Christopher V Carani

Partner, McAndrews, Held & Malloy Ltd

Christopher V Carani is a partner at McAndrews Held & Malloy Ltd. He practises in all areas of IP law, including patents, designs, trademarks and copyrights. He has significant experience leading litigations and managing global IP portfolios. He is a well-recognised authority in the field of design law, having published and lectured extensively on the topic. He is the editor of Design Rights: Functionality and Scope of Protection (Wolters Kluwer NV, 2017), chair of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property Design Rights Committee and an adjunct professor of IP law at Northwestern University School of Law. He earned a JD from the University of Chicago Law School and a BS in engineering from Marquette University.