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Grace W. Kang is a partner at Bird Marella. Her practice focuses on intellectual property, brand protection, and business disputes in the areas of copyright, trademark, false advertising, right of publicity, trade secrets, contracts, and consumer class actions.
Grace specializes in high-stakes intellectual property and complex commercial disputes. She has extensive experience in all aspects of civil litigation, including law and motion practice, discovery, trials, and appeals. She has appeared in federal and state courts nationwide, as well as arbitration proceedings. Grace also counsels clients about advertising and marketing claims and provides strategic advice on high-profile brand, joint venture, and endorsement agreements.
Grace has represented clients in various industries, including consumer products, technology, fashion and apparel, and entertainment and media. Grace completed her B.F.A. in film studies from New York University’s Tisch of the Arts and her M.A. in cultural studies from University of London. Grace is a graduate of Stanford Law School. She also clerked for the Honorable Frank Maas of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She is admitted to practice in California and New York.
Grace is currently a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Copyright Society of the USA, and the International Trademark Association.
Education, Clerkship & Admissions
- Stanford Law School, J.D., 2004
- Goldsmiths College, University of London, M.A., 2001
- New York University, B.F.A, with honors, 2000
- Law Clerk to the Hon. Frank Maas, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- New York, 2005
- California, 2010
News & Insights
Bird Marella Obtains Preliminary Injunction in a Mobile App Technology Trade Secrets Action
Bird Marella attorneys Ekwan Rhow, Grace Kang, Jon Jackson, and Aharon Kaslow obtained a preliminary injunction in a mobile app technology trade secrets action in the Northern District …
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Go to the postBird Marella Wins Appeal of Defense Judgment in Trade Secrets Action
Principal Ekwan Rhow and counsel Grace Kang prevailed in their defense of a trade secret action in the Central District of California and Ninth Circuit. The action involved …
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Go to the postAssociations
- Member, International Trademark Association
- Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Member, Copyright Society of the USA
- Member, American Bar Association (Intellectual Property Section)