About Deepa

Deepa Kannappan focuses her practice on patent litigation before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, federal district courts and the International Trade Commission. She works across a range of technologies, including pulmonary hypertension drugs and inhalers, antibody-based cancer treatments, fiber optic equipment, reputation management tools, wireless communication systems and liquid cooling technology.

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CoolIT Protects Key Patent at PTAB

CoolIT Protects Key Patent at PTAB

September 1, 2020

In August 2020, Cooley convinced a panel of judges at the PTAB to protect a key patent for CoolIT, a leader in data center cooling. A three-judge panel upheld the validity of all challenged claims while adopting arguments Cooley advanced against Petitioner’s expert and his proposed prior art combination.

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