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Movers & Shakers
Tony D. Chen has joined the Los Angeles office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm's Intellectual Property practice group and will be splitting his time between that office and the firm's Shanghai office. Chen most recently practiced in the Santa Monica office of Bingham McCutchen LLP.
Chen specializes in complex litigation concerning patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, unfair competition, and related matters. His practice also includes commercial litigation involving business transactions, contract disputes, and corporate affairs. Chen represents both U.S. and international clients in numerous district and California state courts, as well as at the U.S. International Trade Commission, and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and has obtained hundreds of patents for his clients. The technologies involved in his cases range from telecommunication and computer networks, computer hardware devices, software programs, and digital signal-processing algorithms and implementation to consumer electronics and home appliances, mechanical systems and automated machinery, medical and therapeutic instruments and surgical equipment, and environmental recycling and energy generation.
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