Kathryn (“Kate”) Saba is a counsel in the Litigation Department and a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group. Ms. Saba has litigated trademark, copyright, design patent, and false advertising matters in federal court and before the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board. She represents clients across a range of industries including the fashion, technology, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical industries.
Ms. Saba is recognized by The Legal 500 for trademark litigation. She is Co-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Trademark Litigation Committee, and a member of the International Trademark Association’s Designs Committee. She has co-authored amicus briefs filed before the Sixth and Ninth Circuits on behalf of the International Trademark Association and before the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the American Bar Association. Ms. Saba has guest lectured on trademark and trade dress issues at New York University School of Law.
Ms. Saba joined Debevoise in 2017. From 2020 to 2021, she clerked for the Hon. Lorna G. Schofield of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She received her J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she was a James Kent Scholar, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and articles editor of the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. She received her B.S. with distinction from Duke University. Prior to joining Debevoise, she worked for the Major League Baseball Players Association in its Licensing and Business Affairs Department.
Ms. Saba is a member of the Bar of the State of New York and is admitted to appear before the Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, Second Circuit, and Ninth Circuit.