Tron Fu

Tron Fu is a patent litigation attorney with a practice focused on technically sophisticated patent disputes, including those involving semiconductors, e-commerce, software and business methods, mechanical devices, medical devices, and consumer products. His background as a former entrepreneur who founded an internet service and a software company provides him with firsthand insight into clients' business needs for IP protection and litigation strategies.

Fu's practice demonstrates experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in patent infringement actions. He recently served as counsel for Force MOS Technology Co., Ltd. in a significant plaintiff-side case, Force MOS Technology v. ASUSTek Computer, Inc. et al., which resulted in a February 2025 jury verdict finding ASUSTek Computer Inc. guilty of willful infringement of semiconductor device patents and ordering $10.5 million in damages. Concurrently, he was counsel for Force MOS Technology Co. Ltd. as a defendant in an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding, Excelliance Mos Corporation v. Force MOS Technology Co. Ltd. (IPR2025-01433), before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The Force MOS Technology v. ASUSTek litigation also involved related IPR challenges (IPR2024-00094 and IPR2024-00093) against the asserted patents, indicating his involvement in PTAB proceedings.

Fu joined Kilpatrick as a partner in April 2026. Prior to this, he was a Member at Dickinson Wright, where he focused on intellectual property and IP litigation, and was also associated with Haltom & Doan in the Force MOS Technology case.

He earned his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law in 2012 (cum laude), an M.B.A. from The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business in 2003, and a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1994. He is admitted to practice in Illinois (2012) and the District of Columbia (2013), and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, among others.