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Kevin W. Kirsch

Kevin Kirsch is a 2010 and 2011 Leading Lawyer in the Field of Intellectual Property, as rated by Chambers USA Guide: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. He is named among the Top Rated Lawyers®-AV® Preeminent in Intellectual Property law by Martindale-Hubbell and is a 2012 Ohio Super Lawyer. Mr. Kirsch has represented companies in over one hundred patent and intellectual property litigation matters and has testified before and advised members of the United States House of Representatives on various proposed patent reform legislative initiatives. Mr. Kirsch is a registered patent attorney, licensed to practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office. He is the primary author of Patent Local Rules for the Southern District of Ohio, implemented in June 2010. He is the former Chairman of the Cincinnati Bar Association Intellectual Property Litigation Committee, a prior member of the planning committee for the Ohio Annual Institute on Intellectual Property and a current member of the steering committee for the University of Dayton Annual Intellectual Property Seminar. In addition, Mr. Kirsch serves on the panel of arbitrators for the Cincinnati Bar Association’s Arbitration Service.

Mr. Kirsch received his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley and his law degree from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. He was also enrolled in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of California in Irvine for two years. He is the former Head of the Patent Litigation practice and a partner of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP and previously led the Legal Services Department for Luxottica Retail (LensCrafters, Pearl Vision, Sunglass Hut). He was also a partner in the Patent and Litigation groups for Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelley.

Mr. Kirsch is one of the leaders of the U.S. News Tier One Rated (highest rated) Cincinnati Intellectual Property practice.

Mr. Kirsch has served on the Board of Directors for the Orange County High School of the Arts and the Fund Raising Committee for the Orangewood Children’s Foundation. An active member of his community, Mr. Kirsch is a member of the Greater Cincinnati Minority Counsel Program and a former Den Leader for Cub Scout Pack 750.

Mr. Kirsch’s most recent speaking engagements and presentations include:

• “Non-Practicing Entity (NPE) Patent Owners and the Developing Law,” Information Technology Law Institute 2012: Innovations in Apps, E-books, Cybersecurity, Mobile Technology, Privacy and Social Media (April 2012)
• “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” speech on forum shopping in patent cases at the University of Dayton Intellectual Property 21st Annual Intellectual Property Seminar (June 2011)
• “New Standard for Computer-Implemented Means-Plus-Function Claims?” co-presented with Matthew P. Hayden to the Cincinnati Bar Association, Intellectual Property Litigation Committee (April 2011)
• Southern District of Ohio Patent Local Rules, presented to Columbus Federal Bar Association CLE (January 2011)
• Southern District of Ohio and Northern District of Ohio Patent Local Rules, presented to Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (December 2010)
• Southern District of Ohio Patent Local Rules, presented to Dayton Federal Bar Association CLE (December 2010)
• Southern District of Ohio Patent Local Rules, presented to the Third Annual Quad City Symposium for CincyIP, DIPLA, TIPLA, CIPLA and the University of Dayton School of Law (July 2010)