Ohona Chowdhury is an associate in O’Melveny’s Los Angeles office. Ohona has experience with matters in both district court and before the PTAB and has worked on behalf of clients in a variety of fields, including mobile power management, optics, and digital media technologies.
Prior to joining O’Melveny, Ohona attended UC Law San Francisco, where she pursued a concentration in International Law. At UC Law SF, Ohona participated in the Communications and Entertainment Law Journal as a Staff Editor and Executive Articles Editor and as the VP of External Affairs for her school’s Intellectual Property Association. She also participated in her school’s Startup Legal Garage - Patent Module, where she gained invaluable hands-on experience performing Freedom to Operate analyses for startups in various stages. Ohona was also selected as a Google Legal Summer Institute Scholar for their class of 2023.
Admissions
Bar Admissions
- California
Court Admissions
- US District Court for the Central District of California
Education
- UC Law San Francisco, J.D.: CALI Award Recipient, Civil Procedure; TA, Contracts; VP of External Affairs, Intellectual Property Association; Staff Editor, Executive Articles Editor, UC Law SF Communications & Entertainment Journal
- Occidental College, B.S., Cognitive Science
Professional Activities
Internships
- Legal Intern, ServiceNow
- Data Analysis Intern, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Public Policy & Communications Intern, Bayer Pharmaceuticals
- Undergraduate Research Assistant, Occidental College’s Cognitive Science Department
- Physician Outreach Intern, Alzheimer’s Association
Publications
- “Gonzalez v. Google: Testing the Boundaries of Section 230,” UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal, Volume 45, Issue 2 (2023)
- “Just Don’t Do It: Nike’s Increasing Push Against IP Infringement,” UC Law SF Communications & Entertainment Law Journal, Online Content (2023)
Member
- Intellectual Property Owners Association