Robert Christopher "Chris" Bunt

Robert Christopher "Chris" Bunt maintains a patent litigation practice primarily centered in the Eastern District of Texas, where he is frequently engaged as local counsel by national firms. He is a Principal at Parker, Bunt & Ainsworth, P.C.. His practice encompasses a broad range of civil litigation matters, including patent infringement actions.

Mr. Bunt's litigation experience includes representing plaintiffs in patent disputes. For example, he served as local counsel for plaintiff Greenthread, LLC in Greenthread, LLC v. STMicroelectronics, Inc., a case involving semiconductor devices with graded dopant regions. He was also part of the legal team that secured a $21 million patent infringement verdict for Anascape Ltd. against Nintendo of America Inc., concerning video game controllers.

While his direct appearances in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings were not explicitly found, cases he is involved in, such as Greenthread v. Monolithic Power Systems, have been subject to stays pending review by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), indicating his practice interacts with these administrative challenges. Mr. Bunt earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Texas School of Law in 1993, where he was on the Texas Law Review, and was admitted to the Texas Bar the same year. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.