Karthik Ravishankar

Karthik Ravishankar is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He has significant experience facilitating cases through discovery and bringing cases to trial, particularly at the U.S. International Trade Commission, where he has managed over thirty investigations and taken over a dozen cases to trial. His practice is focused on intellectual property litigation — including patents, trade secrets, false advertising and trademarks — and he has represented clients at the ITC and in district court involving a variety of technologies, including cellular devices, mobile payments, data encryption, spray guns, non-invasive body-contouring, pharmaceuticals and AI dashcams. Karthik’s practice also includes consulting on and litigating global FRAND issues and IP-adjacent antitrust matters. · Kirkland & Ellis LLP

United StatesIntellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation

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Partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP focused on intellectual property litigation including patents, trade secrets, false advertising, and trademarks. Significant experience with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), having managed over thirty investigations and taken over a dozen cases to trial. Also consults on and litigates global FRAND issues and IP-adjacent antitrust matters.

Practice areas

Intellectual Property LitigationPatent LitigationTrade Secret LitigationFalse Advertising LitigationTrademark LitigationFRANDIP Antitrust

Office

United States

Kirkland & Ellis LLP · Karthik Ravishankar is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He has significant experience facilitating cases through discovery and bringing cases to trial, particularly at the U.S. International Trade Commission, where he has managed over thirty investigations and taken over a dozen cases to trial. His practice is focused on intellectual property litigation — including patents, trade secrets, false advertising and trademarks — and he has represented clients at the ITC and in district court involving a variety of technologies, including cellular devices, mobile payments, data encryption, spray guns, non-invasive body-contouring, pharmaceuticals and AI dashcams. Karthik’s practice also includes consulting on and litigating global FRAND issues and IP-adjacent antitrust matters.

United States

Expertise

Cellular DevicesMobile PaymentsData EncryptionSpray GunsNon-Invasive Body-ContouringPharmaceuticalsAI Dashcams

Education

University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2016
University of Southern California, B.A., Economics, 2013
University of Southern California, B.S., Business Administration, 2013