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Kenneth’s practice is primarily in the areas of litigation and intellectual property. He has extensive experience handling both the counseling and dispute resolution aspects of copyright, trademark, trade secret, and unfair competition matters. As a counselor, he tries to understand clients’ underlying interests and needs and offers creative solutions to their problems and questions. As a litigator, he draws upon a background representing individuals, small companies, and multinational corporations in both state and federal court. Prior to working at Chauvel & Descalso, LLP, Kenneth served as a clerk for two years at the U.S. District Court in San Francisco and practiced intellectual property law for 15 years at a leading San Francisco law firm.

I a patent attorney with 26 years of experience. I started out in a boutique patent firm, then in a large general practice firm before staring an in-house career at Zimmer a global manufacturer of orthopedic implants. I relocated to Norther California in 2006 and vas fraction VP of IP and GC to three spinoffs (Cierra, Cabochon and evalve) of The Foundry (a prolific incubator). EValve was acquired by Abbott in 2009 and I was Senior IP Counsel at Abbott Vascular until 2015.. I was fractional VP of IP and GC at Invuity and Graftworx (now Alio) since 2015. In 2019 Stryker acquired Invuity, and I replaced Invuity with Biomodex, SAS and Minerva Surgical where I was consulting VP of IP and GC and continued my work for Alio.. I have a lot of experience with startups (both early and late stage).. I have managed litigation (patent, employee relations, product liability insurance) though I am not a litigator.. I take pride in providing pragmatic, easy to follow, legal counsel.