Christopher Ricciuti

Partner

  • Christopher Ricciuti
  • Phone: +1 202 776 7832

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  • Duane Morris LLP
    901 New York Avenue N.W., Suite 700 East
    Washington, DC 20001-4795
    USA

Christopher Ricciuti practices in the area of intellectual property law with a focus on litigating high technology, mechanical, electrical and computer software patents in federal courts, along with pursuing and defending against patent validity challenges before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Ricciuti regularly practices at the confluence of district court litigation and trial proceedings at the USPTO, including inter partes review trials. He is also recognized as a thought leader and leading practitioner in post-grant proceedings, where he has been named as counsel on over 70 individual matters.

In addition to litigating cases in the federal district courts and the USPTO and handling Federal Circuit appeals, Mr. Ricciuti counsels his clients on litigation procedure strategies, litigation avoidance and the overall protection, exploitation and enforcement of their patent portfolios. Mr. Ricciuti’s experience spans a wide range of technologies including streaming media devices, consumer electronics and smartphones, cloud and distributed computing systems, communication protocols, GPS and other embedded systems, automotive technologies and automotive manufacturing processes, oilfield services and equipment, medical devices, optics, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and industrial designs..

Prior to attending law school, Mr. Ricciuti worked as a mechanical engineer for DuPont and Air Products and Chemicals.

Mr. Ricciuti is a 2011 magna cum laude graduate of Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law and a magna cum laude graduate of Drexel University.

Representative Matters

  • Won a complete non-infringement jury verdict in the first patent-jury trial before Judge Alan Albright, on behalf of Roku. Plaintiff MV3 Partners asked for more than $41 million in past damages and the jury cleared Roku of all claims that Roku TVs and Roku Players infringed U.S. Patent No. 8,863,223. MV3 Partners LLC v. Roku Inc., 6:18-cv-00308-ADA

  • Won a complete non-infringement jury verdict in Waco, Texas before Judge Alan Albright, on behalf of Roku. Plaintiff IOENGINE, LLC was backed by litigation financiers. Plaintiff had won two previous jury verdicts against other defendants (represented by other law firms), and Plaintiff sought $318 million in this trial. Instead, the jury found that Roku did not infringe any claim of any asserted patent. IOENGINE, LLC v. Roku, Inc., Case No. 6:21-cv-01296-ADA.

Admissions

  • Washington, D.C.
  • Virginia
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Education

  • Drexel University, Thomas R. Kline School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2011
  • Drexel University, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2008

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Partner, 2023-present
  • Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt LLP
    - Partner, 2020-2023
    - Associate/Senior Associate, 2011-2020

Professional Activities

  • American Bar Association

  • American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

  • PTAB Bar Association

Honors and Awards

  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2024
  • Listed as a "Notable Practitioner" in Managing Intellectual Property's IP Stars, 2023 and 2024