Rachel M. Capoccia
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Rachel Capoccia practice focuses on technology-based litigation and counseling, with an emphasis on patent litigation, copyright litigation and other technology-related matters. Her legal experience is complemented by 10 years working at IBM as a software engineer before law school, during which she led a team of engineers who developed computer graphics software and computer aided design systems.
Rachel represents clients in all phases of patent infringement matters involving diverse areas of technology, including digital cameras, Internet-based software systems, biotechnology, cellular telephony, video and audio conferencing systems, image processing software, encryption software, CAD/CAM and computer graphics software, medical devices, and design patents. She also litigates copyright matters involving issues relating to motion picture authorship and ownership, alleged copying of musical works, and defending freelance photographers’ rights in digital derivative works. Combining her software development background and copyright experience, she counsels clients in issues related to copyrightability, fair use, and substantial similarity of software works, and in compliance with Digital Millennium Copyright Act provisions, and licensing of various types of intellectual property.
Rachel provides strategic privacy and cyber preparedness compliance counseling to clients involved in numerous fields, including security, mobile apps, Internet of Things, cloud computing, and government contracting. She also assists clients in developing and implementing best practices in cybersecurity and privacy monitoring and incident response.
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Intellectual Property
- California
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- English
- Partner
- Alston & Bird LLP
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- Adjunct Law Professor, Copyright Law
- University of Southern California
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- Partner
- Hogan & Hartson
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- Attorney
- Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
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- Law Clerk to Honorable Cynthia Holcomb Hall, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals
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- Senior Software Developer
- IBM
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- University of Southern California Gould School of Law
- J.D. (1995)
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- Rochester Institute of Technology
- B.S. (1984)
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- Intellectual Property Litigator of the Year
- Century City Bar Association
- Southern California Super Lawyer
- Southern California Super Lawyers
- 2008-2017, 2019
- California State Bar # 187160
- Member
- Current
- Activities: Intellectual Property Section
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- Los Angeles County Bar Foundation
- Board of Directors
- Current
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- Western Center on Law & Poverty
- Board of Directors
- Current
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- Downtown Women’s Center
- Board of Directors
- Current
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- USC Gould School of Law Intellectual Property Institute
- Executive Committee
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- Elimination of Bias in Intellectual Property Seminar, Elimination of Bias in Intellectual Property Seminar
- LAIPL
- U.S. Intellectual Property Law IPR Best Practices, Protection of Software, Prosecuting Patents under the AIA, AIA seminar
- AIA
- San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association: The Highlights (and Lowlights) of the Trademark and Copyright Year in Review, San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association
- Los Angeles French Consulate
- Los Angeles French Consulate: US Copyright and Licensing Books to Motion Picture Studios and Producers, Los Angeles French Consulate
- Los Angeles French Consulate
- AIPLA Spring Meeting: Managing Multi-District and Pseudo MDL Patent Litigation, AIPLA Spring Meeting
- AIPLA
