Katherine Bond is a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in Leech Tishman’s California office. Katherine focuses her practice in all areas of intellectual property, corporate law and regulatory compliance.

Katherine’s practice focuses on representing entrepreneurs and established companies across a wide range of industries, assisting them with corporate formation and compliance, protection and patent rights, business transactions, and licensing and regulatory law. Katherine has prepared and prosecuted foreign and domestic patent applications in a variety of areas, including pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and consumer products. Katherine represents and counsels clients in domestic and international trademark prosecution, as well as, opposition proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and infringement cases in federal court. Additionally, Katherine has extensive experience handling Internet issues, including disputes involving domain names, website content and key word advertising and resolving these disputes expeditiously through the UDRP process.

Prior to joining Leech Tishman, Katherine was an attorney with Sheldon Mak & Anderson, a California-based full-service intellectual property law firm. Katherine has experience serving as in-house counsel to a nutraceutical company. Her business acumen also consists of more than six years as a professional in the pharmaceutical industry.

In her spare time, Katherine enjoys spending time with her husband, a marketing executive for medical device companies, presently Edwards Lifescienses, and her two children.

Academics
J.D., Thomas Jefferson School of Law B.A. in Biology, University of San Diego
Court Admissions
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office U.S. District Court, Central District of California U.S. District Court, Southern District of California California

Experience
Sheldon Mak & Anderson, P.C.

Professional Memberships
Orange County Bar Association Pasadena Bar Association Orange County Patent Law Association

Professional Accolades
Named a Top Lawyer by Pasadena Magazine (2012-2014)