Chun M. Ng
- Seattle
- Taipei
Notice
Before proceeding, please note: If you are not a current client of Perkins Coie, please do not include any information in this e-mail that you or someone else considers to be of a confidential or secret nature. Perkins Coie has no duty to keep confidential any of the information you provide. Neither the transmission nor receipt of your information is considered a request for legal advice, securing or retaining a lawyer. An attorney-client relationship with Perkins Coie or any lawyer at Perkins Coie is not established until and unless Perkins Coie agrees to such a relationship as memorialized in a separate writing.
Working in both the United States and Asia, Chun supports the world's leading innovators.
Chun Ng provides strategic intellectual property (IP) counseling, patent diligence and enforcement, and litigation support to international technology companies, including DJI, HTC Corporation, Mindray Medical International, Monolithic Power Systems Inc., Synology Inc., and Microsoft Corporation. For these companies and others, he handles IP matters and manages adversarial proceedings around the world, particularly in Asia. Chun works regularly in areas including wireless protocols (UMTS, 802.11, LTE), analog and digital circuit design, semiconductors, uncrewed vehicles, and biomedical devices.
Chun has managed numerous inter partes proceedings in the U.S. Patent Office (USPTO) and has briefed and argued appeals before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. When necessary, he coordinates these proceedings with parallel pending patent litigation, developing a hybrid practice in patent litigation, contentious USPTO proceedings, patent licensing, and patent prosecution.
A leader in the firm, Chun served as firmwide chair of the IP practice, Executive Committee member, and Taiwan office managing partner.
Areas of focus
Education & Credentials
Education
- University of Washington School of Law, J.D., 1991
- University of Washington, B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1988
Bar and Court Admissions
-
Washington
-
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Related Employment
- Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP, Seattle, WA, Office Managing Partner, 1999-2002; Firmwide Management Committee, 2001-2002
- Christensen O’Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC, Seattle, WA, Associate, 1991-1997; Partner, 1998-1999
Professional Recognition
Named IAM Global Leader, 2020-2024
Listed in “IAM Strategy 300 - The World’s Leading IP Strategists,” 2018-2019
Recommended in Intellectual Asset Management Patent 1000, 2015-2024; National: Post-Grant, 2018-2024
Listed in Super Lawyers Magazine, “Washington’s Super Lawyers,” 2003, 2005-2019
Named Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year" for Patent Law, 2016
Listed in Best Lawyers in America: Litigation - Patent; Patent Law, 2010-2025
Listed as a Recognized Practitioner by Chambers USA, Washington: Intellectual Property, 2016
Selected for Puget Sound Business Journal, “40 Under 40,” 1999
Impact
Professional Leadership
- University of Washington, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Board of Advisors
- Washington State Bar Association
- Asian Bar Association of Washington, President, 1998
- Asian Bar Association of Washington, Board Member, 1995-1998
- University of Washington, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Board of Advisors
Community Involvement
- Kin On Health Care Center, Board of Directors