Dr. Christian Hurt

Biography

Christian J. Hurt is an Adjunct Professor at Texas Law University, specializing in intellectual property and patent law. He has a JD and a BS from the University of Texas at Austin. Since 2019, Hurt has taught Patent Litigation while maintaining a full-time litigation practice. His work primarily involves patent trials in federal court and appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He also handles adversarial proceedings before the Patent & Trademark Office. Hurt's scholarship focuses specifically on patent law, and he has prior experience as a law clerk for federal judges and served as a court-appointed technical advisor. Additionally, he has worked on various technology-related cases, including patent infringement trials and appeals, and has experience in antitrust jury trials. He also has a significant background in serving as trial counsel on cases involving antitrust claims, contract claims, legal malpractice, personal injury, and issues pertaining to the Anti-Terrorism Act. Besides representing private clients, he has tried fifteen jury trials as a volunteer prosecutor for the City of Houston.

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