Intellectual Property
North Carolina
1 year ranked
Provided by Alston & Bird LLP
Chris is a proven leader for all aspects of clients’ pre-grant and post-grant proceedings. He provides strategic patent preparation and prosecution as well as touts extensive post-grant experience.
Ranked in the top 1% of active post-grant practitioners nationwide, Chris Douglas’s post-grant practice spans a wide range of technologies and includes inter partes review, post-grant review, and ex parte reexamination proceedings. Chris also oversees pre-grant patent preparation and prosecution, managing patent portfolios to maximize monetization opportunities and support downstream litigation. Clients value his strategic expertise in positioning patent portfolios in both pre-grant and post-grant processes.
Co-leader, firm’s Patents Group; Co-chair, firm’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board Team.
USPTO Post-Grant Trials Handbook.
Provided by Chambers
Christopher Douglas co-leads the firm's patent prosecution group and is cochair of the firm's PTAB practice. He has strong experience in patent prosecution and strategy in the high-tech space.
Provided by Chambers
Christopher provides a good level of services and is very flexible.
Christopher is a very impressive attorney who is a pleasure to work with.
Christopher consistently delivers exceptional client service, combining deep technical sophistication with strong commercial acumen.
Christopher takes the time to understand the business impact of each decision and formulates a flawless strategy to achieve maximum results.
Christopher is highly knowledgeable, responsive and easy to work with. He combines deep technical understanding with clear, practical legal advice.
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