Amy C. Chun

With a practice at the crossroads of information technology, commerce and the law, Amy Chun delivers multi-dimensional legal advice and actionable solutions that are strategic, intentional and directly applicable to her client’s bottom line. As outside intellectual property and technology law counsel for large and small tech, fast-growth and other well-known companies, Amy is skilled in identifying and positioning the challenges and opportunities her clients face in a way that optimizes their commercial agenda.

Amy’s practice is truly broad and deep, and includes due diligence investigations, licensing negotiations, national and international patent prosecution, open source policy assessment and risk mitigation, patent and trade secret litigation, inter partes review, and covered business methods review. While she has worked with a variety of technologies, Amy focuses on distributed computing systems, cybersecurity, fraud prevention/detection, e-commerce, cloud computing, social media, fintech, mobile computing, internet technology, SaaS, big data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) and general computer software.

Appreciated for her dedication and hard work in continuously cultivating the confidence and trust of those she serves, Amy delivers a honed ability to formulate successful legal strategies that reinforce and expand her client’s competitive edge. As a result, Amy has been recognized for her skill in IP law and patent practice in the International Law Office’s “Client Choice Awards,” as a “Super Lawyer” and “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers magazine, and is listed among OC METRO magazine’s “OC’s Top Attorneys.” She is an esteemed guest speaker for business, legal and other professional organizations on a variety of substantive disciplines pertaining to the law, IP and IT.

After completing her graduate degree, Amy worked as a Product Manager and Programmer for OR Concepts Applied, a privately owned company which developed route planning systems for stealthy aircraft. She also took time off from Knobbe to clerk for the honorable Mariana J. Pfaelzer, Senior Judge of the U.S. District Court, Central District of California.

Amy understands how businesses work from the inside out, and maintains an inherent respect for financial goals, existing management structures and critical deadlines.

Clerk Experience

Honorable Mariana R. Pfaelzer, Senior Judge of the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 2002 to 2003

Education

The George Washington University Law School (J.D., 1999), Order of the Coif, Notes Editor for The George Washington Law Review, Deans Fellow, with honors

Michigan State University (M.S. Computer Science, 1995), Upsilon Pi Epsilon Scientific Honor Society

Pepperdine University (B.S. Mathematics & Computer Science, 1993), Salutatorian, Dean's List, National Honor Society, Key Honor Society, Phi Eta Sigma Scientific Honor Society, Alpha Chi Omega Scientific Honor Society, cum laude

The George Washington University Law School

Michigan State University

Pepperdine University

State Bar of California

Supreme Court of California

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. District Court - Central District of California

U.S. District Court - Northern District of California

U.S. District Court - Southern District of California

U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Blockchain & Smart Contracts

Financial Services & Business Methods

Software & Information Technology

Nazomi v. HTC (N.D. Cal. 2010).

Represented HTC in defending a patent infringement lawsuit filed by a non-practicing entity claiming that its patent covered technology used in all Android devices. Amy, along with co-counsel for the other defendants, won the case via summary judgment of no infringement, long before trial and without giving into the exorbitant damages demand. The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment.

DatCard Systems, Inc. v. Codonics, Inc., Civil Action No. SACV 08-00063 AHS (RNBx) (C.D. Cal. 2010).

Represented plaintiff DatCard Systems in patent litigation involving medical disc publishers and related software. After the litigation was stayed pending reexamination of DatCard’s patent, and after the parties had filed other lawsuits against each other for Lanham Act and other claims, all lawsuits settled, with the accused infringer consenting to a permanent injunction under DatCard’s patent.

iRise v. Axure Software Solutions, Inc. (C.D. Cal. 2009).

Successfully represented Plaintiff iRise in a patent infringement lawsuit involving prototyping products for software visualization. Obtained summary judgment that Axure infringed asserted claims and successfully defended against summary judgment of invalidity and non infringement.

Exergen, Inc. v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. et al., No. 01-CV-11306 (D. Mass. 2005).

Tried patent action concerning infrared thermometers in Boston, Massachusetts; assisted in successful appeal. Exergen Inc. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. et al., 575 F.3d 1312 (Fed. Cir. 2009).

Awards & Honors

Amy has received multiple awards for her legal accomplishments:

Named in a survey of her peers published in Los Angeles magazine and Super Lawyers magazine, as one of Southern California’s “Rising Stars” in intellectual property law every year from 2005 to 2012, and debuted as a Southern California "Super Lawyer" in 2019-2020
Recognized in the International Law Office's (ILO) 2015 "Client Choice Awards" in the category of "Intellectual Property - Patents" for California
Included in the 2010 edition of "OC’s Top Attorneys" by OC METRO magazine

Articles

John Carson, Amy Christensen, and John Kandara, “Claim Jumping on the Newest Frontier: Trademarks, Cybersquatting, and the Judicial Interpretation of Bad Faith,” 8 UCLA Ent. L. Rev. 27 (Fall 2000).

Speeches & Seminars

Panelist, "Navigating Open Source Risk Assessment During Diligence Reviews", Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) Annual Meeting, San Diego, California (May 2018).

Co-Moderator, "NDAs- Protecting and Avoiding Misuse of Confidential Information", Roundtable Discussion, IBA Silicon Beach Conference, Santa Monica, CA (February 2017).

Roundtable Leader, "The Need for An Adaptive IP Strategy In An Evolving Business Landscape", IP Strategy Summit, Orange County (June 2016)

Co-Presenter, Software Patent Eligibility - A Post-Alice Landscape Discussion, A Knobbe Martens Webinar (November 2015).

Moderator, "Best Practices in Open Source", LAIPLA in Orange County Seminar, Irvine CA (February 2015).

Panelist, Business Development from a Woman’s Perspective, Orange County Women Lawyer’s Association, OCBA’s Mommy Esquire Committee, and the Diversity Task Force, Orange, CA (October 2014).

Co-Presenter, IP Strategies for Software Tech Companies, IP Impact Seminar, San Francisco, CA (September 2014).

Panelist, Is "Freedom to Operate" Mission Impossible? OCTANe OC event, Irvine, CA (February 2013).

Co-Presented, "Latest IP Issues Affecting High-Tech Companies," IP Impact 2012 Seminar, Palo Alto, CA (September 2012).

Overview

Clerk Experience

Experience

Recognition

Resources

Speeches & Seminars