Keth Ditthavong co-founded an Internet start-up in the early ‘90s using his expertise as data and telecommunications engineer (holding a BS and an MS in Electrical Engineering). As an engineer, he worked at Verizon and the MITRE Corporation. His love of entrepreneurship remained in tack after attending law school and working at boutique and major law firms. In 2000, Keth co-founded his own law firm, presently known as Ditthavong, Steiner & Mlotkowski -- with offices in Washington, D.C. and San Diego. He grew the firm from 2 people to over 70 employees and positioned the firm as an international powerhouse in intellectual property. Keth also pursues other business ventures in film and music, fashion, beverage, as well as software. His biggest accomplishment has been the people he gets to work with each and every day.Ditthavong, Steiner & Mlotkowski’s highlights:• Technical expertise in all technical & scientific disciplines• Members worked as Administrative Patent Judge, Chief Trademark Counsel at Fortune 100, In-house Counsel, General Counsel, Patent Examiner, Scientist, Engineer• Expertise in trade secrets, due diligence • Over 25 years of litigation experience at the trial and appellate levels, including ITC• One of the first to file an Inter Partes Reexam (IPR)• In-depth experience with Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs)• Keen attention to managing resources/costs• Flexible fee structures • Expert consultation on validity/invalidity, claim construction, and unenforceability issues arising in litigation and IPRs• Expert witness experience on patent procedures and inequitable conduct• Truly an international firm with multilingual professionals

Advise on intellectual property issues; provide input on software development for consumers and back office operations; and assist with strategic planning and partnering.

Provide consultation to executive team on intellectual property matters; participate in providing business strategies and operations; and advise on business partnering.

Independent filmmaker -- producer; assistant director; sound; grip; develop treatments.

• Managed client accounts; provided IP counseling• Supervised attorneys in preparation of patent applications• Prepared patent applications in the following areas: Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM) networks, IP Multicasting, VSAT networks, Ultra-wideband communication systems, spatial information systems, universal messaging, computer telephony, voice processing systems, Internet security, and antenna systems• Prepared requests for interference• Drafted non-infringement opinions• Prosecuted domestic and foreign patent applications

• Prepared patent applications in the following areas: Voice Over IP, video-on-demand, Advanced Intelligent Network, data network security, client-server architecture, network interface cards, xDSL multiplexers, spread spectrum systems, digital phase-locked loops, and semiconductor processing• Prosecuted domestic and foreign patent applications• Drafted non-infringement opinions, appeal briefs to Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences• Acted as technical lead on litigation – prepared responses to interrogatories and document production requests• Participated in the firm’s Technology Advisory Committee and Y2K Task Force

Prepared patent applications; prosecuted domestic and foreign applications in the electrical arts

Charged with planning, design, and integration of multi-vendor information and communication systems, including local and wide area networks (ATM/SONET, Frame Relay, LAN emulation and virtual LAN services, intelligent switching hubs), computer telephony integration (interactive voice response systems, video teleconferencing, telephony, and facsimile over the Internet), analog and digital voice systems (ISDN), and digital subscriber lines (xDSL)

Designed and implemented the following: private and public voice networks, WANs, shared and switched LANs, video-teleconferencing over LANs, and ISDN, remote access