Stephen T. Kong Of Counsel (510) 451-3300 skong@donahue.com Download vCard LinkedIn
Stephen T. Kong
Stephen T. Kong is an attorney with over 20 years of experience in technology and intellectual property transactions, including IP licensing, technology development, and commercialization of content and media. Stephen has spent most of his career in Silicon Valley, with considerable expertise in software and IT matters including open-source licensing, e-commerce transactions, and media and content.
He is also currently Loyola Marymount University’s Director of the Transactional Lawyering Institute and Associate Clinical Professor of Law.
Past Speaking Engagements
- 2020 Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association Corporate/Intellectual Property Transactions Committee Event, Los Angeles, CA; October 2020; Moderator, “Pooling in a Pandemic: The Value and Prospects of the Open COVID Pledge”.
- 2017 National Asian Pacific Islander Bar Association (NAPABA) Annual Conference; Washington D.C.; November, 2017; Panelist, “Wheel of Misfortune: Dealing with Financially Distressed Tech Companies”.
- 2008 National Asian Pacific Islander Bar Association (NAPABA) Annual Conference; Seattle, WA; November 2008; Panelist, “Why Hollywood Loves and Hates Consumers: Legal Issues of the User-Generated Content Boom”.
- 2007 IP and the Internet Conference Presented By The Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar of California; Santa Monica, CA; August 2007; Panelist, “Open Source: Managing the Present, Anticipating the Future”.
- San Diego Association of Corporate Counsel Contract Training Series; San Diego, CA; Various in 2015-2016; Lead Presenter, various contract drafting training sessions.
- Emory University Ti:GER Program (technology commercialization program run jointly between Emory Law and Georgia Tech Engineering and Georgia Tech Business School) Related Speaking Engagements: 2017 Innovation Conference in March 2017 and in class guest lecturer on technology transactions law practice in February 2023.