Our Team
Christopher Beckman
MANAGING PARTNER
Chris is an Intellectual Property (“IP”) attorney and technology consultant listed in IAM 300: the World's Leading Intellectual Property Strategists and Super Lawyers, among other distinctions. He has over a decade of experience, starting at a leading IP firm in Manhattan, and has helped high-tech companies develop intellectual property protecting billions of dollars in revenue. His practice centers on assisting pioneering entrepreneurs of all sizes, ranging from nascent start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.
Chris has a passion for developing exciting new technology, backed by strong intellectual property rights. While over 95% of patents never generate a return, Chris has licensed and sold dozens of inventions and IP assets.
In addition to his legal practice, Chris has founded several start-up companies and is a successful inventor and intellectual property development consultant. He is a named inventor in over 100 U.S. patents and applications, several of which have been licensed to industry. Chris is also the co-founder of intellectual property consultancy ScoreIP, and its Big Data backbone, JudicialStats.com - each pioneering analytics companies that help clients build optimal intellectual property and technology development strategies.
Chris graduated with honors from the University of Connecticut School of Law, where he made Law Review and the Moot Court Board, and received several academic distinctions, including the CALI Excellence for the Future Award, in Advanced Constitutional Law. Chris clerked for a federal court and the Supreme Court of the State of Connecticut.
Chris is licensed to practice in California, New York, Connecticut and the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Katherine Kim
OF COUNSEL
Katherine is a registered patent attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. She has fourteen years of experience litigating and prosecuting patents and trademarks.
She started her career litigating pharmaceutical patents before prosecuting patents and trademarks for technology startup ventures and counseling business clients on IP portfolio strategy. She has extensive PCT and international trademark experience.
A former angel investor, she has been mentoring entrepreneurs and startup incubator members throughout her career. Before law school, she worked as a polymer chemist in pharmaceutical and biotech companies.