Christopher Michael Verdini

Christopher Michael Verdini is a seasoned trial lawyer at K&L Gates, focusing his practice on intellectual property litigation and counseling. His expertise spans patent, trademark, and trade secret disputes. Based on tracked appearances, Mr. Verdini primarily defends companies in patent infringement suits, particularly in the telecommunications and wireless networking sectors, as seen in his representation in matters involving "Intelligent Wireless Broadband Relay Patents," "Smart Antenna Patents," and "Network Monitoring Patents."

While his tracked appearances are primarily on the defendant side, Mr. Verdini's firm profile highlights his significant experience in securing substantial plaintiff-side verdicts. He played a lead role in obtaining a US$1.17 billion verdict for a client in a patent infringement case in 2012, which was reported as the largest in the United States that year. He also secured one of Pennsylvania's largest patent infringement verdicts in 2013. His experience includes defending a private university in litigation involving patents related to digital signal processing for computer hard drives, as well as successfully settling multi-patent infringement cases for Fortune 500 companies.

Mr. Verdini is actively involved in Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings, representing patent owners. For instance, he is listed as counsel for Massively Broadband LLC in IPR2025-01565, an inter partes review proceeding. His PTAB experience also extends to representing a major public research university in IPRs related to computer hard drive technology.

Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar on October 15, 2004, Mr. Verdini earned his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and his B.A., magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Pittsburgh.