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Chris Katopis, Principal

Experienced Innovation Advocate 

Intellectual Property, Congressional Relations, Investigations

Background

Let Association Counsel help solve your legal issues, whether they range from navigating Washington, D.C. agencies, the U.S. Congress; or your very own entrepreneurial journey.


Chris has helped several major trade associations, U.S. corporations, start-ups, and lone wolf inventors solve their issues.

Chris has experience across the U.S. Federal government, including serving as a U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Counsel, USPTO Senior Legal Advisor, and Judiciary Law Clerk.


He also serves an adjunct law professor at the GW University Law School and the inventor of several U.S. Patents.


Federal Judicial Clerkship

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit


Bar Admissions

District of Columbia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania

U.S. Supreme Court


Education

J.D., Temple University Law School 

B.S, University of Pennsylvania, School of Engineering and Applied Science


https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-katopis-5a593b?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwebsites.godaddy.com%2F


Selection Publications

  • The Kawaii Transactions, Landslide Magazine 16:3 (May 2024).

• Blockchain IP: DAOs Are Innovative—But Will They Be Inventors?, IPWatchdog.com (Aug. 10, 2022). 

• Next Picasso, Ponzi Scheme, Or IP Boom? NFTs In The Eyes Of The Beholder, ABA Landslide Magazine, 14:1, (September/October 2021). 

• The Curious Crypto Question: Do Patents Drive Fintech Innovation? Five Key Recent Trends, Santa Clara University High Technology Law Journal, Vol. 38, Issue 1 (Fall 2021). 

• Federal Circuit's Forgotten Lessons: Annealing New Forms Of Intellectual Property Through Consolidated Appellate Jurisdiction, John Marshall Law Review, 1999.  

• PERFECT HAPPINESS?: Game Theory as a Tool for Enhancing Patent Quality, 10 Yale Journal of Law & Technology 360 (2008). 



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