Shopify Recruits Apple Lobbyist Kuhn for Counterfeit, IP Work

Shopify Inc., Canada’s most valuable public company, has hired an Apple Inc. lobbyist to work on intellectual property issues and stopping the sale of counterfeit goods.

Walter Kuhn, who is also a former chief counsel to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), joined Shopify’s internal advocacy team as director of federal government affairs, the company said in a Jan. 19 lobbying filing with the U.S. Senate.

Kuhn spent nearly a decade at Apple, most recently as a manager of federal government affairs. He started with Shopify in December. He’s part of a team lobbying the federal government on counterfeit goods, ...