Diane Gabl Kratz

Diane Gabl Kratz is Senior Intellectual Property Counsel at Seagate Technology’s headquarters in Cupertino, California.  She manages Seagate’s global trademark portfolio, overseeing the Trademark Review Board and enforcement of trademark, copyright, and domain name rights. She also manages the patent portfolio for the Consumer group, advising on strategy, prosecution, litigation, and transactions.  Previously, Diane was in private practice at the Silicon Valley offices of international law firms Morrison & Foerster and Sidley Austin.  There, she focused on IP Litigation in industries such as semiconductors, software, telecom, consumer electronics, and medical devices.

A four-time Super Lawyers Rising Star, Diane regularly speaks at conferences and has been featured as a guest lecturer at Stanford University’s Management Science & Engineering Department and the University of California-Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.  Diane received her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and a bachelor’s degree in Physics from Cornell University.  She is a member of the California Bar and is registered to practice with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.