Kelly W. Cunningham

Kelly has over 25 years of experience in patent, trademark, and copyright infringement litigation, spanning numerous district courts and appellate courts throughout the country. He is well respected by courts and opposing counsel alike for coming up with creative solutions for resolving disputes in his clients' favor.

Kelly is also experienced in all aspects of IP strategies, procurement, analysis, protection, and enforcement of his clients' intellectual property rights under patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secrets law. He has served clients in countless industries, such as high tech, medical, medical devices, cosmetics, design, sports, publishing, photography, alternative energy, air purification, aviation, automotive diagnostics, manufacturing, consumer electronics, music and entertainment.

I earned a B.S. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and a J.D. degree from the UCLA School of Law.  

I am admitted to practice before the California Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, the Central District of California, the Northern District of California, the Eastern District of California, the Southern District of California, and the District of Colorado.  I am also a certified patent attorney admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

I was the President of the Santa Monica Bar Association in 2006-2007 and was a member of the Board from 2003-2008.  I am also a member of the Intellectual Property Section of the California State Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Los Angeles Intellectual Property Association, the Beverly Hills Bar Association,  the Federal Bar Association, the Federal Circuit Bar Association, the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, and Theta Tau fraternity.