IP Litigator Johnny Chiu Joined Morrison & Foerster As Partner
07 September 2012
IP litigator Johnny Chiu, who frequently represents Chinaand Taiwan-based technology companies in IP litigation before the International Trade Commission and in US federal and state courts, has joined Morrison & Foerster as a partner in the firm’s Washington office. Morrison & Foerster has a significant ITC practice and this year has handled cases for Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Cypress Semiconductor, Fujitsu and Huawei Technologies, among others.
“Johnny has built a robust patent litigation practice focused on Chinese and Taiwanese technology companies, which are increasingly drawn into matters before the U.S. courts and the ITC,” said Alexander J Hadjis, cochair of the firm’s intellectual property practice group.
Chiu spends a significant amount of time in mainland China and Taiwan, where many of his clients maintain operation and manufacturing facilities. He formerly served as US chief legal officer for one of the world’s largest electronics manufacturers based in Taiwan.
“In defending against claims brought at the ITC, China-based companies are in the same place Taiwan based companies were 10 years ago and Japanese companies 20 years ago,” said Chiu. “They are coming to see the value in energetically taking on ITC claims, in partnership with skilled and knowledgeable counsel.”
