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Keeley I.Vega

PartnerVice Chair, Intellectual Property & Technology Litigation
Silicon Valley

O 650.521.5939

Keeley I.Vega

Partner
Vice Chair, Intellectual Property & Technology Litigation
Silicon Valley

O 650.521.5939

Keeley’s practice focuses on complex patent litigation and counseling. She is known for her rigorous analysis and persuasive advocacy, resulting in sophisticated litigation strategies that drive results for clients across diverse industries, including medical devices, biotechnology, computer software and hardware, semiconductor design and manufacture, thermal inkjet cartridges, and e-commerce methods and systems. Keeley is skilled and experienced in all major aspects of patent litigation, including pre-filing investigations, fact and expert discovery, claim construction, summary judgment, trial preparation, trial, and post-trial proceedings.

Prior to joining Thompson Hine, Keeley was a partner at IP litigation boutique Turner Boyd Seraphine and an associate at Fish & Richardson before that.

In 2022, Keeley was named to the Daily Journal Top 40 Under 40 list, which honors the top young professionals in the California legal market. She has been listed in Northern California Super Lawyers, which recognizes no more than 5% of lawyers in a state. Keeley graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering. She received her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, where she served as president of the Intellectual Property Students Association and was the technology editor for the Michigan Journal of Race & Law.

Super Lawyers 2026
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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
  • Panelist, “Explaining Technical Ideas to Judges and Juries,” DRI 2026 Business and Intellectual Property Litigation Super Conference, April 2026
  • “The Patent Practitioner’s New Playbook: Key Developments in Venue Issues, Global Litigation, and PTAB Strategy,” Thompson Hine Webinar, March 2026
  • “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 for inclusion in The Lawdragon 500 Leading Global IP Lawyers, 2026
  • Top Intellectual Property Lawyers, Daily Journal, 2026
  • Selected to the Northern California Super Lawyers list, 2024 and 2026
  • 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