Christopher M. Neumeyer

assists companies doing business in Asia with diverse legal and business matters, often involving intellectual property, commercial and corporate transactions, dispute resolution and regulatory compliance. Prior to joining Duane Morris, he practiced with law firms in the U.S. and Taiwan and served as in-house counsel for Texas Instruments for the Asia Pacific Region and Legal Director at Lite-On Technology Corporation. Mr. Neumeyer has experience with complex contract negotiations; mergers, acquisitions and investments; antitrust and competition; patent licensing and litigation. He has lived in Taiwan since 2000.

Mr. Neumeyer is a 1990 graduate of the University of Oregon School of law and is licensed to practice in the State of California, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and Taiwan as a registered foreign attorney.

Experience

•Duane Morris LLP
- Special Counsel, 2016-present
•Asia Law Foreign Legal Affairs Law Firm
- Managing Partner, 2012-2016
•Lite-On Technology Corporation
- Director of Legal Department, 2005-2012
•Shay & Partners
- Foreign Attorney, 2002-2005
•Texas Instruments
- Counsel for Asia-Pacific Region, 2001-2002
•Lee & Li
- Foreign Attorney, 2000-2001

Publications

Selected Publications

• Taiwan's Technology Secrets Come Under Assault, The Wall Street Journal, July 2018

• Using Trademarks to Enhance Revenue Streams, Taiwan Business TOPICS, April 2018

•Avoid the Tax Shock in Licensing Agreements, Managing Intellectual Property, February 2017

•Taiwan Business Collusion Said To Endure Three Years After AUO's $500M Price-Fixing Fine, Forbes, July 2015

•Maximizing Royalties Through Strategic Licensing Audits, The Licensing Journal, January 2015

•How China's Ripping Off Our Iconic Designs and Flogging Them for a Fraction of the Price, Daily Mail, December 2014

•When is Foreign Patent Licensing Subject to US Antitrust Law? The Licensing Journal, August 2014
•Best Practices for Licensing Patents to Companies in China, The Licensing Journal, May 2014
•Trade Secrets and Employee Mobility in the US and Asia, IP Watchdog, October 2013
•Ten Tips for Outbound Technology Licensing, The Licensing Journal, August 2013
•Think Patent Arbitration Can't Work? Think Again, IP Watchdog, June 2013
•Design Patents in China, IP Watchdog, May 2013
•China's Great Leap Forward in Patents, IP Watchdog, April 2013
•Should Ongoing Royalties be Enhanced for Bad Attitude? IP Watchdog, March 2013
•Managing Costs of Patent Litigation, IP Watchdog, February 2013
•Ten Tips for NDAs in Asia, Association of Corporate Counsel, November 2012
•Defending Patents Abroad, California Lawyer, February 2011
•Responding to Patent Licensing Demands, ACC Docket, October 2009
•Taiwan's Pension System Makes Giant Strides, Asian Counsel, April 2005
•Taiwan's Government Struggles to Privatize, International Law Office, November 2004
•FTC Rejects Do-Not-Spam Registry, Journal of Internet Law, November 2004
•Establishing an IP Protection Program in Taiwan, Asian IP, October 2003
•Amendments to Law on Hackers, Viruses and Spam, International Law Office, September 2003
•Taiwan Passes Copyright Law Amendment, International Law Office, August 2003
•Copyright Protection in Taiwan, Asian IP, May 2003
•Made in Taiwan, Patent World, May 2003
•Privatization of ChungHwa Telecom Moves Slowly, International Law Office, April 2003
•Reform of National Regulatory Authority Proposed, International Law Office, March 2003
•Taiwan Introduces Broadcasting Reforms, International Law Office, February 2003
•Confusing Similarity in a Multilingual Market, Trademark World, February 2002
•Fighting MP3 Piracy in Taiwan, International Technology Law Review, September 2001
•Optical Media Piracy in Taiwan, World IP Report, July 2001

Speaking Engagements

Selected Speaking Engagements

•Speaker, Strategies for Fast and Effective Debt Collection in Taiwan, Mainland China and the United States, Duane Morris & Selvam, Taiwan, August 16, 2019

•Speaker, Use of Data Analytics to Gain Advantage in PTAB Proceedings, LexisNexis IP Conference 2019, Seoul, May 30, 2019

•Speaker, Use of Data Analytics to Gain Advantage in PTAB Proceedings, LexisNexis IP Conference 2019, Taipei, May 28, 2019

•Speaker, Manufacturing, Investing and Doing Business in Myanmar, Duane Morris & Selvam LLP, Taipei City, Taiwan, November 7, 2017

•Speaker, Best Practices for Avoiding Antitrust Liability when Licensing Intellectual Property, Licensing Executives Society Chinese Taipei (LESCT), Taipei, Taiwan, April 7, 2017
•Speaker, Developing an Effective Antitrust Compliance Program, Seminar at Sherwood Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan, October 14, 2015
•Lecturer, Basic Legal Principles, National Taipei University of Technology, Spring Semester 2015
•Speaker, Developing an Effective Antitrust Compliance Program, Seminar at Soochow University Law School, Taipei, Taiwan, January 23, 2015
•Corporate Trainer, Advanced Negotiation Skills, Dubai, UAE, February 24 and 25, 2013
•Corporate Trainer, Advanced Negotiation Skills, Singapore, April 4 and 5, 2013
•Speaker, Best Practices for Protecting Trade Secrets, seminar at German Trade Office, Taipei, Taiwan, November 30, 2012
•Corporate Trainer, Advanced Negotiation Skills, Bangkok, Thailand, September 27 and 28, 2012
•Speaker, Best Practices for Defending Patent Licensing Demands, IP Law Asia Summit, Marina Bay Sands Hotel, Singapore, May 20, 2012
•Panelist, Best Practices for Building, Managing & Exploiting Your IP Portfolio, Asia IP Exchange Counsel seminar, Sheraton Hotel, Hsinchu, Taiwan, September 22, 2011
•Speaker, Best Practices for Responding to Licensing Demands, Grand Hyatt, Taipei, Taiwan, April 2010
•Speaker, Encouraging Foreign Investment in Taiwan, Seminar sponsored by Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taipei, Taiwan, August 2004