Christopher Hutter, Partner

Christopher Hutter is a partner in the Patent Counseling & Prosecution practice group and is a member of the Litigation department. He joined the Firm in 2000 and is resident in the Reston, VA office.

Mr. Hutter's practice focuses on intellectual property, with a particular emphasis on patent counseling, procurement, licensing and litigation. His electrical practice focuses on a large number of technological fields including wireless communications, fiber optic communications, lasers, semiconductor devices, computer software and the Internet. His mechanical practice focuses on a wide variety of consumer products and medical devices.

Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Hutter was an associate at Kenyon & Kenyon. Previously, he supported the Department of Defense as a research engineer at the IIT Research Institute (now Alion Science and Technology) developing engineering capabilities to evaluate the performance and vulnerabilities of electro-optic systems.

Mr. Hutter received a J. D., cum laude, from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1996. While at Georgetown, he was a Law Fellow for the Legal Research and Writing Program. He received a M.A. in Liberal Arts from St. John's College in Annapolis, MD in 1994. He also received a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University in 1992, and a B.S.E.E. from the University of Maryland College Park in 1989.

Mr. Hutter is a member of the Virginia, Maryland and District of Columbia Bars, and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Hutter is a member of the Board of Visitors for the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland College Park.  He is also a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.

Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center
    JD, 1996, cum laude
  • St. John's College
    MA Liberal Arts, 1994
  • Johns Hopkins University
    MS Electrical Engineering, 1992
  • University of Maryland, College Park
    BS Electrical Engineering, 1989

Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • Maryland
  • Registered to practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)
  • Virginia

Memberships

  • American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc.

Professional Affiliations

  • Board of Visitors, A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland College Park
Reston
One Freedom Square
Reston Town Center
11951 Freedom Drive
Reston, Virginia 20190-5656

Phone: +1 703 456 8506
Fax: +1 703 456 8100
chutter@cooley.com
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