Christopher A. Hughes

Background

Hughes, Christopher A. was born on October 7, 1948 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States.

Education

New York University (Bachelor of Science, cum laude, 1970. Juris Doctor, 1973).

Career

Worked at Morgan & Finnegan, Limited liability partnership (New York, New York) specializing in Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Unfair Competition, Licensing and Related Antitrust, Trade Regulation, Environmental and Food and Drug Law. International Trade Law. Trials and Appeals. Arbitration.

Admitted to the bar, 1974, New York and United States.

District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York 1975, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

1979-1982, United States. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

1981, United States. Supreme Court.

1982, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Registered to practice before United States.

Patent and Trademark Office.

Tau Beta Pi. Sigma Gamma Tau. Member, Moot Court Executive Board. Recipient, Donald Brown Fellowship in Patent Law.

Adjunct Instructor, New York Law School, 1980-1982.

Company-Author: "Patent Law," Annual Survey of American Law, Spring, 1973. "Antidote Foreign Disclosure of Trade Secrets," Patent World, March, 1992.

"Contributory and Inducement of Infringement," Patent World, July/August, 1992. Lecturer, United States.

Trade Secret Law, American Chamber of Commerce in of Korea, 1990 and Licensing Executives Society in Japan, 1990.

Member: New York State and American Bar Associations. American Intellectual Property Law Association. New York Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Association.

Licensing Executives Society (United States of America).

Intellectual Property Owners, Incorporated. Morgan & Finnegan is a firm of over 90 attorneys dedicated to serving clients in the field of intellectual property and related matters such as antitrust, unfair trade and trade secrets.

Its domestic and international practice in patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and unfair competition ranges from procurement and registration proceedings, through counseling and licensing, to jury and bench trials and appellate work, including matters before the International Trade Commission.

Achievements

• Christopher A. Hughes has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member, Moot Court Executive Board. Recipient, Donald Brown Fellowship in Patent Law. Adjunct Instructor, New York Law School, 1980-1982.