Tom Chia

Senior Director, Patents and Corporate Development at Via Licensing Alliance
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(386) 825-5501
Location
San Francisco, California, United States, US
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Mandarin Chinese Limited working proficiency
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Credentials

  • Registered In-House Counsel
    State Bar of California
  • Registered U.S. Patent Attorney
    USPTO
  • State Bar of Minnesota
    -
  • State Bar of Wisconsin
    State Bar of Wisconsin

Experience

  • Via Licensing Alliance
    • United States
    • Legal Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Director, Patents and Corporate Development
      • Jan 2016 - Present

      Thomas Chia is senior director of patents and corporate development at Via Licensing Corp, an independent subsidiary of US audio pioneer Dolby Laboratories. An IP strategist and attorney with broad experience in complex technology and business matters, Dr Chia has a track record of structuring IP-centric deals and collaborations to drive innovation around today’s most valuable technologies. Thomas Chia is senior director of patents and corporate development at Via Licensing Corp, an independent subsidiary of US audio pioneer Dolby Laboratories. An IP strategist and attorney with broad experience in complex technology and business matters, Dr Chia has a track record of structuring IP-centric deals and collaborations to drive innovation around today’s most valuable technologies.

  • Ovidian Group, LLC
    • United States
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director
      • Feb 2011 - Dec 2015

      Responsibilities included global patent licensing, IP counseling, patent prosecution and strategic patent acquisitions/divestitures for a publicly traded company holding over 1,200 patent assets worldwide. Ovidian (a Pendrell Corporation Company) is a global intellectual property solutions and business advisory firm that provides services to companies and investors from around the world. Pendrell invests in, acquires and develops businesses with unique technologies that are often protected by intellectual property rights and that present the opportunity to address large, global markets. Show less

  • Baker Botts
    • United States
    • Law Practice
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Law Clerk
      • May 2011 - Aug 2011

      Summer Clerkship: Patent prosecution, technology transaction, and patent litigation practice at the Palo Alto, CA office. Summer Clerkship: Patent prosecution, technology transaction, and patent litigation practice at the Palo Alto, CA office.

  • Yale University
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Post-doctoral Researcher
      • May 2010 - Aug 2010

      Department of Biomedical Engineering. Research areas: Image/signal processing, micro-optical systems, laser-scanning microscopy, and neuroengineering.

    • Patent Agent
      • Jan 2009 - Aug 2010

      Patent prosecution, technology transfer, technology licensing agreements.

    • Doctoral Researcher
      • Aug 2005 - May 2010

Education

  • University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
    J.D., Law
  • Yale University
    PhD, Engineering
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
    B.S., Biomedical Engineering
  • Century High School

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