Monisha Deka is an associate in the International Trade Group of White & Case LLP with a background in intellectual property.  Ms. Deka's practice focuses primarily on ITC 337 investigations, patent and trademark prosecution, litigation, licensing and client counseling.  She has experience in a variety of technological fields, including integrated circuits, microelectromechanical systems, RFID technology and automotive component manufacturing.  As a registered US patent attorney, she has broad litigation experience including 337 proceedings and federal court proceedings involving patent and technology matters, as well as trademark proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB).

While she was in law school, Ms. Deka served as a judicial clerk extern for the Honorable Jeffrey R. Howard of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. As an undergraduate at Georgia Tech, her studies centered on Industrial and Systems Engineering.  Also as a student, she worked as a full-time engineer in manufacturing facilities for pharmaceuticals and food products.

Bars and Courts
US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2008
District of Columbia Bar, 2007
New York State Bar, 2007
Massachusetts State Bar, 2007
US Patent and Trademark Office, 2007

Clerkships
Judge Jeffrey Howard, US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2006

Education
JD, Franklin Pierce Law Center, 2006
Master of Intellectual Property, Franklin Pierce Law Center, 2006
BS, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003

Professional Associations and Memberships
International Trademark Association – Subcommittee on North American Parallel Imports

Publications
Co-author, "Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Business Method Claims—Will They Survive?" IT, Internet and Outsourcing Bulletin, December 2009 (with David Tennant). This article was also published in the North Carolina Bar Association's Corporate Counsel Section, Section Vol. 22, No. 2 January 2010
"Pre-Professional Intellectual Property Education," IDEA Intellectual Property Law Review, Pages 143-164, 2005

Speaking Engagements
Moderator, "Comparison Between E-Discovery in the Federal District Courts and the ITC," Electronic Discovery at the ITC: Current Challenges and Possible Improvements, Co-sponsored by: The US International Trade Lawyers Association, The George Washington University Law School and the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law, ITC Committee, July 18, 2011, Washington, DC.

Languages
English
Assamese

Citizenship
United States