Kenealy Vaidya

Firm: Kenealy Vaidya LLP
Date: 2026-05-01

Summary

Kenealy Vaidya LLP is an intellectual property boutique law firm with offices in Alexandria, Virginia and Washington, D.C. The firm's practice encompasses a range of intellectual property and business law services. While not ranked in major surveys like AmLaw or Chambers, public data indicates the firm is an active patent prosecutor, ranking 336th in the U.S. for the number of patents obtained in 2025 with 193 issued patents. The firm's professionals include name partners David J. Kenealy and Ajit Vaidya.

The firm's intellectual property practice includes both patent prosecution and litigation. Based on the limited available data, the firm's litigation work has involved defending operating companies. In its single tracked case, the firm acted as lead counsel for the defendant, Phantom Fireworks Showrooms LLC, in Titan Technologies International Inc v. Phantom Fireworks Showrooms LLC et al. This preference for defensive work aligns with the provided 100% defendant-side appearance record, although this is based on a very small sample size. The technology at issue in this case involved automated fireworks detonation systems.

In the Titan Technologies case, which concluded in 2025, Kenealy Vaidya successfully defended its client, Phantom Fireworks Showrooms LLC. The court granted a motion for summary judgment in favor of the defendants, finding insufficient evidence of direct infringement. An appeal to the Federal Circuit was initiated in April 2026. There is no readily available public information detailing a significant practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) for inter partes reviews (IPR).