Christopher S. Kroon
Associate
Duane Morris LLP
Suite 500
470 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, MA 02210-2243
USA
Phone: +1 857 488 4276
Fax: +1 857 401 3008
Email:
CSKroon@duanemorris.com
Christopher S. Kroon practices in the area of intellectual property litigation and has experience in patent and trademark prosecution. Mr. Kroon's litigation experience includes technologies ranging from orthopedic implants and recombinant proteins to fluorescent lighting, epidermal scanners and PVC piping. He is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and has prosecuted patent and trademark applications relating to medical devices, including stents, catheters and other transvascular devices, as well as recombinant proteins and hormone detection kits. Prior to entering law school, Mr. Kroon worked as a research scientist in the vascular surgery department at Boston Medical Center.
In addition to litigation and prosecution matters, Mr. Kroon also handles a wide range of transactional matters relating to intellectual property including infringement and validity opinions, patent licenses, confidentiality agreements and due diligence.
Admitted to practice in Massachusetts, he is a member of the Massachusetts and Boston Bar Associations, the American Bar Association and the American Intellectual Property Law Association. Mr. Kroon is a 2004 magna cum laude graduate of the Franklin Pierce Law Center, where he was an editor of the Franklin Pierce Law Review, and a summa cum laude graduate of the University of New Hampshire. Mr. Kroon also studied at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.
Areas of Practice
- Intellectual Property and Litigation
Representative Matters
- Currently part of a team of lawyers representing a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company in a multibillion-dollar patent and antitrust litigation arising out of technology relating to the pharmaceutical application of recombinant proteins.
- Part of a defense team for one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of lighting products in the United States. Representation involves several matters dealing with both design and utility patents concerning fluorescent and halogen light bulbs.
- Helped obtain a very favorable claim interpretation with respect to a patent asserted in one of client's key technology fields.
- Successfully opposed summary judgment on behalf of a small independent inventor against a Fortune 200 pharmaceutical company in a landmark decision relating to correction of patent inventorship.
Professional Activities
- American Bar Association
- Massachusetts State Bar Association
- Boston Bar Association
- American Intellectual Property Bar Association
Admissions
- Massachusetts
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Education
- Franklin Pierce Law Center, J.D., magna cum laude, 2004
Editor, Franklin Pierce Law Review - University of New Hampshire, B.S., summa cum laude, 1999
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Associate, 2005-present - Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault LLP
- Associate, 2004-2005
- Summer Associate, 2003 - Boston Medical Center
- Scientist, Vascular Surgery Department, 1999-2001 - University of New Hampshire
- Cancer Research Assistant, 1998-1999
Selected Publications
- "New Terrain," a legal analysis of the impact of the Supreme Court's decision in eBay Inc., et al. v. MercExchange LLC, 8-K Magazine, Fall 2006
- "Trade Secrets: A Concealed Weapon?" Spirit Airline's Skylights Magazine, January/February 2007
