Katherine C. Spelman

Katherine C. Spelman has joined Lane Powell as a Shareholder in the Firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology Practice Group. She was previously a Partner with K&L Gates LLP and a Founding Partner of Cobalt LLP.

Spelman has more than 30 years of experience providing strategic advice, design and implementation counsel for large, mid-sized and startup companies on copyright, trademark, trade secret and patent matters, both nationally and internationally, and has a special focus on media, licensing and mass digitization issues. Spelman advises and counsels clients on the development, production, sale and defense of work related to emerging content distribution strategies and challenges, special issues in news reporting including repurposing content, and firewall and paywall configuration in light of changes in the fair use defense.

Spelman received her J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School and her B.A. in Classics and Latin from the University of Michigan.  She also earned a Certificate in Dispute Resolutions from Pepperdine University.