth Ditthavong co-founded an Internet start-up in the early ‘90s using his expertise as data and telecommunications engineer (holding a BS and an MS in Electrical Engineering). As an engineer, he worked at Verizon and the MITRE Corporation. His love of entrepreneurship remained in tack after attending law school and working at boutique and major law firms. In 2000, Keth co-founded his own law firm, presently known as Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. -- with offices in Washington, D.C., New York, San Diego, and Taipei. He grew the firm from 2 people to over 60 employees and positioned the firm as an international powerhouse in intellectual property. Keth also pursues other business ventures in film and music, fashion, beverage, as well as software. His biggest accomplishment has been the people he gets to work with each and every day.

Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C.’s highlights:

• Technical expertise in virtually every discipline
• Five former Administrative Patent Judges
• Over 25 years of litigation experience at the trial and appellate levels, including ITC
• One of the first to file an Inter Partes Reexam (IPR)
• In-depth experience with Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs)
• Keen attention to managing resources/costs
• Flexible fee structures from hybrid hourly to full contingency
• Expert consultation on validity/invalidity, claim construction, and unenforceability issues arising in litigation and IPRs
• Expert witness experience on patent procedures and inequitable conduct
• Truly an international firm with professionals speaking over 10 languages