Eran Kahana
Counsel
Overview
Eran Kahana is an experienced attorney concentrating his practice on artificial intelligence, privacy, cybersecurity, and intellectual property.
A graduate of the FBI’s Citizen Academy, Eran leverages his experience in public service and depth of relationships in government, private, and academic sectors to guide his clients on best practices relating to privacy and cybersecurity. His clients rely on him to review and draft information security policies, incident response plans, and cybersecurity breach response plans; to advise on compliance with emerging U.S. and European Union privacy regulation, including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); and to conduct thorough tabletop exercises and cybersecurity insurance assessments.
Eran also serves as IP counsel to technology-focused companies across a wide range of industries. In this capacity, he manages clients’ trademark and copyright portfolios, including prosecution and enforcement, and drafts and negotiates all manner of IP and technology development, licensing, and service agreements, including Software as a Service (SaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS). Eran has also arbitrated infringing domain names through the Internet Uniform Domain Resolution Procedures (UDRP).
A fellow at Stanford Law School and a member of the advisory board of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Law Society, Eran has developed significant expertise in best practices relating to the assessment, implementation, and deployment of AI and other advanced technologies. Leveraging his unique experience in privacy and IP, Eran is ideally suited to guide clients on the development of effective strategies, frameworks, and policies for responsible AI use and governance.
Eran is a member of the governance committee of the InfraGard National Members Alliance, an organization affiliated with the FBI dedicated to the protection of critical infrastructure. In addition to his role at Stanford Law School, Eran is an adjunct professor of law at the University of Minnesota Law School and a member of the Scientific Council of the Israeli Association for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence.
An established thought leader, Eran is a co-author of The Law of Artificial Intelligence and Smart Machines, a publication of the American Bar Association. He has provided commentary on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, privacy, and technology law for Bloomberg Law, BBC, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), KABC Radio, WCCO Radio, Minnesota Public Radio, Star Tribune, TheStreet.com, Stanford University Radio, KZSU FM, Twin Cities Business magazine, and Quartz. Eran is also a frequent speaker at Stanford Law School’s annual Digital Economy Conference, where he speaks on current topics relating to artificial intelligence and IP.
Experience
- Leveraged expertise in artificial intelligence to successfully reverse detrimental findings against clients by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
- Guided numerous clients through all stages of response to a cybersecurity breach.
- Provided guidance on privacy policies and practices to company with national and international operations.
- Successfully arbitrated domain name disputes against infringers.
- Drafted and negotiated numerous national and international technology agreements.
- Filed and prosecuted trademark filings for national and international-based clients.
Honors
North Star Lawyer, Minnesota State Bar Association, 2016 (North Star Lawyer is a designation that recognizes members who provide 50 hours or more of pro bono legal services in a calendar year.)
"Inventing Our Future" Award – Named inventor on a patent application in the mobile technology space