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Chris, a Director in the Gibbons Intellectual Property Group, has more than 10 years of experience as a multi-disciplined intellectual property attorney, counseling clients on patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright and complex technology matters. Chris provides his clients, ranging from start-ups to large U.S. and multinational corporations, with creative, cost effective and practical solutions for their intellectual property needs. Chris has successfully represented clients, in federal courts in New Jersey and throughout the country, through all stages of litigation, including bench and jury trials. As a registered patent attorney, Chris assists inventors and advises clients on obtaining patents in the U.S. and abroad and assists parties through reexamination and inter-partes review proceedings. He also advises clients on questions of validity and infringement and also assists clients in matters involving intellectual property licensing and technology transfer.

Relying on his educational background and experience in the field, Chris has effectively represented clients in a broad range of technologies that span the mechanical, electrical and chemical arts, including pharmaceuticals, biomedical devices, automotive systems, semiconductor processing, computer networks, software, wireless communication systems, manufacturing processes and numerous others.

Prior to entering the legal profession, Chris worked as an engineer for Fairchild Semiconductor.

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Experience

Legal Work Highlights

Representative Matters

  • Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., 06-1277 (D.N.J.) – represented Sandoz in connection with its ANDA filing for Abilify.
  • Avocent Redmond v. Raritan Americas, 1:10-cv-06100 (S.D.N.Y.) – represented Raritan Americas against a claim of patent infringement for the sale of KVM switches.
  • Data Distribution Technologies v. BRER Affiliates Inc., 12-cv-04878 (D.N.J.) – represented BRER against a patent infringement claim involving Internet accessible databases.
  • Dimension-Polyant, Inc. v. Contender US, Inc., 3-08-cv-00848 (D. Conn.) – represented Dimension-Polyant in connection with its patented X-Ply sail technology.
  • Inter Partes Reexamination 95/001,452 – represented Third Party Requester KHS USA in its challenge of U.S. Patent No. 6,945,013.
  • Inter Partes Review IPR2013-00323 – assisted petitioner Polaris Wireless in its challenge of U.S. Patent No. 7,783,299.
  • Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., 2:07-cv-2702 (W.D. Tenn.) – represented KSEA in connection with a family of patents directed to integrated operating rooms.
  • Lemont Aircraft Corp v. Thermaltake Tech Co Ltd et al, 3-05-cv-01775 (D. Conn.) – represented Lemont Aircraft in a patent dispute involving propeller systems.
  • LMT Mercer v. McFarland Cascade, 3:11-cv-00539 (D.N.J.) – represented McFarland Cascade in a patent dispute involving ornamental lighting devices.
  • Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. v. Sandoz Inc. et al., 3:07-cv-1000 (D.N.J.) – represented Sandoz in connection with its ANDA filing for Allegra and Allegra-D.
  • Pragmatus Telecom v. Brother International, 12-cv-01538 (D. Del.) – represented Brother International against patent infringement claims involving live chat technology.
  • TruePosition v. Polaris Wireless, 12-cv-646 (D. Del.) – represented Polaris Wireless in a patent dispute involving geo-location technology.
  • WhitServe LLC v. Computer Packages Inc., 3:06-cv-01935 (D. Conn.) – represented WhitServe in a patent dispute involving automated docketing systems.
  • WhitServe LLC v. Computer Patent Annuities North America LLC et al., 3:04-cv-1897 (D. Conn.) – represented WhitServe in a patent dispute involving automated docketing systems.

Education

George Mason University School of Law|University of Pennsylvania – School of Engineering and Applied Science

J.D., cum laude|B.S.

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  • Member, Civil Rights Law Journal

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Courts

Christopher is admitted to practice before the following court(s):

State of New Jersey|State of Connecticut|United States District Court for the District of New Jersey|United States District Court for the District of Connecticut|United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York|United States District Court for the Southern District of New York|United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit|United States Patent & Trademark Office|United States Court of International Trade

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Recognition

Local & National Recognition

Included on the IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners list

Professional Affiliations

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

New York Intellectual Property Law Association

 

Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association

 

American Intellectual Property Law Association

 

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