Kaity Y. Emerson

Kaity guides clients from a range of industries through strategic intellectual property acquisitions, asset licensing, and other commercial and technology transactional matters. With degrees in biomedical and health sciences engineering and law, she brings an understanding of the challenges clients face navigating a complex legal framework and the technical experience to reach desired outcomes. Kaity routinely collaborates with clients in the preparation of license agreements and intellectual property purchase agreements. She also performs due diligence and other investigations, and formulates strategies to mitigate potential risks throughout transactions.

Kaity also has notable experience advising on sports marketing, sponsorship, advertising, and media agreements.  She regularly assists clients with navigating the intricacies of brand partnerships and promotional agreements, with a goal of maximizing clients’ brand visibility while protecting their intellectual property rights. 

Notable

• Copyright Law – Certificate of Merit for the Highest Grade in the Class, May 2021
• Gressman and Pollitt Oral Advocacy Award, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, April 2019

Affiliations

• North Carolina Journal of Law and Technology Board of Advisors, Member
• Mecklenburg Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, Membership Committee Chair

Publications

• Author, From Amazon’s Domination of E-Commerce to its Foray into Patent Litigation: Will Amazon Succeed as “The District of Amazon Federal Court”?, 21 N.C. J.L. & Tech. 2, 2019
  • Republished in the 2020 Intellectual Property Law Review, an annual best-of compendium 
• Co-author, Unleashing Pets from Dead-Hand Control, 22 Nev. L.J. 349, 2021 (with Kevin Bennardo)