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Christian Chu

Principal


Washington, DC
202-626-6370
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Christian Chu is a Principal in the Washington, D.C., office of Fish & Richardson P.C. His practice emphasizes intellectual property and technology licensing and litigation, in a vast range of technical areas, including in the areas of chemistry, biotechnology, mechanical and electrical engineering, display technology, and wireless technology. A trial attorney experienced in all phases of litigation, Mr. Chu has appeared and argued in the summary judgment contexts in numerous federal district courts, and has tried many cases before the United States International Trade Commission.

Mr. Chu is active as a writer and lecturer on issues relevant to the intellectual property bar. He was the author of a widely cited article in the Berkeley Technology Law Journal that analyzed statistical trends in Federal Circuit jurisprudence, and contributed written materials for the PRG (Kayton) course on Biotechnology Patents, Licensing and FDA Practice (2004-2005). Mr. Chu was a faculty member at the May 2008 Minnesota Bar CLE seminar "Patent Enforcement and Defense."

Mr. Chu was previously a Judicial Clerk for the Honorable Raymond C. Clevenger, III, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (2002-2003), and for Chief Judge Marilyn L. Huff, United States District Court for the Southern District of California (2001-2002). He also worked as a Litigation Law Clerk and Summer Associate for Fish & Richardson P.C. (1999-2001). Mr. Chu has technical experience as an Associate Consultant for the healthcare and pharmaceutical management consulting firm Axon Group, Inc. (1997-1998), as a Research Associate for Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1995-1997), and as a Research Assistant for the University of California at Irvine (1992-93).

Admissions

  • California 2001
  • District of Columbia 2003
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office 2004
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of California
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of California
  • United States District Court for the District of Columbia

Clerkships

  • The Honorable Marilyn L. Huff, United States District Court for the Southern District of California, 2001 - 2002
  • The Honorable Raymond C. Clevenger III, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2002 - 2003

Memberships and Affiliations

Berkeley Technology Law Journal, article editor (2000) and development editor (1999). Board and community services include serving on the Law Clerks and Students Standing Committee of the Federal Circuit Bar Association (co-chair from 2004 to 2006), the Harvard Alumni Association Board of Directors (Recent Graduates Committee chair from 2000 to 2002, Recent Graduates Committee member from 1997 to 2000, and member of the Clubs and Communications committees from 2002 to 2004) and the Board of Trustees for the Phillips Brooks House Association, Inc. (Trustee and Fundraising Co-Chair, 1996). Previous teaching experience includes serving as an adviser for students in the Law and Technology Writing Seminar (2000-01).

Other Distinctions

Publications
Christian A. Chu, Article, "Empirical Analysis of the Federal Circuit's Claim Construction Trends," 16 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 1075, 1103 (2001).

Christian A. Chu, Note, "Dickinson v. Zurko," 15 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 209 (2000).

Chan TA, Chu CA, Rauen KA, Kroiher M, Tatarewicz SM, Steele RE., Identification of a gene encoding a novel protein-tyrosine kinase containing SH2 domains and ankyrin-like repeats. Oncogene. 1994 Apr. 9(4):1253-9.

Languages

  • French
  • Vietnamese

Education

  • BA, Harvard University 1997
    Biochemical Sciences
    magna cum laude
  • JD, University of California, Berkeley School of Law 2001
    Order of the Coif
    Berkeley Technology Law Journal, article editor (2000) and development editor (1999)

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