Christopher J. Pulido

Christopher J. Pulido — patent litigation summary (prepared September 11, 2026)

Focus areas. Pulido is an IP litigator at Reed Smith LLP (San Francisco) whose practice covers patent, trademark, trade secret, and copyright litigation, with patent work concentrated in software and network technology. The tracked docket is dominated by the Centripetal Networks v. Keysight Technologies dispute over network-security and packet-filtering patents (rule-based threat detection, selective decryption, traffic monitoring) litigated across the ITC, district court, the PTAB, and parallel European proceedings. Third-party case-classification data also tags him with mechanical/manufacturing, computer architecture, and communications matters, and his Law360 firm profile lists trademark/other statutory actions (e.g., Duracell U.S. Operations v. Energizer Brands, S.D.N.Y. 2025; two Ontario-related trademark suits, 2024). No standards-essential Wi-Fi or pharma work appears in tracked matters.

Side preference. Exclusively defense-side. Of five tracked appearances, all five are defendant-side (0 plaintiff), consistent with a practice built around defending operating companies — here, Keysight — rather than asserting patents for NPEs/PAEs. No plaintiff-side or patent-owner enforcement work is reflected in the tracked list.

Firm context and notable matters. All tracked appearances are at Reed Smith, where he is identified as counsel on the Keysight team. His most prominent matter is the multi-forum Centripetal Networks v. Keysight campaign: he appeared pro hac vice for Keysight/Ixia in the earlier E.D. Va. action (No. 2:17-cv-383), which was dismissed without prejudice by joint stipulation in October 2018, and again as pro hac vice counsel in the 2022 E.D. Va. case (No. 2:22-cv-2). Reed Smith's public announcement of the Keysight wins names Pulido among the firm attorneys involved; the Federal Circuit affirmed the ITC's finding of no Section 337 violation (No. 24-1416, Apr. 23, 2026) and, in a companion appeal, affirmed unpatentability of the '917 patent claims while reversing the Board's non-obviousness finding on claims 4 and 14 (Nos. 24-1406/-1473, Apr. 23, 2026). The firm reports the wider campaign produced 185 claims across eight patents held unpatentable and multiple Federal Circuit affirmances; note that the appellate opinions name Reed Smith partners Donovan, Mitchell, and Martin as counsel, not Pulido.

PTAB / IPR. He is documented as part of the Keysight litigation team whose IPR petitions (including IPR2022-01097, -01199, -01525) produced the Federal Circuit decisions above, but the available records do not show him personally arguing or signing at the PTAB; IPR experience should be characterized as team-level rather than confirmed first-chair.

Bar and education (sourced). Admitted to the California bar December 7, 2016 (State Bar No. 313142); court admission, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Santa Clara University School of Law, J.D. (cum laude, Order of the Coif, High Tech Law Certificate with Honors); University of Oregon, Lundquist College of Business, B.S. Reed Smith's bio states involvement in four trials over the past six years and "on-his-feet" experience arguing motions and examining witnesses; no independent reported trial verdicts were located.