Kimberly Ann Moore (née Pace; born June 15, 1968) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as chief United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
She worked in private practice as an associate with the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis in Los Angeles, California from 1994 to 1995, and then clerked for United States Circuit Judge Glenn L. Archer Jr. from 1995 to 1997.
She was nominated to fill a seat vacated by Judge Raymond C. Clevenger III, who assumed senior status on February 1, 2006.
[3][4] In December 2015, Moore wrote the Federal Circuit opinion in In re Tam, allowing Asian-American band The Slants to register their name, and overturning a previous ruling that had upheld the United States Patent and Trademark Office's ability to reject trademarks it deemed offensive or disparaging to others.
[5] Moore authored Patent Litigation and Strategy with Federal Circuit Chief Judge Paul Redmond Michel, Raphael V. Lupo (1st and 2nd editions), Professor Timothy R. Holbrook of Emory Law School (3d and 4th editions), and John Frank Murphy (4th ed.).