Keith J. McWha

Keith McWha’s experience in private practice and in-house settings have given him in-depth knowledge on a wide variety of legal issues. He performs due diligence for privacy, data, and information rights for M&As, licensing, and outsourcing. Keith counsels and implements compliance and risk management regarding digital presence and websites, creates internal privacy and security programs, and privacy policies. Transactional services include a wide variety of agreements including drafting and negotiating agreements related to confidentiality, joint development, clinical trials, and privacy rights. He provides legal assistance for compliance with privacy laws including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and other privacy laws. Keith develops incident response policies and provides crisis data management planning. No matter what aspect of privacy law and intellectual property law he is involved in, his strong analytical skills and attention to detail allow him to look deeper into surface-issues and develop ideal solutions for all situations.

Keith is also experienced in handling patent and trademark infringement matters on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants. Keith has assisted in Hatch-Waxman litigation on behalf of major pharmaceutical companies, and represented clients in many district courts and appeals courts.

Result driven with a strong attention to client business goals, Keith has a long standing history of achieving success in legal dealings for companies in industries that provide pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biological products, food products, cosmetics, electronic components, semiconductors, software, financial services, automotive products, and consumer products. He has prepared, licensed, defended, and enforced patents in the chemical, mechanical, electrical and computer sciences arts. He has also prepared trademark and copyright applications, drafted opinion letters, and worked on software and digital media issues. Keith's post grant proceeding work that includes inter partes reviews (IPR), post grant reviews (PGR), covered business method (CBM) and re-examinations are all strongly focused on meeting client objectives. His consistent successes in many types of legal dealings form many years of a creditable, solid history in intellectual property.

Keith is experienced with providing each client's individual legal issue with the ideal, unique solution needed for the matter at hand. His experience as a named inventor on several U.S. and international patents dealing with medical devices, and his extensive background in obtaining and litigating intellectual property protection allow him to view intellectual property issues from a variety of different perspectives. His ability to view intellectual property issues from many different angles gives Keith the insight to develop unique solutions that are ideal for each issue. Keith treats intellectual property dealings that he works on each as an individual situation, and gives each situation its own quintessential solution.

Keith's knowledge and experience with pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, and other biological products allow him to bring extra insight to the table when dealing with intellectual property. With over 15 years of legal and industrial experience, Keith is aware and up-to-date on the latest developments, requirements, regulations, and information regarding regulated devices and products. His consultations and dealings with the FDA have given Keith extra knowledge and insight on a variety of issues involving medical devices and regulated products that have proven to be useful and beneficial to intellectual property proceedings.