Mallika Dargan
Biography
Mallika Dargan is an associate in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in Haynes Boone’s Dallas-North office. Her practice focuses on patent trials, IP counseling, technology transactions, and privacy counseling.
Mallika has experience in inter partes review proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Mallika also has experience drafting and negotiating commercial software licenses, information technology services contracts, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) agreements.
Earning the designation of Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) in 2025, Mallika also counsels clients on data processing and privacy issues, including the drafting and negotiation of data processing agreements and development of internal and external privacy policies and AI use policies. Mallika has experience with privacy issues at the international, federal, and state level, helping clients gain and maintain compliance with privacy laws such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
During law school, she interned at MIT’s Technology Licensing Office, served as a judicial intern in the United States District Court at the Southern District of Texas, and worked as a research assistant focusing on intellectual property.
Mallika Dargan is an associate in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in Haynes Boone’s Dallas-North office. Her practice focuses on patent trials, IP counseling, technology transactions, and privacy counseling.
Mallika has experience in inter partes review proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Mallika also has experience drafting and negotiating commercial software licenses, information technology services contracts, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) agreements.
Earning the designation of Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) in 2025, Mallika also counsels clients on data processing and privacy issues, including the drafting and negotiation of data processing agreements and development of internal and external privacy policies and AI use policies. Mallika has experience with privacy issues at the international, federal, and state level, helping clients gain and maintain compliance with privacy laws such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
During law school, she interned at MIT’s Technology Licensing Office, served as a judicial intern in the United States District Court at the Southern District of Texas, and worked as a research assistant focusing on intellectual property.
- Nancy F. Atlas Intellectual Property American Inn of Court
- Intellectual Property Law Section, Texas State Bar
- Dallas Association of Young Lawyers - Leadership Class 2024-2025
- Dallas Asian American Bar Association
- “Hachette Book Group Inc. v. Internet Archive: The Latest Copyright Book Brawl,” co-author, The Patent Lawyer Annual, 2025.
- “Top considerations for developing AI-powered ADAS,” co-author, Automotive World, March 2024.
- "Deep in the Heart of Data: GDPR’s Right to be Forgotten and its Applicability to Texas Newspapers,” co-author, Texas Press Association, February 2024.
- “PTAB Bar 2024 Year-in-Preview,” co-author, Appellate Year in Review PTAB Bar Association, January 2024.
- “AI Patents in the U.K.: New Judicial Guidance Provides Neural Networks are Eligible,” co-author, Haynes Boone Client Alert, December 21, 2023.
- "Model Act for Algorithmic Models: A Regulatory Solution for AI Used in Hiring Decisions," author, Hous. L. Rev. 50 (2023).
Education
J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 2023, Houston Law Review, National Order of Scribes
B.A., Biology, Carleton College, 2019
Clerkships
Judicial Intern to the Honorable Judge Drew Tipton, U. S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 2023
Languages
Hindi
Admissions
Texas
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
AI Patents in the UK: New Judicial Guidance Provides Neural Networks are Eligible
December 20, 2023