Katie Burkhart

• Representing a global automaker in district court patent infringement litigations and Federal Circuit appeal relating to fuel management systems. Ethanol Boosting Systems LLC et al. v. Ford Motor Co., No. 1:19-cv-00196 (D. Del.); Ethanol Boosting Systems LLC and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. v. Ford Motor Company, No. 2020-1472 (Fed. Cir. 2020); Ethanol Boosting Systems LLC et al. v. Ford Motor Co., No. 1:20-cv-00706 (D. Del.).
• Representing a medical equipment manufacturer in patent infringement litigations relating to intravascular blood pumps. Abiomed Inc. v. Maquet Cardiovascular LLC, No. 1:16-cv-10914 (D. Mass.); Maquet Cardiovascular LLC v. Abiomed Inc., No. 1:17-cv-12311 (D. Mass.).
• Representing a manufacturer of industrial automation equipment in a trademark infringement action against a gray market reseller. Rockwell Automation Inc. v. Radwell International Inc., No. 1:15-cv-05246 (D.N.J.).
• Representing an engineering consulting firm in an action brought against it involving automated testing and performance technology. Feuss et al v. Enica Engineering, PLLC et al, No. 2:20-cv-02034 (D.N.J.).

Katie Burkhart is an associate with Alston & Bird’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group. Before joining the firm, she worked as a cybersecurity lead for a global real-time information discovery company. Katie also held numerous positions within the political landscape, including innovation and technology associate for the White House Office of Presidential Correspondence. Katie received her J.D. with pro bono honors from the University of California, Berkeley, where she was an executive editor of the Berkeley Technology Law Journal and participated in the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic.

Bar Admissions

• New York

Education

• University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 2019)
• The University of Chicago (B.A., 2014)