Colleen Chien is an Assistant Professor of Law at Santa Clara Law. She teaches and researches in the areas of patent law and international intellectual property law, with an emphasis on empirical research and access to technology issues. Her recent publications include in-depth empirical studies of patent litigation & NPEs and litigation at the International Trade Commission. She frequently speaks at national conferences on patent law and policy issues.
 
Prior to Professor Chien's academic appointment, she prosecuted patents at Fenwick & West LLP in San Francisco, California, where she remains Special Counsel, and was a Fellow at the Center for Law and the Biosciences at Stanford Law School. She worked as an investigative journalist at the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism as a Fulbright Scholar.

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