Steven M. Anzalone

Partner

Steve Anzalone has focused on patent litigation for over 25 years and participated in over 100 patent cases litigated in federal district courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), and other forums. He has handled all aspects of these cases, including due diligence before pleadings are filed, fact discovery, preparation of expert reports and cross-examination of technical experts, Markman presentations to the court, and delivery of closing arguments to the jury or judge.

Mr. Anzalone has served as lead or co-counsel in numerous cases for high tech clients, such as Philips, Sony, Toshiba, Broadcom, Motorola, and Winbond. His cases usually involve complex technical subject matters in the field of electrical engineering or computer science, and he represents leading companies in the telecommunications, computer hardware and software, medical imaging, consumer electronics, and semiconductor industries. He has represented clients in at least 15 patent cases at the ITC includes concerning technologies such as 3G mobile phones, data communication networks, the wireless application protocol, repeaters, transceivers, integrated circuit chipsets, disc controllers, semiconductor memories, and amorphous metals.

In addition to his litigation practice, Mr. Anzalone has worked extensively in all aspects of patent law, including licensing and enforcement programs for industry standards, evaluation of patent portfolios, prosecution of applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), reexaminations of litigated patents, opinions on validity and infringement, designing around patents of competitors, and serving as a mediator. He is also experienced with trade secret and copyright issues, including analysis of software and user interfaces to determine whether intellectual property rights have been misappropriated.

Mr. Anzalone has spoken and written extensively about a broad array of patent and litigation subjects before various bar and corporate audiences, including the USPTO. These engagements have included demonstrations of patent trials, Markman hearings, and ITC evidentiary hearings. For five years, Mr. Anzalone taught the patent law course at Catholic University Law School.

Highlights

• Made closing argument to jury in Philips v. Norcent and also represented patentee in Philips v. KXD, which concerned DVD players and resulted in entry of judgments in 2008 totaling more than $100 million.
• Obtained favorable claim construction rulings for clients based on Markman presentations he made to district court judges in the Philips v. Kodak, Intel v. Altima, and Telcordia v. Cisco cases, which respectively involved digital cameras, repeater management, and computer networks.
• Loral Fairchild v. Matsushita Electric (E.D.N.Y.). Represented Sony in two trials that resulted in successful defense of Sony camcorders against charges of infringement, including delivery of closing argument to jury.
• Brunswick v. United States (Fed. Cir.). Represented Brunswick at trial which resulted in judgment against U.S. Government at 17% royalty rate.
• Conducted successful patent licensing and enforcement campaigns for a small client against all major TV and VCR manufacturers, and for Philips on its patent portfolio covering DVD and CD discs.
• Prosecuted over 100 patent applications before the USPTO, mostly in computer or semiconductor fields.
• Before practicing law, worked for defense contractors on electronic countermeasures and electronic warfare, 1979-1980.

Professional Recognition

• Chief Justice Walter Clark Award, University of North Carolina, 1983.
• Lynde Prize, Princeton University, 1979.

Professional Activities

• ITC Trial Lawyers Association
• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Federal Circuit Bar Association
• Carolina Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law Association
• American Bar Association
  

Select Publications

• Coauthor. "Use of the International Trade Commission's Evidentiary Record in a District Court Proceeding: The Mechanisms and Implications of Transfer of the Commission Record," 337 Reporter, ITC Trial Lawyers Association, Winter 2003.
• "All Things Being Equal...," Legal Times, March 10, 1997.
• "An Analysis of the Hilton Davis Decision," Wiley Intellectual Property Law Update, 1997.
• "Oral Argument: Hilton Davis," Corporate Counsel Magazine, Dec. 1996.
• "Infringement Under the Doctrine of Equivalents," Patent World, Sept. 1996.
• "When Is Five in the Range from Six to Nine?" Patent World, Oct. 1995.
• "What's a Jury to Do?" Legal Times, May 15, 1995.
• Coauthor. "Computer Program Patents," Computer Lawyer, April 1988.