Zach Harned

415-875-2243
zharned@fenwick.com
Associate
Intellectual Property

Zach
Harned

Zach
Harned

Zach
Harned

Associate
Intellectual Property

Zach advises on a broad variety of intellectual property, technology transactions and commercial matters for clients in the technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML), digital health and life sciences industries. He also counsels clients on technology, IP, and open source aspects of venture financings and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to his career in the law, Zach worked as a mental health professional serving combat Veterans with PTSD at the US Department of Veterans Affairs.

  • Amazon
  • Andreessen Horowitz
  • Dawnlight
  • DocuSign
  • Evidation Health
  • GGV Capital
  • Menlo Ventures
  • Meta
  • Notable Health
  • OpenAI
  • Sempre Health
  • Woebot

  • Amazon
  • Andreessen Horowitz
  • Dawnlight
  • DocuSign
  • Evidation Health
  • GGV Capital
  • Menlo Ventures
  • Meta
  • Notable Health
  • OpenAI
  • Sempre Health
  • Woebot

  • AI-Generated Artwork and Copyright Law, Online Platforms and Popular Technologies: Legal and Regulatory Responses to Technology Innovations and Uses (2022).
  • Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Medical AI/ML, Guest Lecture Stanford BIODS220 (AI in Healthcare) (2022).
  • Digital Health Technology-Specific Risks for Medical Malpractice Liability, Nature (npj Digital Medicine) (2022).
  • Lessons from the Axon AI Ethics Board Resignation, Fenwick IP Bulletin (2022).
  • Artificial Intelligence: Deepfakes in the Entertainment Industry, WIPO Magazine (2022).
  • FDA, AI/ML, and Medical Devices, Stanford AIMI Center (2022).
  • Commercialization and Licensing of Medical AI (panelist), Stanford AI + Healthcare Conference (2021).
  • Legal Considerations for AI in Healthcare (panelist), Stanford AIMI Center (2021).
  • Stretching Human Laws to Apply to Machines: The Dangers of a 'Colorblind' Computer, Florida State Law Review (2020).
  • Machine Vision, Medical AI, and Malpractice, Harvard Journal of Law & Technology Digest (2019).

  • AI-Generated Artwork and Copyright Law, Online Platforms and Popular Technologies: Legal and Regulatory Responses to Technology Innovations and Uses (2022).
  • Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Medical AI/ML, Guest Lecture Stanford BIODS220 (AI in Healthcare) (2022).
  • Digital Health Technology-Specific Risks for Medical Malpractice Liability, Nature (npj Digital Medicine) (2022).
  • Lessons from the Axon AI Ethics Board Resignation, Fenwick IP Bulletin (2022).
  • Artificial Intelligence: Deepfakes in the Entertainment Industry, WIPO Magazine (2022).
  • FDA, AI/ML, and Medical Devices, Stanford AIMI Center (2022).
  • Commercialization and Licensing of Medical AI (panelist), Stanford AI + Healthcare Conference (2021).
  • Legal Considerations for AI in Healthcare (panelist), Stanford AIMI Center (2021).
  • Stretching Human Laws to Apply to Machines: The Dangers of a 'Colorblind' Computer, Florida State Law Review (2020).
  • Machine Vision, Medical AI, and Malpractice, Harvard Journal of Law & Technology Digest (2019).

  • Founder of the Fenwick & West AI Legal Office Hours Program with Stanford’s Center of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine & Imaging (AIMI).
  • Associate Fellow, Stanford's AIMI.
  • Founder of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence & Law Society (SAILS).
  • ABA Artificial Intelligence & Robotics National Committee Member.

  • Founder of the Fenwick & West AI Legal Office Hours Program with Stanford’s Center of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine & Imaging (AIMI).
  • Associate Fellow, Stanford's AIMI.
  • Founder of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence & Law Society (SAILS).
  • ABA Artificial Intelligence & Robotics National Committee Member.

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