Chong W. Pak

Dr. C. Wook Pak is a partner at Cislo & Thomas. He is experienced in all aspects of Intellectual Property procurement and enforcement, including the preparation and filing of U.S. and International patent applications in a variety of technological areas, such as mechanical, consumer products, pharmaceutical, biotechnological, alternative energy, and business methods. Dr. Pak is also experienced in preparing legal opinions regarding patentability, patent validity, patent infringement, and freedom to operate, and has litigated intellectual property cases involving allegations of both patent and trademark infringement. He is admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the California Supreme Court, the Central District of California, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Dr. Pak received his BS in Biochemistry from Oregon State University in 1995, and worked as a research associate in the Department of Surgery/Oncology at UCLA. He earned his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of California, Riverside in 2003, where he investigated and published articles regarding the mechanism of resistance to NMDA receptor-mediated excitotoxicity in the rat supraoptic nucleus in vitro. Dr. Pak received his J.D. from Loyola Law School in 2006, where he received the First Honors Award in Copyright Law.

Dr. Pak continues to be an update author for CEB’s “Patents & Trade Secrets” (Chapter 2) of “Internet Law and Practice in California.” He has other publications including: “A Federal Case in a State Court” published in Los Angeles Lawyer in the November 2021 edition, and "Improving the Compact Prosecution Model Through a Count Deduction System" in the Berkeley Technology Law Journal (2016). Dr. Pak has also had a number of speaking engagements, including: • "Dispelling Inventors’ Myths and Misconceptions About Patents" at Med Tech Monday (2020) • "Dispelling Inventors’ Myths and Misconceptions About Patents" at Med Tech Marketing Summit (2019) • "Patentable Subject Matter" at Provisors Cannabis Affinity Group (2017) • "Physiology and Pharmacology of Cannabinoids" at Provisors Cannabis Affinity Group (2017) • "Halo Electronics v. Pulse Electronics – Enhanced Damages for Patent Infringement," Second Annual Supreme Court Review for Provisors Lawyers and Legal Professionals Affinity Group (2016) • "Accelerating Examination of Patent Applications" at US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship (2012)