Katherine Chen focuses her practice on patent litigation, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, data privacy, transactions, and licensing. She leverages her background and education in genetics and biology to assist clients in meeting their goals.
Katherine has assisted clients with patent litigation and transactions for medical devices, pharmaceuticals, investments, and telecommunications technologies. Katherine is a resourceful researcher and has experience with all stages of litigation and mediation.
She is an author for the firm’s award-winning “Inventor Spotlight,” which highlights inventors who have impacted our society due to their innovations. Katherine also writes regularly on the firm’s ANDA Litigation blog about technology and cases relevant to ANDA litigation.
Katherine has also published her work in scientific journals, such as Development, Genetics, PLoS ONE, and Nature Communications.
When not working, Katherine enjoys painting, cooking, and making stained glass.
University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN, JD
Diversity Scholarship Recipient, Carlson Caspers
Dean’s List, University of Minnesota Law School
Law Council, Asian Pacific American Law Student Association, Privacy, Cybersecurity and Technology Law Association
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, BS Genetics, Cell Biology and Development; Minor: Art
Dean’s List, University of Minnesota, College of Biological Sciences
Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation (Finalist), Society for Developmental Biology
GCD Department, Teaching Assistant; GCD Department, Undergraduate Research Assistant; Resident Life, Community Advisor
Minnesota Supreme Court
District of Minnesota
Federal Circuit
Qualified Neutral with the Conflict Resolution Center Judicial Extern to the Honorable Eric C. Tostrud
Languages
English, Mandarin Chinese
Articles and Presentations
Katherine contributes articles for the firm’s award-winning “Inventor Spotlight,” which runs monthly on the firm’s website.
“June—Celebrating PRIDE Month—American Inventors and Scientists, Lynn Ann Conway,” INVENTOR SPOTLIGHT, Carlson Caspers, June 1, 2022.
Katherine also writes regularly on the firm’s ANDA blog about technology and cases relevant to ANDA litigation.
“Federal Circuit Upholds PTAB’s Rule Against Incorporation and Rejects Expert Testimony,” ANDA Litigation Blog, Carlson Caspers, July 12, 2021.
Katherine publishes articles in scientific journals.
“Sall genes regulate hindlimb initiation in mouse embryos” Genetics, Feb 23, 2024
“Sall4 regulates posterior trunk mesoderm development by promoting mesodermal gene expression and chromatin accessibility that promotes WNT signaling and represses neural genes within the mesoderm” Development, Feb 12, 2024
“Sall4 Restricts Glycolytic Metabolism in Limb Buds through Transcriptional Regulation of Glycolytic Enzyme Genes” PLOS One, June 8, 2023
“Etv2 regulates enhancer chromatin status to initiate Shh expression in the limb bud” Nature Communications, Jul 21, 2022
“Normal embryonic development and neonatal digit regeneration in mice overexpressing a stem cell factor, Sall4” PLoS ONE, Apr 28, 2022
“Development of the Proximal-Anterior Skeletal Elements in the Mouse Hindlimb Is Regulated by a Transcriptional and Signaling Network Controlled by Sall4” Genetics, May 1, 2020
“Sall4 regulates neuromesodermal progenitors and their descendants during body elongation in mouse embryos” Development, June 18, 2019
2022 Diversity and Inclusion Honoree, Carlson Caspers “Inventor Spotlight” Author, Minnesota Lawyer, October 6, 2022.
Most Outstanding Contribution, University of Minnesota Law, April 2022
President’s Student Leadership and Service Award, University of Minnesota Law, April 2022 Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation Finalist, Society for Developmental Biology, July 2017
