Chun Ng
Chun Ng

Chun Ng

Partner

Seattle | Taipei

206.359.6488
chun.ng@ashurstperkins.com

Introduction

Working in both the United States and Asia, Chun supports the world's leading innovators.

Chun M. Ng provides strategic IP counseling, patent diligence and enforcement, and litigation support to international technology companies, including Intel, Mindray Medical International, Monolithic Power Systems Inc., and Synology Inc.. He handles IP matters and manages adversarial proceedings around the world, particularly in Asia. Chun works regularly in areas including wireless protocols , as well as analog and digital circuit design, and semiconductor processing and packaging.. 

Chun has managed numerous inter partes proceedings in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and has briefed and argued appeals before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. When necessary, he coordinates these proceedings with parallel pending patent litigation, developing a hybrid practice in patent litigation, contentious USPTO proceedings, patent licensing, and patent prosecution. 

A leader in Ashurst Perkins Coie, Chun has served as firmwide chair of the IP practice, a member of the Executive Committee, and Taiwan office managing partner. 

Education & credentials

  • University of Washington School of Law, J.D., 1991
  • University of Washington, B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1988
  • Washington
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP, Seattle, WA, Office Managing Partner, 1999-2002; Firmwide Management Committee, 2001-2002
  • Christensen O’Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC, Seattle, WA, Associate, 1991-1997; Partner, 1998-1999

Professional recognition

  • Named IAM Global Leader, 2020-2024

  • Listed in “IAM Strategy 300 - The World’s Leading IP Strategists,” 2018-2019

  • Recommended in Intellectual Asset Management Patent 1000, 2015-2025; National: Post-Grant, 2018-2025

  • Listed in Super Lawyers Magazine, “Washington’s Super Lawyers,” 2003, 2005-2019

  • Named Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year" for Patent Law, 2016

  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America: Litigation - Patent; Patent Law, 2010-2026

  • Listed as a Recognized Practitioner by Chambers USA, Washington: Intellectual Property, 2016

  • Selected for Puget Sound Business Journal, “40 Under 40,” 1999

Impact

  • University of Washington, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Board of Advisors
  • Washington State Bar Association
  • Asian Bar Association of Washington, President, 1998
  • Asian Bar Association of Washington, Board Member, 1995-1998
  • University of Washington, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Board of Advisors
  • Kin On Health Care Center, Board of Directors
RealNetworks Inc. v. Streambox Inc.

Represented client in Digital Millennium Copyright Act, copyright infringement and trademark infringement case.

HTC Corporation - Patent

Representing HTC Corporation in various diligence, third-party patent opinion and analysis, patent prosecution, and related activities.

Kilopass Technology Inc. - Patent

Representing Kilopass Technology in various diligence, third-party patent opinion and analysis, patent prosecution, and related activities.

Microsoft Corporation - Patent

Representing Microsoft Corporation in various diligence, third-party patent opinion and analysis, patent prosecution and strategic planning for patent portfolios.

Monolithic Power Systems Inc. - Patent Counsel

Represented Monolithic Power Systems in its initial public offering as intellectual property counsel.

OmniVision Technologies Inc. - Patent Counsel

Represented OmniVision Technologies in its initial public offering as intellectual property counsel.

Spreadtrum Communications Inc. - Patent

Representing Spreadtrum Communications in various diligence, third-party patent opinion and analysis, patent prosecution, and related activities.

Glenayre Electronics Inc. v. Polansky Electronics Ltd.

Represented defendant in patent infringement case.

In re OmniVision Technologies Inc. v. Photobit Corporation

Represented defendant in multipatent infringement case and related International Trade Commission action relating to CMOS image sensors.

In re Certain Flash Memory and Products Containing Same

Represented Synology Inc. as a respondent in investigation involving two patents relating to flash memory chips, ITC proceeding 337-TA-685.

Stragent, LLC, et al. v. Freescale Semiconductor Inc., et al.

Defended Lattice Semiconductor Corporation in patent infringement case relating to field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The patent at issue involves hardware circuits for conducting cyclic redundancy checking.

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