Steve specializes in complex intellectual property litigation, licensing and counseling for clients in a wide range of areas. He has litigated patent infringement, trade secret, copyright and trademark/unfair competition matters spanning a variety of technologies and industries.
A member of the firm’s Executive Board, Steve is also Co-chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Department.
Steve has extensive experience at both the trial and appellate level litigating complex patent infringement and other intellectual property issues. His experience includes litigation and counseling involving pharmaceuticals, semiconductor processing, high brightness LEDs, semiconductor lasers, jet engine and aircraft related parts and systems, rare-earth magnets, receivers and transmission devices, solar cells, computer hard disk drives and brushless DC motors, computer source code, and call center/E-commerce technology.
With deep experience in patent infringement and other actions involving prescription pharmaceutical drugs, Steve has successfully invalidated the patent on Pfizer’s blockbuster drug Norvasc (amlodipine) (Pfizer Inc. v. Apotex Inc., 480 F.3d 1348 (Fed. Cir. 2007)). Other pharmaceutical litigations of note include: Floxin Otic (ofloxacin) (Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. v. Apotex Inc. et al., 501 F.3d 1254 (Fed. Cir. 2007); Abilify (aripiprazole), Boniva (ibandronate), Actonel (risedronate) and Ultracet (tramadol/acetaminophen). Steve also provides strategic counseling regarding FDA marketing exclusivities arising out of ANDA patent infringement litigation, and has litigated such matters in the District of D.C. and in the D.C. Circuit.
Steve has negotiated and overseen large-scale patent licensing programs in the electronics, biotech and semiconductor areas. In addition, Steve is a licensed patent attorney with experience drafting patent applications in numerous technical areas, including medical imaging systems and other medical and surgical devices, RF positioning systems, piezo-electric devices, coatings, semiconductor processing and devices.