Kristina N. Hendricks

Partner

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Kristina Hendricks works closely with clients to resolve complex intellectual property (IP) disputes. Focusing primarily on patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation actions, Kristina litigates high-stakes cases involving a variety of technologies, including semiconductor devices and fabrication, computer hardware and software, wireless protocols, fintech, and medical devices. Kristina handles all aspects of district court and International Trade Commission (ITC) litigation and also has extensive experience with inter partes review proceedings.

Kristina advises multinational clients on IP strategy and risks and works closely with senior business leadership to advance business objectives. She has achieved early dismissals and high-profile summary judgment and trial wins for clients. Prior to joining Jones Day, she represented a client against a competitor regarding infringement of aerial imagery technology in which the jury awarded the client $125 million and found willful infringement. She also defended, among many others, vehicle manufacturers in patent infringement litigation regarding infotainment systems, a medical device company in a complex patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation litigation regarding medical implants, a mobile device company in patent infringement litigation regarding GPU (graphics processing unit) hardware, and a tech company in patent infringement litigation regarding cloud computing.

Kristina has a particular interest in emerging technologies, including advanced semiconductor design and fabrication, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, and metaverse technologies (virtual reality, augmented reality, digital twins, and non-fungible tokens [NFTs]).

At the start of her career, Kristina worked as an electrical engineer in the semiconductor industry. In addition, she studied Chinese IP law at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

Kristina serves on the board of directors for Illinois Legal Aid Online.