website birth_place article_title birth_date residence employer name occupation alma_mater
-lsb- http://colleenchien.com personal website -rsb- hartford , connecticut colleen v. chien
 10 september 1973 california santa clara university school of law colleen v. chien law professor stanford , 2002 university , 1996 uc berkeley school of law
colleen v. chien

colleen v. chien is a law professor at santa clara university school of law , where she teaches patent law , international intellectual property and remedies .
from 2013 to 2015 , she served as a senior advisor for intellectual property and innovation to todd park , the u.s. chief technology officer , in the white house 's office of science and technology policy -lrb- ostp -rrb- .
she has also worked as an attorney at the silicon valley law firm fenwick & west and as an investigative journalist with the philippine center for investigative journalism as a fulbright scholar .
colleen is best known for her patent scholarship , especially her work on patent `` trolls '' or patent assertion entities -lrb- paes -rrb- .
she coined the term pae in a 2010 law review article , and many lawmakers subsequently adopted the term .
she has published empirical studies on how patent litigation impacts startups and venture capitalists , and she has been a vocal proponent of reforming the patent system .
colleen 's work has received substantial recognition .
in 2013 , `` managing intellectual property '' magazine named her one of the `` top 50 ip thought leaders in the world '' and said that her work has `` led the debate in the us patent trolls and been behind many of the recent proposals for reform . ''
in addition , in 2013 , she was awarded the inaugural eric yamamoto emerging scholar award by the board of the conference of asian pacific american law faculty -lrb- capalf -rrb- and was named a silicon valley `` woman of influence '' by the `` silicon valley business journal '' , which called her `` one of the most quotable and frequently consulted commentators on the patent system '' and said she is `` a leader in the national community of intellectual property scholars . ''
