Christopher M. Kaiser
Professional Profile
Chris Kaiser is an intellectual property associate in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he works primarily on intellectual property litigation matters, with a focus on patent infringement litigation.
Representative Matters
Patent Infringement Litigation
Represented plaintiff and counterclaim defendant gaming technology companies in suit involving asserted infringement of multiple patents and allegations of trade secret misappropriation.
Counseled multiple telecommunications clients in various pre-litigation investigations and product patent clearance investigations.
Represented automotive parts manufacturer in mediation regarding claims of patent infringement.
Represented automobile manufacturer in appeal of district court decision to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Represented inventor of card lamination process in patent infringement litigation and associated breach-of-contract action.
Represented inventor and manufacturer of consumer electronic products in patent infringement litigation.
Represented defendant telecommunications equipment manufacturer in patent infringement litigation.
Copyright Infringement Litigation
Represented artists' rights organization in copyright litigation against nightclub operator using music without permission.
Represented engineering design firm in copyright litigation against competitor using engineering drawings without permission.
Counseling and Transactional Matters
Counseled multiple telecommunications equipment manufacturers in various pre-litigation investigations and product patent clearance investigations.
Counseled airline transportation company in pre-litigation investigation.
Conducted due diligence of potential patent infringement claims and counseled automotive parts manufacturer regarding acquisition of competitor.
Publications
Patent Drafter Estoppel: Why Didn't Sage Products Create a New Foreseeability Limitation on the Doctrine of Equivalents?, 13 J. Intell. Prop. L. 305 (2006).
Note, Take It or Leave It: Monsanto v. McFarling, Bowers v. Baystate Technologies, and the Federal Circuit's Formalistic Approach to Contracts of Adhesion, 80 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 487 (2005).
Prior Experience
PILI Graduate Fellow, Coordinated Advice and Referral Program for Legal Services (CARPLS), Chicago, IL
Process Engineer, Exxon Upstream Development Company, Houston, TX. Conducted process design and supported construction, installation, commissioning, startup, and operation of world's deepest offshore oil and natural gas production platform.
Process Engineer, Anvil Corporation, Bellingham, WA. Designed processes for and supported design, construction, and installation of Alaskan north slope oil production and petroleum refining facilities.
Courts
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (pro hac vice)
United States District Court for the District of Nevada (pro hac vice)
United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (pro hac vice)
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States Court of Federal Claims
