Faculty Profile: Kevin Christopher

Kevin ChristopherRockridge Law
Previous Courses Taught (12)
  • Intellectual Property Law 2021: Great Scott! Conflicting Local Patent Rules in the Wake of TC Heartland and How They Impact Patent Litigation Strategies
  • Intro to IP 2020: IP Licensing 101
  • Intellectual Property Law 2020: How Open Source Software is Invading Proprietary Platforms, for Better or Worse
  • Intellectual Property Law Forum 2021: Taking IP Law Back to the Future (Day 1 ONLY Registration)
  • Intellectual Property Law Forum 2021: Taking IP Law Back to the Future (Full 2-Day Registration)
  • Intellectual Property Law Forum: IP 101
  • Intellectual Property Law Forum 2020: 2-Day, Full Program Registration
  • Intellectual Property Law Forum 2020: Day 1 Registration
  • Court Square Cookeville 2019
  • Intellectual Property: Vile Trademarks and How to Protect Software using IP
  • Intellectual Property 2018: CLE Bytes
  • Court Square Series 2017 in Chattanooga
Biography

Kevin Christopher is the founder and principal of Rockridge®, and is widely recognized for his work at the nexus of innovation + impact in venture ecosystems. Kevin's daily work includes helping promising startups raise funds and secure intellectual property protection, providing due diligence to investors, acting as outside corporate counsel to impactful firms, and litigating complex patent and trademark suits. Kevin uniquely offers experiences as an entrepreneur, operator, director, investor, and litigator to best counsel firms at all stages of their existence.

Kevin Christopher is founder and principal of Rockridge Venture Law®, one of the only B Corp law firms in the U.S. and a Real Leaders Top 150 Impact Company. Kevin is also co-founder of Calliope Bio, an innovative synthetic biology company out of Yale, and QUANTiSCOPE, a microscopic AI company launched out of Harvard/MIT.

Prior to founding Rockridge®, Kevin led biotech commercialization activities at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Livermore Lab. Kevin is a Berkeley Form + Fund Fellow (startups), NIH RADx Faculty (technology), and Yale 2050 Fellow (sustainability). He’s been featured by B the Change, Forbes, the Los Angeles Times, Sustainable Brands Magazine, and many other media outlets for his work in impact + innovation. Kevin is a registered patent attorney and impact investor, and his practice areas include: corporate law and governance, data privacy, government contracts, intellectual property, startups, technology, and venture capital.