Ching-Lee Fukuda

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CHING-LEE FUKUDA is a reputable lead trial counsel with 26 years of experience in patent and trade secret litigation. She is the head of Sidley’s IP Litigation practice in New York and a member of the firm’s Global Life Sciences Leadership Council.

Ching-Lee has led teams to significant victories in federal courts, the ITC, the PTAB, the Federal Circuit, and in arbitration, focusing on medtech, medical devices, electronics, software, and chemicals. Her successes include numerous jury and bench trial wins, as well as wins during preliminary injunction and on appeal. She also has led and/or participated in about 100 PTAB proceedings on behalf of petitioners and patent owners. She was twice shortlisted for “Litigator of the Year–New York” by Managing IP (2021 and 2023), and twice awarded “Post-Grant Proceedings Attorney of the Year” by LMG Life Sciences (2020 and 2021). Four of her cases have been awarded “Impact Case of the Year” by LMG Life Sciences.

She also is a regular speaker at conferences and seminars and is widely quoted and published in media, particularly regarding medical device and medtech litigation, trade secret litigation, jury trials, §101 patent eligibility, and DEI issues. She has been a member of Law360’s Intellectual Property Editorial Advisory Board, a member of ACI’s Advisory Board for Women Leaders in IP Law, and co-chair of the Intellectual Property Committee for the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association. In 2023, she became a founding member of Lead Counsel Summit, a non-profit organization that trains and supports women IP litigators who are on the cusp of serving as lead counsel, to help them master the courtroom, clients, and team skills needed to move from second-chair to first-chair roles.