Christopher Lawless

Chris Lawless is a partner in Kirkland’s Intellectual Property Group, focusing on litigation and trials involving patent, trade secret, copyright, trademark, and unfair competition claims. Chris also broadly advises clients on intellectual property strategy. Chris has substantial experience leading large case teams with billions of dollars in alleged damages through all phases of complex litigation, from pre-suit investigations through case inception, trial, and appeal. Many of Chris’s cases also involve parallel proceedings in foreign jurisdictions in Asia and Europe. Chris has served as trial counsel in multiple trials in U.S. District Courts and the International Trade Commission, and appeals at the Federal Circuit. His technological case experience includes wireless technology, computer hardware and software, semiconductor fabrication, internet content delivery, precision manufacturing methods, medical devices and equipment, and chemical engineering. · Kirkland & Ellis LLP

United StatesIntellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation

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Chris Lawless is a partner in Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Intellectual Property Group, focusing on litigation and trials involving patent, trade secret, copyright, trademark, and unfair competition claims. He advises clients on intellectual property strategy and has extensive experience leading large case teams through complex litigation, including trials and appeals. His technological case experience includes wireless technology, computer hardware and software, semiconductor fabrication, internet content delivery, precision manufacturing methods, medical devices and equipment, and chemical engineering.

Practice areas

Intellectual Property LitigationPatent LitigationTrade Secret LitigationCopyright LitigationTrademark LitigationUnfair Competition LitigationIntellectual Property Strategy

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United States

Kirkland & Ellis LLP · Chris Lawless is a partner in Kirkland’s Intellectual Property Group, focusing on litigation and trials involving patent, trade secret, copyright, trademark, and unfair competition claims. Chris also broadly advises clients on intellectual property strategy. Chris has substantial experience leading large case teams with billions of dollars in alleged damages through all phases of complex litigation, from pre-suit investigations through case inception, trial, and appeal. Many of Chris’s cases also involve parallel proceedings in foreign jurisdictions in Asia and Europe. Chris has served as trial counsel in multiple trials in U.S. District Courts and the International Trade Commission, and appeals at the Federal Circuit. His technological case experience includes wireless technology, computer hardware and software, semiconductor fabrication, internet content delivery, precision manufacturing methods, medical devices and equipment, and chemical engineering.

United States

Expertise

Patent LitigationTrade Secret LitigationCopyright LitigationTrademark LitigationUnfair Competition LitigationIntellectual Property StrategyTrial PracticeAppellate PracticeInternational Trade CommissionWireless TechnologyComputer Hardware and SoftwareSemiconductor FabricationInternet Content DeliveryPrecision Manufacturing MethodsMedical Devices and EquipmentChemical Engineering

Education

Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, J.D., 2008
University of Michigan, B.S.E., Industrial Engineering, 2004
United States Air Force Academy, 1999