A Team-Based Approach
To ensure your patent disputes are handled effectively and efficiently, our trial lawyers work closely with our patent attorneys. Whether prosecuting or defending patent claims, this team-based approach provides a powerful foundation to effectively handle all aspects of the litigation, from demand letter through appeal, no matter how complicated the case becomes.
Where appropriate, Stoel Rives encourages alternative forms of dispute resolution, including international and domestic arbitrations, mediations and patent reexaminations. If litigation cannot be avoided, however, we are prepared to go to court. Our patent attorneys develop positions and contingency positions on infringement, validity and related issues, and our trial lawyers develop the themes of the case and implement an appropriate litigation strategy. Our team of patent attorneys and trial lawyers have the combination of technical acumen and advocacy skills to understand complex infringement, validity and other technical issues and to present them precisely and persuasively to judges and juries.
Representative Technologies
- Audio Electronics
- Biotechnology
- Business Systems
- Computer Software
- Consumer Products
- Display Technology
- Exercise and Sporting Goods
- Lasers
- Mechanical Devices
- Medical Devices
- Test and Measurement Instrumentation
Experience and Expertise in Patent Litigation
Stoel Rives has been counsel in almost 100 patent litigations, in over 20 different courts across the country, both for and against patent owners. Some of our lawyers are former law clerks at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, where our track record is impressive. In addition, Stoel Rives lawyers have nationally recognized expertise in Patent Office post-grant proceedings – including reissue and reexamination – which increasingly interplay with patent litigation.
Efficiency, Cost-Control and Risk Management are our Priorities
We approach litigation on five basic principles: (a) early assessment of the merits and corresponding risks of the claim; (b) exploration of early resolutions; (c) efficiency and cost control; (d) close partnering with the client to ensure coordination of all critical decisions; and (e) post-case review to extrapolate lessons from the case, focusing on how those lessons should prospectively influence the client's policies, procedures and practices.
In patent cases, principles (a), (b) and (c) typically entail appropriate consideration of alternative or adjunct avenues to achieve the client's objectives, including patent reissue, reexamination, interference and other post-grant proceedings in the Patent Office for patent owners and challengers.
Patent Litigation Team:
Lead Trial Attorneys
Kenneth B. Black
Randolph C. Foster
Steven T. Lovett
David L. Mortensen
Brian C. Park
Marc T. Rasich
Lead Patent Attorneys
Paul S. Angello
Kory D. Christensen
Barton W. Giddings, Ph.D.
John A. Rafter, Jr.
Karl G. Schwappach
Samuel E. Webb