Adam G. Copeland

Associate

San Diego

adam.copeland@knobbe.com

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Overview

Adam Copeland’s practice focuses on intellectual property litigation. He has represented clients in high‑stakes disputes involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, and antitrust violations. His experience includes litigation before U.S. district courts, the ITC, the PTAB, and the TTAB. With a background in physics, he brings technical fluency and strategic focus to complex IP and competition cases.

During law school, he was primary editor of the Washington University Global Studies Law Review.

Clerk Experience

The Honorable Nancy J. Rosenstengle, United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois; September 2021 – December 2021.

The Honorable Roseann A. Ketchmark, United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri; June 2020 – August 2020.

Education

Washington University in St. Louis (J.D., 2022), cum laude
Montana State University (B.S. Physics, 2019), summa cum laude, Minors in mathematics and political science

Bar Admissions

State Bar of California

Recognition

Awards & Honors

Mary Collier Hitchcock Prize (presented to one graduating member of each class)

News & Insights

Articles

Co-author, “Unlicensed Public Internet Streaming Is a Legal Work in Progress,” Bloomberg Law (August 2023)
Note, Adam Copeland, Fighting Patent Trolls Early: Learning From the United Kingdom in Our Scramble to Determine the Correct Pleading Standards for Direct Patent Infringement, 21 Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev. 293 (2022).
Medical Device Blog

Latest Updates and News

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