Christopher S. Schultz is a patent attorney who has litigated and counseled clients in intellectual property law for over twenty years and is the head of the firm's Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) practice. He is an experienced lead trial attorney who has successfully litigated patent and trade secret matters in federal district court, the PTAB, the International Trade Commission (ITC), and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Mr. Schultz lectures on patent litigation at the Practicing Law Institute in New York City.
Mr. Schultz has a degree in electrical engineering and is skilled on matters involving complex technologies, particularly in computer hardware and software, networking, wireless telecommunications, artificial intelligence, and medical devices. In his counseling practice, Chris advises clients in licensing, due diligence, freedom to operate, portfolio management, patent prosecution, and monetization of IP rights. He also works extensively with startups and venture-backed companies.
Prior to becoming an attorney, Chris was a patent examiner in the electrical engineering art. He also served as a full-time intern for the Honorable Randall R. Rader at the U.S. Court of Appeals to the Federal Circuit.
In his pro bono work, Chris works on matters with the New England Innocence Project.
J.D., Franklin Pierce Law Center
B.S., Syracuse University
Massachusetts
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office