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Stephen M. Ullmer focuses his practice on intellectual property matters, particularly patent litigation. He has tried cases involving software, internet technology, cellular technology, and pharmaceuticals, and has litigated cases in federal district courts across the country, at the Patent Trials and Appeals Board, and at the Federal Circuit.
Concentrations- Patent Litigation
- Patent/IP strategy and counseling
主要执业方向
主要执业经验
- Uniloc USA, Inc., et al. v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., et al. Represented the defendant in a consolidated patent infringement case alleging infringement of 5 patents concerning pedometer functionality.
- Uniloc USA, Inc., et al. v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., et al. Represented the defendant in 4 patent infringement cases alleging infringement of 4 patents concerning Bluetooth, LTE and other communication protocols.
- Mobile Telecommunications Technologies, LLC v. Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC. Represented the defendant in patent litigation regarding technology for two-way wireless communications, including methods and devices for processing data messages between a mobile unit and a network operations center.
- Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Technologies, Inc. Represented Limelight as petitioner and patent owner with respect to 16 inter partes review petitions concerning patents related to content delivery networks.
- Becton, Dickinson and Company v. B. Braun Melsungen AG. Represented the patent owner with respect to 8 inter partes review petitions concerning patents related to catheters.
- Gonzalez v. Tagged & Gonzalez v. New Life Ventures. Represented Tagged and New Life Ventures, won judgement of invalidity after trial in E.D.Tex. in patent litigation relating to digital labels for websites.
- EEF v. Personal Audio. Represented EEF, on judgement invalidating Personal Audio’s “podcasting” patent after a trial before the Patent Trials and Appeal Board.
- Prolifiq v. Veeva. Represented Prolifiq in patent and trade secret litigation related to software for managing regulated communications for pharmaceuticals and medical devices.
- Walker Digital v. MySpace, et al. Represented LinkedIn, MySpace and Tagged against patents asserted against social networks’ use of "friend" relationships.
- Teva Women’s Health v. Mylan, Teva Women’s Health v. Lupin, and related matters. Represented Teva at trial and in subsequent appeal regarding patents covering Seasonique, as well as in a set of five other related ANDA cases involving patents covering Seasonique®, LoSeasonique® and Cenestin®.
- Global Ground Automation v. Orissa et. al. Represented Global Ground Automation, in case involving patent relating to software for ground transportation.
- Core Wireless v. LG. Represented LG in patent litigation involving technology related to standards for cellular telephones.
- Fotomedia v. Tagged, et al. Represented social network Tagged against five patents asserted against social networks’ use of technology for displaying, uploading and managing photos.
荣誉和领导力
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Bar Association of San Francisco
资历
教育
- J.D., University of California at Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall)
- B.S., Electrical Engineering, summa cum laude, Oregon State University
获准执业地区
- Colorado
- 加利福尼亚州
- 德克萨斯东区美国联邦地区法院
- 加利福尼亚北区美国联邦地区法院
- 加利福尼亚南区美国联邦地区法院
- 美国联邦巡回区上诉法院