Gang Chen, Ph.D.

Overview

Having a Ph.D. degree in physics and M.S. degrees in both electrical engineering and physics, and with extensive R&D experiences, Gang Chen litigates complex matters involving a wide variety of technologies. Gang handles a large docket of patent prosecution matters in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Gang also routinely helps clients with IP due diligence investigations and provides counseling on corporate legal issues involving technological subject matters and general IP portfolio management, transaction, and strategies.

Gang previously had extensive research/development experiences in a world-renowned industrial lab followed by several years of in-house experiences in handling intellectual property matters such as asset mining, patent assertion and licensing. Gang’s technical experiences span a variety of areas including wireless/wireline telecommunications networks, electronic/optical devices and components, semiconductors, data analytics/modeling, artificial intelligence, autonomies, quantum information processing/computation, and advanced physics and material researches.

Gang Chen uses his analytical skills and technical acumen in handling challenging and complex litigation matters involving a variety of technologies in federal courts and in International Trade Commission (e.g., Section 337 investigations), and in post-grant proceedings (such as inter parties review) in the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the USPTO. Gang is highly active in handling all phases of invention harvesting, patent drafting, and patent prosecution process on behalf of domestic and international enterprises, universities, and research institutions of all sizes.

Gang was with Brinks Gilson & Lione, which merged with Crowell & Moring in July 2021. Gang co-chaired the firm’s China task force at Brinks, working with a large number of Chinese technology companies doing business or planning to do business in the U.S. on a variety of legal matters.

Career & Education

Alcatel-Lucent
Senior Segment Manager, Intellectual Property Business Group, 2009 – 2015

Bell Labs
Principle Researcher, 2002 – 2009

University of Michigan
Graduate Researcher, 1996 – 2002
- Alcatel-Lucent
  Senior Segment Manager, Intellectual Property Business Group, 2009 – 2015
- Bell Labs
  Principle Researcher, 2002 – 2009
- University of Michigan
  Graduate Researcher, 1996 – 2002
Beijing University, B.S., Physics, 1995
University of Michigan, M.S., Electrical Engineering, 2000
University of Michigan, Ph.D., Physics, 2002
Seton Hall University, J.D., 2015
- Beijing University, B.S., Physics, 1995
- University of Michigan, M.S., Electrical Engineering, 2000
- University of Michigan, Ph.D., Physics, 2002
- Seton Hall University, J.D., 2015
Illinois
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
- Illinois
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Mandarin
- Mandarin

Gang 's Insights

Press Coverage | 03.08.24

How I Made Partner: 'Asking Questions Is Not A Weakness,' Says Gang Chen Of Crowell & Moring

Client Alert | 6 min read | 02.15.24
Federal Circuit Grapples with Not-So-Obvious Answers for Design Patent Prior Art Test
Publication | 01.10.24
Patents: A Proposed Legislative Fix for Patent Eligibility Ambiguity Could Impact Litigation Strategy
Event | 04.18.23
Technology Trends and Predictions 2023: U.S. and Global Perspective

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Representative Matters

Certain Video Processing Devices, Components Thereof, and Digital Smart Televisions Containing the Same, ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1222. Representing TCL respondents in the ITC action and corresponding district court case.
DivX, LLC v. MediaTek Inc., et al., No. 1:20-cv-01203 (D. Del. filed September 9, 2020). Representing TCL in the district court patent action.
Polaris PowerLED Technologies, LLC v. TCL Corporation et al, No. 8:20-cv-00127 (C.D. Cal. filed January 21, 2020). Represented TCL in the district court patent action and corresponding IPR proceeding.
American Patents LLC v. Hisense Co. Ltd. et al., No. 4:18-cv-00768 (E.D. Tex. filed October 26, 2018). Represented Hisense in the district court patent action.
American Patents LLC v. ZTE Corporation et al, No. 4:18-cv-00675 (E.D. Tex. filed September 24, 2018). Represented ZTE in the district court patent action.
Fractus SA v. ZTE Corporation et al., 2:17-cv-00561 (E.D. Tex., Transferred to N.D. Tex., filed September 28, 2018). Represented ZTE in the district court patent action.
Creative Technology Ltd. v. ZTE Corporation et al., 2:16-cv-00262 (E.D. Tex., filed March 24, 2016). Represented ZTE in the district court patent action.
Certain Portable Electronic Devices and Components Thereof, ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-994. Representing ZTE respondents in the ITC action.
ZTE Corporation et al. v. ConentGuard Holdings, Inc., 3:13-CV-03073 (S.D. Cal., filed December 17, 2013). Represented ZTE in the district court patent action.