12730 High Bluff Drive Suite 400, San Diego, CA USA 92130
1080 Marsh Road, Menlo Park, CA USA 94025
Rich Christiansen focuses his practice on patent litigation, patent prosecution and counseling, and transactional intellectual property, and on a broad range of technologies, including electronics, medical devices, software, clean technology, and mechanical devices. Prior to joining the firm, Rich worked as an associate in the San Diego office of an IP law firm.
Before launching his legal career, Rich was involved in the development of diesel injection systems at Siemens VDO and was a design engineer at Raytheon Missile System where he participated in the development and testing of a new weapon system.
Rich is fluent in German.
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New York University School of Law, J.D. (2009)
Brigham Young University, B.S., Mechanical Engineering (2005) cum laude
California (2010)
United States Patent and Trademark Office (2012)
AIPPI, Communication and Amicus Committees, Member
SDIPLA, Member
Boy Scouts of America, Youth Leader
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