Practice:

• Business Litigation
• Intellectual Property / SciTech

Bar Admissions:

Massachusetts
New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Experience:

Mr. Chin joined Burns & Levinson in November of 2009. Prior to joining the firm, he was an Associate at the law firm Ropes & Gray. Mr. Chin focuses on patent and trade secret litigation.

Significant Cases:

• Counsel for start-up medical device company in defense of alleged trade secret misappropriation and patent infringement claims.
• Counsel for major manufacturer of semiconductor devices in its suit alleging infringement of its patented optical disc technology by a competitor.
• Counsel for major manufacturer and supplier of consumer electronics in defense of multiple infringement allegations by a competitor.
• Counsel for manufacturer and supplier of touch screen video games in trial of infringement claims made by a direct competitor.
• Counsel for manufacturer and supplier of hearing aid devices in defense of infringement claims made by a patent holding company.
• Counsel for manufacturer of gaming machine printers in its suit alleging infringement of its patented printer interface technology by a direct competitor.
• Counsel for manufacturer of clean room filter technology in suits alleging infringement of the manufacturer’s patented filter systems by a direct competitor.

Memberships:

• American Bar Association
• Boston Bar Association
• New York Bar Association

Additional Information:

• Prior to attending law school, Mr. Chin worked for The Toro Company as a design engineer in the Irrigation Division of the Hydraulics Group.
• While attending law school, he served as Managing Editor for the Fordham Moot Court Board and was a staff member for the Fordham International Law Journal.
• Mr. Chin was also a legal extern for the Honorable Deborah A. Batts, SDNY.

Education:

• J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 2004
• B.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, 1992