Christopher W. Adams

Litigation

• Successfully represented a patent owner as plaintiff in multiple patent infringement suits relating to clinical trials.
• Successfully represented a patent owner as plaintiff in a multi-defendant patent infringement suit relating to e-commerce relational databases.
• Key member of a team prosecuting a patent infringement action on behalf of a radiation therapy equipment innovator client against its archrival, ultimately leading to a global resolution of various infringement actions between them in several countries.
• Successfully defended a mining company in a patent infringement suit relating to on-road and off-road vehicles.
• Successfully defended an airline in a patent infringement suit relating to the online ticket reservation process.
• Successfully defended a software anti-virus company in a multi-defendant patent infringement suit related to the centralized management of software and licenses across a network. Successfully invalidated a majority of the asserted claims by a motion to dismiss.
• Represented an educational software company in a breach of licensing agreement dispute.
• Represented the defendant in a software copyright infringement and misappropriation of trade secret dispute. Negotiated favorable settlement terms for our client.
• Defended a software company in a patent infringement suit relating to access rules. Negotiated favorable settlement terms for client prior to the files being transferred out.
• Represented an IT solutions provider with pre-action discovery related to an alleged misappropriation of trade secrets.
• Successfully defended a satellite television provider in multiple arbitrations before the International Center for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) and the International Chamber of Commerce.
• Prepared an inter partes review petition (IPR) as part of a defendant’s litigation strategy for invalidating the asserted patents, which resulted in the invalidation of all claims in US Patent Application No. 8,667,992.
• Filed several IPR petitions as part of a defendant’s litigation strategy for invalidating asserted patents related to optimization methods used in radiation therapy treatment planning.

Transactional IP 

• Drafted patent freedom-to-operate opinions for multiple technologies, including interactive kiosks and predictive modeling AI technology.
• Counseled clients on transactions related to a broad range of commercial or technology matters, including reviewing and analyzing licensing opportunities; structuring, negotiating and drafting appropriate technology agreements; and conducting due diligence, as appropriate, including IP agreements related to joint ventures, strategic partnerships, outsourcing, intercompany licenses, university sponsored research and consortiums.
• Assisted with an emerging technology and materials company with negotiating a Data License Agreement for the use of its dataset to train the licensee’s AI model.
• Assisted a European venture fund with IP and technology diligence related to its investment in target entities with AI platforms including technology such as computer vision, robotics, AI training models and AI-powered glasshouses.
• Counseled a European multinational automotive parts manufacturing company on Open Source Software (OSS), licensing concerns related to AI models/algorithms, and prospective commercial use of its AI technology.
• Counsel clients on policies related to the responsible use of generative AI or large language models by personnel or user community.
• Counsel clients on a variety of OSS concerns, including, OSS clearance and compliance, OSS audits, corporate policies on use of OSS, OSS diligence and remediation in M&A transactions and other OSS licensing concerns.

Prosecution

• Assisted a former telecommunications company with maintaining and developing an extensive patent portfolio covering technologies in the telecommunications and mobile device industry.
• Assisted a foreign university with maintaining and developing an extensive patent portfolio covering technologies in multiple areas.
• Drafted or prosecuted patent applications with respect to various patent technology matters, including telecommunications, AI, chemicals, software, social media, semiconductors, neural networks, storage tanks and medical devices.