Kimberly Kennedy

Specialty / focus. Kimberly Kennedy is an IP litigator whose practice centers on high-stakes patent disputes in the life sciences, pharmaceutical, and high-tech sectors, with complementary work in trademark, copyright, and trade dress litigation (Kobre & Kim profile). Her one tracked appearance — Fractus, S.A. v. ResMed Inc. et al. (S.D. Cal., No. 3:25-cv-02680) — sits squarely in the wireless/antenna technology space: Fractus, a Barcelona-based antenna R&D and licensing company, accused ResMed's connected sleep-apnea devices of infringing miniaturized multi-band antenna patents. The tracked docket shows a single plaintiff-side appearance (1 plaintiff / 0 defendant), representing the patent-licensor rather than an operating-company defendant; nothing in the record shows a defense-side role.

Firm context. Kennedy is a lawyer in Kobre & Kim LLP's San Francisco office. Before joining Kobre & Kim she practiced patent litigation at Desmarais LLP and Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP (Kobre & Kim bio). Note: multiple attorneys share similar names; the profile above is corroborated by the Kobre & Kim firm bio and by pleadings identifying "Kim Kennedy" (Cal. Bar No. 305499) of Kobre & Kim appearing for Fractus.

Notable matters / outcomes. The tracked case, Fractus v. ResMed, remains pending; Fractus's press release identifies Kobre & Kim as counsel and Kennedy is among the attorneys of record. The firm bio's marquee result is the Propel Fuels Inc. v. Phillips 66 Co. $604.9 million jury verdict (2024) — though that is a trade-secret/M&A case, not a patent matter, and should not be characterized as a patent win. I found no independently verified patent verdicts or Federal Circuit outcomes for her.

PTAB / IPR experience. Her firm bio expressly highlights IPR practice before the PTAB, and the record confirms she has been active in the related PTAB arena: her name appears on a Fractus stipulation filed in ResMed-initiated IPRs (ResMed Corp. v. Cleveland Medical Devices Inc., IPR2025-00160 and IPR2025-00247), with additional parallel IPR proceedings against Fractus (e.g., IPR2026-00341). This is consistent with a practitioner who regularly works alongside inter partes review proceedings in district-court patent disputes.

Bar / education. Admitted in California and before the USPTO and multiple California federal district courts (plus E.D. Tex.); J.D., UCLA School of Law; B.S., UC Berkeley (Kobre & Kim bio).