As a seasoned trial lawyer with more than 25 years of experience, Christian Platt handles complicated intellectual property disputes in the courts, arbitral tribunals, and the U.S. Patent Office, including patent infringement, patent validity, trade secret, and licensing disputes. He routinely tries cases before judges and juries, including a first-chair three-week patent trial win resulting in a jury verdict of noninfringement selected by The Daily Journal as a "Top Defense Result" of the year.
Christian represents leading life sciences companies in their most complex patent disputes, including patents covering gene therapy, cell therapy, gene editing, antibodies, plasmids, cell lines, proteomics, liquid biopsy, vaccines, vaccine delivery mechanisms, pharmaceuticals, and transgenic animal models. Christian also handles other technologies, including medical devices, telecommunications, video games, consumer electronics, computer hardware, software, and networking technologies.
Christian has been recognized by numerous legal publications, including The Legal 500 US, where clients describe him as "very professional" who does "a great job presenting [a] case." He has written and spoken extensively on litigation strategy and patent damages. He authored a chapter in Life Sciences Client Strategies (Aspatore, 2007) after the editorial board of Inside the Minds selected him as a leader in intellectual property life sciences law.
Christian has held leadership positions in the American Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section, including chairing the Patent Litigation and Post-Grant and IPR Committees. He has served on the Board of Governors of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers and is an active member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA).
Experience
Additional Publications
- December 3, 2015
Apportionment of Lost Profits Damages Appears To Be Making a Comeback, Intellectual Property Strategist
Publications Prior to Jones Day
August 13, 2013
Recent Trends and Approaches in Calculating Patent Damages: Nash Bargaining Solution and Conjoint Surveys, Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal (BNA)
September 20, 2011
Obtaining Preliminary Injunctions in Open-Source Cases, Intellectual Property Litigation, American Bar Association Section of Litigation: Intellectual Property
February 2, 2011
Subject Matter Patentability and the Biotech Industry, AIPLA Mid-Winter Institute
June 1, 2011
Proving Patent Damages after Uniloc, Proof, American Bar Association Trial Evidence Committee
April 30, 2010
The Rise and Fall of Patent Marking Suits, Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal (BNA)
August 31, 2009
Preparing for and Defending Against Claims of Corporate Officer Personal Liability for Patent Infringement, Bloomberg Law Reports
December 15, 2008
In-House Open Source Compliance Programs Should Be Considered in Wake of Jacobsen decision, Bloomberg Intellectual Property Law Report
January 31, 2008
Recently Renewed Patent Reform Act’s Impact on Medical Device Industry, San Diego Daily Transcript
2008
Inside the Minds: Life Sciences Client Strategies, Aspatore Books
2007
The Great Unknown: Advice for New Law Firm Partners, The Recorder
Winter 2007
Beware Foreign Defendants: You May Be Liable For Patent Infringement Even Without Conducting Any Business in the United States, New Matter, State Bar of California
December 8, 2006
Doubting the Obvious, Los Angeles Daily Journal
October 2006
Choosing Your Turf: A Brief Overview of Venue in Patent Cases, Intellectual Property Today
Additional Speaking Engagements
- April 13, 2021
Navigating Patent Damages, 2021 American Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Spring Meeting - January 28, 2016
Winning Strategies for Litigating Patent Trials, Northern California Jones Day University - February 25, 2015
Practical Strategies for Addressing the Evolving Patent-Damages Landscape, Federal Bar Association - January 15, 2015
2014 Patent Law Year in Review (and a Look Ahead at 2015) - September 30, 2014
Winning Trial Techniques for the Complex Patent Litigator, 2014 Patent Disputes Forum - September 26, 2014
IP Enforcement in the US: the Jury Trial, Asia Intellectual Property Finance and Business Conference - September 22, 2014
Deposition and Trial Strategies for Witnesses in United States Lawsuits, In-House Counsel Forum
Speaking Engagements Prior to Jones Day
October 24, 2013
Recent Developments regarding Patent Damages, Patent Litigation Committee, AIPLA Annual Meeting
Washington, D.C.
April 3, 2013
How to Prove Damages in Patent, Trademark and Copyright Cases, The Knowledge Conference
Webinar
February 2, 2011
Subject Matter Patentability and the Biotech Industry, AIPLA Mid-Winter Institute
Orlando, Florida
2008
In-House Open Source Compliance Programs, ACC Roundtable CLE, Association of Corporate Counsel
San Diego, California
2006
How New Patent Rules Make San Diego a More Attractive Patent Litigation Forum for Biotechnology Companies, ACC Roundtable CLE, Association Of Corporate Counsel
San Diego, California
2005
Practical Tips on Enforcing and Defending Patents, American Bar Association Intellectual Property Section Annual Meeting
San Francisco, California
2003
Discovery of Patent Prosecution Documents, American Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Annual Meeting
Washington, D.C.
2002
Effect of Federal Circuit and Supreme Court’s Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., Ltd. Opinions, CLE Presentation
Palo Alto, California
- The University of Texas at Austin (J.D. 1998; Texas International Law Journal; B.S. in Biochemistry with honors 1995; B.S. in Biology [Molecular] with honors 1995)
- California; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth, Eleventh, and Federal Circuits; U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Central, Eastern, and Northern Districts of California, Eastern District of Texas, and Western District of Michigan; and registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Lawdragon — "500 Leading Litigators in America" (2023-2024)
Fellow, American Bar Foundation (2019-2024)
Best Lawyers in America, Intellectual Property (2017-2023)
"IP Star," Managing Intellectual Property (2013-2024)
Top Defense Result of 2015, The Daily Journal (2016)
Southern California Super Lawyers (2014-2021)
"Top Attorney in Intellectual Property," San Diego Magazine (2011-2021)
Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing (2011)