Stephanie L. Roberts

In addition to her ITC litigation, Stephanie routinely represents clients in district court and appeals at the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals (Federal Circuit).

Utilizing her engineering background, Stephanie has also prosecuted patent applications for many different technologies, including mechanical and software technologies, and patent applications for beverage dispensers, household products, and banking software. Additionally, Stephanie also experience with inter partes review proceedings and ex parte review proceedings at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Prior to her legal career, Stephanie was an engineer at a semiconductor manufacturer, where she led problem-solving teams for complex equipment, process, and defect issues in lithography and wet etch process areas. She also worked for an aerospace company, where she conducted thermal analysis on space shuttle water lines, air lines, and landing gear.

• Represented one of the largest personal computer companies in multiple patent infringement investigations at the ITC, the District of Delaware, and the Western District of Texas involving video coding technology and allegations of standard essential patent claims
• Represented several wireless technology companies in a patent infringement investigation involving networking products at the ITC, as well as in the investigation’s appeal at the Federal Circuit
• Represented a manufacturer of C. botulinum toxin in an investigation at the ITC involving trade secret and unfair act allegations
• Represented an electronics corporation at the ITC in a patent infringement investigation involving fiber optic cables and connectors
• Represented an industrial parts company in a patent infringement investigation involving polycrystalline diamond compacts at the ITC, and an appeal of the ITC investigation at the Federal Circuit
• Represented a leading electronics corporation at the ITC in three investigations involving patent infringement and unfair acts relating to light emitting diode products
• Represented a medical device manufacturer in several investigations at the ITC involving allegations of misappropriation of trade secrets
• Represented a prominent printer company in a patent infringement investigation at the ITC
• Represented a company in a patent infringement investigation ITC investigation involving solar technology
• Represented a leading battery manufacturer in a patent infringement investigation at the ITC seeking a general exclusion order
• Represented a company in a patent infringement investigation at the ITC involving baby carriers
• Represented a consumer and commercial cleaning products company in a trademark and trade dress infringement investigation at the ITC
• Represented a large music publishing company in a case involving the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the Eastern District of Virginia
• Represented a major US defense contractor in a patent infringement case involving supercomputers in the Eastern District of Texas
• Represented a leading company in consumer electronics in a patent infringement investigation involving mobile phones
• Represented a medical technologies corporation in a patent infringement investigation at the ITC involving hospital beds
• Represented a mobile computing company in a patent infringement investigation at the ITC and in district court relating to radio frequency identification technology
• Represented a manufacturer of locking systems in a patent infringement investigation at the ITC, and a case in the Eastern District of Virginia relating to keyboard support systems
• Represented an automotive company in two patent infringement investigations at the ITC involving review display cameras
• Represented an automotive company in patent infringement and trade secret cases in the Eastern District of Michigan
• Represented an airline at the Federal Circuit in an appeal from the Eastern District of New York
• Represented an automotive company at the Federal Circuit in an appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
• Represented a winery in a trade secret case in the Eastern District of California
• Represented a mobile data service company in a trade secret case in the Northern District of California