Karineh
Khachatourian

Karineh Khachatourian is a first-chair litigator and trusted strategist, widely respected for her leadership and results-driven advocacy. She is the Managing Partner and the “K” in KXT Law, and she is focused on complex IP and commercial litigation and strategy for cutting-edge technology companies. She was previously the founding and Managing Partner of Duane Morris LLP’s Silicon Valley office and served on the firm’s governing Partners Board.

Karineh has been recognized as a Super Lawyer in Northern California for two consecutive years, reflecting her outstanding professional achievements and peer recognition in intellectual property and commercial litigation. She also serves on the Law360 Editorial Advisory Board for the legal industry, helping shape thought leadership and insights in the legal profession.

With a practice spanning a broad spectrum of technologies, Ms. Khachatourian advises and defends clients in complex IP and commercial disputes involving computer software and hardware, data security and encryption, internet content delivery, network communications, consumer electronics, video gaming, and cloud computing. Her clients range from early-stage innovators to major players in the semiconductor, IT, social media, network communications and gaming industries. With a deep bench of experience and an expansive professional network, she is known for solving her clients’ most pressing IP contract and commerical challenges.

Karineh’s domestic and international experience includes utility and design patent litigation, trade secret misappropriation (particularly with competitors and former employees), IP licensing and contract disputes, trademark and copyright infringement, and inter partes reviews at the USPTO. She has successfully invalidated patents under Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International and has secured and defended preliminary injunctions in the U.S. and Germany. Her litigation work spans state and federal courts nationwide—including California, Texas, Utah, and Delaware—as well as the Federal Circuit and the Sixth District Court of Appeal in California. She is also an RPX Panel Counsel member.

Beyond her legal practice, Karineh is deeply committed to advancing women in law and technology. A committed advocate for diversity and leadership in the legal profession, Ms. Khachatourian is a prominent figure in Silicon Valley’s professional community. She served on the Executive Committee and Board of Watermark, where she was also General Counsel, and is an active partner with Leading Women in Technology and ChIPs. She also co-founded Salonnieres, and the Women’s Intellectual Property Law Association, a social organization for professional women in law and intellectual property.

Karineh’s leadership and influence have earned her recognition as one of the Silicon Valley Business Journal’s Women of Influence and The Recorder’s Women Leaders in Tech Law. She is also a recipient of the Duane Morris Cheryl Bryson Leadership Award for her commitment to diversity, mentorship, and the advancement of women in the legal profession.