Christopher Hutter

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Leveraging my engineering background, I help technology companies across all stages of operation acquire patents and provide counsel on patent matters that are fundamental to their business.

chutter@cooley.com

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Christopher Hutter's practice focuses on intellectual property, with a particular emphasis on patent counseling, procurement and licensing and litigation. His electrical practice focuses on a large number of technological fields including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, fintech, wireless communications, fiber optic communications, lasers, semiconductor devices, computer software and the Internet. His mechanical practice focuses on a wide variety of consumer products and medical devices. He is the former co-chair of Cooley's patent counseling and prosecution practice group.

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Experience

Blockdaemon Acquires Sepior
Cybersecurity Startup Snyk Acquires Cloud Security and Compliance Company Fugue
SPAC BowX Agrees to $9 Billion Merger With WeWork
Vivid Cortex Sells to SolarWinds
Manage the entire patent portfolio for littleBits, a hot tech startup

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Companies seek his wise counsel in situations where crown-jewel assets need reinforced protection. Hutter is a great match for the many startups he represents, because he cares as deeply about their technology and business as they do. He is one of those rare technical patent law experts who can build a rapport with the C-suite. – IAM Patent 1000

Education

Georgetown University Law Center
JD, cum laude; Law Fellow for Legal Research and Writing Program, 1996
St. John's College
MA, Liberal Arts
1994
Johns Hopkins University
MS, Electrical Engineering
1992
University of Maryland, College Park
BS, Electrical Engineering
1989