Elisa Santos

Elisa Santos is an intellectual property attorney at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) specializing in patent litigation and post-grant proceedings. Her practice focuses on disputes involving a range of technologies, including computer hardware and software, wireless technologies, and medical devices. Her firm's broader expertise also spans telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, molecular diagnostics, and semiconductors.

Ms. Santos's experience includes assisting in the representation of both patent owners seeking to enforce their rights and companies defending against allegations of patent infringement in federal courts. She also represents parties in inter partes review (IPR) and post-grant review (PGR) proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Her tracked appearances consistently place her on the defendant side, including her role as backup counsel for ToutVirtual, Inc., a patent owner defending its intellectual property against a challenge by Unified Patents in an IPR proceeding.

A junior attorney, Ms. Santos has been admitted to the California Bar since 2024, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2025, and the New York Bar in 2026. She earned her J.D. from the University of California Law San Francisco in 2024 and holds a B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of California, Davis, obtained in 2014.