Kyle Ceuninck

Kyle A. Ceuninck

Associate
Atlanta

Kyle is a registered patent attorney and an associate in Ballard Spahr's Intellectual Property Department. He focuses on patent litigation and trade secret misappropriation.

Kyle represents clients in federal courts across the country in both the defense and assertion of patent rights involving payment systems, website building tools, mechanical devices, telecommunications equipment, biomedical devices, and other business methods and software. Additionally, he represents clients before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and the American Arbitration Association (AAA). Kyle is well-versed in all aspects of intellectual property litigation, ranging from pre-filing case assessment through jury trials. Kyle has successfully argued Markman and discovery hearings and was part of multiple jury trial teams that successfully defended against infringement claims that included damages claims in the hundreds of millions of dollars. He also has successfully represented clients in appellate proceedings before the Federal Circuit, including being part of a team that obtained a vacatur of a lower court’s non-infringement ruling at summary judgment.

In addition to Kyle’s intellectual property litigation experience, he routinely is called upon to assess clients’ intellectual property as they pertain to mergers and acquisitions. Kyle also has experience with intellectual property procurement before the Trademark Office.

Representative Experience 

Representative Matters

  • Represented biotechnology company against competitors in a patent infringement action relating to placental tissue graft manufacturing processes (D. Ariz.).
  • Represented a wireless carrier and its suppliers in a patent infringement action relating to 4G and 5G cellular base station technology that resulted in non-infringement jury verdict (E.D. Tex.).
  • Represented a retailer in a patent infringement action relating to mobile app payment systems (W.D. Tex.).

Professional Highlights

Professional Activities

Associate, The Honorable Charles Pannell, Jr., IP Inn of Court

State Bar of Georgia, Intellectual Property Law Section

The Florida Bar, Business Law Section

Credentials 

Education

University of Florida Levin College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2018)
AIPLA Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition, 2018

Florida State University (B.S. 2015)

Admissions

Georgia

Florida

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit