Focus Areas
Examples of Keeley’s experience include:
- Defended Bruker Cellular Analysis, a leading digital cell biology company, in a 15-patent competitor litigation related to the discovery of therapeutic antibodies.
- Represented a global medical technology company in multiple patent litigations related to digital solutions for orthodontic technology.
- Represented Natera, Inc., a pioneering molecular technology company, against industry competitors in several matters related to noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT).
- Represented Rearden LLC in a dispute involving the ownership of facial performance motion capture technology, resulting in a favorable judgment following trial.
- Defended Truven Healthcare Analytics (later IBM) against patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation allegations, securing summary judgment of invalidity on the eve of trial, which was affirmed by the Federal Circuit.
- Serves as lead counsel for a global medical technology company in multiple related patent litigation matters related to devices and methods for renal denervation (RDN) for the treatment of hypertension.
- Represents German medical device company Vincent Systems GmbH in enforcing its patents on hand prosthesis technology.
- “A Proposal for the Protection of Fashion Design: Knocking Off Design Patent Law,” First Prize, ASCAP Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition in Copyright Law, University of Michigan Law School, 2008
- Co-author, “Continuous Passive Motion Applied to Whole Joints Stimulates Chondrocyte Biosynthesis of PRG4,” Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 15 (5), pp. 566-574, 2007
- “Eliminating Bias: How to Tame Your Lizard Brain,” Turner Boyd’s Fourth Annual California MCLE Program, 2018
- “The Prior Commercial Use Defense: Applicability, Advantages, and Disadvantages,” Turner Boyd’s Third Annual California MCLE Program, 2017
- “Patent Litigation and the International Trade Commission,” University of California, Berkeley School of Law, 2016
- “Client Management: One Size Does Not Fit All,” Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, 2016
- Selected to the Northern California Super Lawyers list, 2024
- Named to the Daily Journal Top 40 Under 40 list, 2022
Professional Associations
- Federal Bar Association Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Education
- The University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 2008,
Michigan Journal of Race & Law, technology editor
- University of California, San Diego, B.S., 2005,
Biomedical Engineering
Bar Admissions
- California
Court Admissions
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas