Practice Areas
Education
- J.D., cum laude, 1990 Harvard Law School
- B.A., summa cum laude, 1987, University of Pennsylvania
Admissions to Practice
- Delaware, 1990
- U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, 1991
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1991
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1998
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2000
Karen is a member of the Intellectual Property Litigation Group. Her practice focuses primarily on patent litigation. She also has been involved in a wide variety of other intellectual property and commercial litigation, including copyright, trademark, trade secret and unfair competition litigation, and contract and licensing disputes. Karen also advises clients on a variety of copyright and trademark matters.
Karen is an avid advocate of legal representation for the poor. She is a Board Member and past President of Delaware Volunteer Legal Services. She also served for eight years as a member of the Delaware State Bar Association's Committee for the Provision of Legal Services to Low Income People. Karen is the recipient of the Delaware State Bar Association's 2009 Women’s Leadership Award.
Karen serves as Co-chair of the Professional Guidance Committee and serves on the National Women's Law Center Leadership 35 Committee. In the past, she has served as Legislative Chairperson and Board member of the American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware, chair of the Women and Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association, executive committee member of the Delaware State Bar Association and as an associate member of the Board of Bar Examiners. She also was appointed by Governor Minner to serve on the State of Delaware Council on Early Care and Education from 2001-2003.
Professional and Community Activities
- Co-Chair, Professional Guidance Committee
- Board Member and past President, Delaware Volunteer Legal Services
- Assistant Secretary, Delaware State Bar Association Executive Committee
- Co-Chair, Combined Campaign for Justice
- Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Member, Federal Circuit Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Presenter, PLI Venue Based Patent Litigation Strategies (2010)
- Presenter, PLI Stays Pending Reexamination (2007)
- Presenter, The Fundamentals of Lawyer-Client Relations Seminar (sponsored by the Delaware State Bar Association) (2004-2010)
- Presenter, Ethics Issues and Pitfalls for the Small Firm Practitioner (sponsored by the Delaware State Bar Association)(April 2005)
- Co-moderator, "Sharpening the Point: Issuing Narrowing and the Efficient Resolution of Disputes" given at the Federal Circuit Bar Association Annual Conference (2003)
- Chair of the Women in Law Section, Delaware State Bar Association (1994-1995)
- Presenter, "Non-Patent Protection for Your Clients' Products," given at "Non-Patent Protection for Valuable Business and Technical Information Seminar" (sponsored by the Delaware State Bar Association) (1993)
Noteworthy
- Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2005-2011)
- Delaware Super Lawyers (2007-2010)
- International Who's Who of Patent Lawyers (2011)
- Lawdragon 500 Rising Stars (2006)
- The Best Lawyers in America – Intellectual Property Law (2010)
- Delaware State Bar Association, Women’s Leadership Award (2009)
- Delaware State Bar Association Community Service Award (2003)
- Appointed by Governor Minner to serve on the State of Delaware Council on Early Care and Education (2001-2003)
News
- Chambers USA 2011 Names Twenty Morris Nichols Attorneys and Four Practice Groups as Best In Delaware
The 2011 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business today ranked twenty Morris Nichols’ attorneys and four practice groups as best in Delaware. - 19 Morris Nichols Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in Super Lawyers – Delaware Edition 2011
Super Lawyers® magazine has named 19 Morris Nichols attorneys as top legal counsel in Delaware for 2011. - 26 Morris Nichols Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2011; Firm is Top-Listed in Eight Categories in Delaware
26 Morris Nichols attorneys have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2011. The firm was also “Top-Listed in Delaware” in eight practice areas. - Chambers USA 2010 Names Twenty Morris Nichols Attorneys as Leading Lawyers
The 2010 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business today ranked twenty Morris Nichols attorneys and four practice groups as among the best in Delaware. - 18 Morris Nichols Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in Super Lawyers – Delaware Edition 2010
Super Lawyers® magazine has named 18 Morris Nichols attorneys as top legal counsel in Delaware for 2010. - Karen Jacobs Louden Receives Delaware State Bar Association’s 2009 Women’s Leadership Award
Karen Jacobs Louden is the recipient of the Delaware State Bar Association’s (DSBA) 2009 Women’s Leadership Award.
Notable Publications and Presentations
- Karen Jacobs Louden, Legitimate Businesses Get Caught in the Web: Does the Anticybersquatting Protection Act Go Too Far?, Delaware Law Review, Vol. 10:1 (2008)
- Karen Jacobs Louden & Tiffany Fonseca, Does the Federal Trademark Dilution Act Provide A Right Without A Remedy?, Delaware Law Review, Vol. 7:1 (2004)
- Thomas C. Grimm, Julia Heaney, Karen Jacobs Louden, Trademarks in Cyberspace, (Delaware Lawyer, Vol. 18, No. 4, Winter 2000-2001)