Karen E. Gover

Karen E. Gover, PhD

Associate | Litigation
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Education

  • BA, University of Richmond, magna cum laude 
  • PhD, The Pennsylvania State University 
  • JD, Harvard University  

Key Technologies

  • Computer Software
  • Computer Hardware 

Practice Groups

Admitted to Practice

  • Massachusetts

Location

  • Boston

Overview

Karen Gover focuses her practice on patent and trademark litigation. Karen's experience includes drafting litigation pleadings, assisting with depositions, working with expert witnesses to develop and refine witness reports, and composing UDRP complaints and DMCA take-down notices. She has a robust pro bono practice that focuses on advising non-profit organizations as to the scope and protectability of their copyrights.

Prior to joining Wolf Greenfield, Karen practiced at an Am Law 100 firm. 

While in law school, Karen served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Rachel P. Kovner of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She was also a member of the Harvard Cyberlaw Clinic and a staff editor for the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology. 

Prior to beginning her law career, Karen served as a college professor for more than a decade. 


Activities

  • BIPLA, member and committee co-chair 

Publications

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Other Publications

  • “’You Stole My Work! And You Stole It Poorly!’ Choreography, Copyright, and the Problem of Inexpert Iterations,” Dance Research Journal 53/1: 61-77 (2021).
  • Art and Authority: Moral Rights and Meaning in Contemporary Visual Art, Oxford University Press, 2018.
  • “Artistic Freedom and Moral Rights in Contemporary Art: The Mass MoCA Controversy,” Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 69/4: 355-365 (2011). Winner of the Fisher Essay Prize, American Society for Aesthetics. 

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