Kris Teng

Education

J.D., The University of Texas School of Law, summa cum laude, Order of the Coif

B.S., Cornell University, Biological Sciences (Concentration: Genetics & Development)

Admissions

Texas, New Jersey, and Minnesota State Bars

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Various federal district courts

Practice

Kris Teng has litigated every phase of a case, from patent acquisitions to filing, inter partes review, discovery, claim construction, settlement discussions, summary judgment, trial, and appeal. His business acumen, honed through years of management experience, ensures that litigation activities align with his clients’ broader business objectives within their respective industries. In addition, his breadth of technical experience permits him to effectively litigate patents across a wide range of technologies, including semiconductors, telecommunications, networking, financial and data encryption, HVAC systems, and in vitro fertilization.

Kris graduated summa cum laude, Order of the Coif, from The University of Texas School of Law, where he was named Grand Chancellor for ranking at the top of his class. He served as an editor for the Texas Law Review and on the U.S. Supreme Court Clinic, where he assisted the Steinbeck family in a copyright dispute by drafting a cert petition. He also served as a research assistant for law and economics/finance professors Bernard Black, Matthew Spitzer, and Mira Ganor. Mr. Teng received his Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences, with a concentration in Genetics and Development, from Cornell University. There, he also served as Chief Financial Officer for two groups of entrepreneurs seeking funding for their business plans.

Kris joined Bayes PLLC from the in-house litigation department of Midea, a Chinese Fortune 500 Company. Before that, he worked as an associate for Robins Kaplan LLP, winner of The American Lawyer’s inaugural “IP Litigation Department of the Year”; as an associate for a Houston-based patent-litigation boutique; and as a law clerk for a federal judge. Before law school, Mr. Teng worked as a manager for a multinational consumer-electronics company based in Shanghai and on cancer-treatment software for a medical-IT company.
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Practice Areas

Patent Office Practice

Patent Drafting

Inter Partes Reviews

Reexaminations

Appeals to the PTAB

Patent Litigation​

District Court Litigation

ITC Section 337 Investigation

Appeals

Pre-litigation Diligence

Settlement Negotiation

Other Practices​

Trademark and Copyright Litigation

IP Licensing and Transactions

Strategic Patent Planning

Legal Opinions and Counseling

Due Diligence

Representative Experience

Ultravision Technologies, LLC v. GoVision, LLC, 2:18-cv-100 (E.D. Tex.) (consolidated lead case)

Involving patents on LED display panels

Certain Rotating 3-D LiDAR Devices, Components Thereof, and Sensing Systems Containing the Same, 337-TA-1173 (ITC)

Involving patents on rotary laser radar (LiDAR) devices

INVT SPE, LLC v. Apple, Inc., No. 2:17-cv-03738 (D.N.J.)

INVT SPE, LLC v. HTC Corp., 337-TA-1138 (ITC)

Involving standards-essential patents on cellular modems

Hsin-Chi Su a/k/a Nobu Su v. Mega Int’l Commercial Bank Co., Ltd., No. 14-2166 (S.D. Tex.)

In re TMT Procurement Corporation, No. 13-33763 (Bankr. S.D. Tex.)

Wilmington Trust, N.A. v. Hsin-Chi Su a/k/a Nobu Su, No. 14-17-00382-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2018)

Involving Chinese, Japanese, and Korean patents on shipbuilding

Arctic Cat, Inc. v. Polaris Industries, Inc., Nos. 16-cv-0008, -0009, -0010 (D. Minn.)

Polaris Industries, Inc. and/or GEP Power Products, Inc. v. Arctic Cat, Inc., PTAB IPR2016-01385, IPR2016-01388, IPR2016-01713, IPR2016-01917

Involving patents on construction of all-terrain vehicles

Execware LLC v. AT&T Inc., No. 14-cv-00229 (D. Del.)

Involving patent on user-interface design

Guardian Media Technologies, Ltd. v. Microsoft Corporation, No. 6:13-cv-00482 (E.D. Tex.)

Involving patents on parental controls for televisions and optical-disc players

Semiconductor Ideas to the Market B.V. v. Texas Instruments Inc., No. 1:11-cv-451 (E.D. Tex.)

Involving patents on semiconductors

*Practice under the supervision of Virginia admitted attorneys.