Alfonso Garcia Chan

Alfonso Garcia Chan is a trial lawyer, experienced in litigating and licensing complex intellectual property cases on behalf of IP owners as well as accused infringers. Alfonso focuses primarily on semiconductor and electronic technology-intensive matters. Alfonso maintains a very active international practice, which extends beyond the United States and encompasses Taiwan, China, Japan, Korea and Europe. Alfonso also serves an adjunct professor of law at Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law. Prior to practicing law, Alfonso was an officer in the United States Navy and nuclear propulsion engineer at Naval Reactors Headquarters.

Education

B.S., cum laude, in Materials Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1991
Graduate Certificate, Nuclear Engineering, Bettis Reactor Engineering School, 1992
M.S., in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia, 1994
J.D., magna cum laude, Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law,
Dallas, Texas, 1999

Admissions

United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Texas
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western
Districts of Texas
United States Patent and Trademark Office

Professional Achievements, Memberships, etc.

Professional Engineer, State of Texas
Professional Engineer, Commonwealth of Virginia
Recipient, Hatton W. Sumners Foundation Scholarship
Technology Editor, SMU Law Review Association
Member, Order of the Coif
Director, SMU Law Moot Court Board
Recipient, U.S. Naval ROTC Scholarship
Member and Former President, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, New York Gamma
Member, Alpha Sigma Mu Engineering Honor Society
Member, White Key Society

Affiliations

Member, American Bar Association
Member, Dallas Bar Association
Member and Former Director, Dallas Asian American Bar Association
Member, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Fellow, Dallas Bar Association Foundation
Member, Federal Circuit Bar Association
Member, Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Member, ASM International
Alumni Board Member, Nolan Catholic High School, Fort Worth, Texas

Affiliations

QS-9000 and Its Legal Implications, 64 J. Air Law & Com. 1123 (1999).
Proposed Patent Local Rules for Adoption by Texas’ Fed