Mr. Lipman is Of Counsel in the Boston Office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP.  He has devoted his practice to IP litigation and related client counseling and opinion work.  Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Lipman practiced at firms in Boston, New York and Washington, D.C.  He also served the United States Patent and Trademark Office in the Offices of the Commissioner, the Assistant Commissioner for Patents, and the Solicitor, and as a Primary Patent Examiner.

Mr. Lipman has more than 25 years of experience in private practice as an IP litigator and has worked on over 90 different litigations in 21 states in his career.  While his litigation experience is primarily utility-patent-based, he has also litigated issues relating to design patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair competition, antitrust and contracts.  These litigations have spanned almost all technical and scientific disciplines, and include significant expertise in Hatch-Waxman and pharmaceuticals.  On the international front, Steve has been trial counsel in 11 instituted and 10 non-instituted U.S. International Trade Commission Section 337 investigations and has extensive experience with clients from Japan and Europe.

Mr. Lipman’s clients are both domestic and foreign and include major pharmaceutical companies, leading software developers, medical device companies and global manufacturers.  He has appeared before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Federal District Courts as counsel for the PTO and for numerous private clients in patent, trademark, copyright, international trade, and other litigations; and has represented both complainants and respondents before the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Mr. Lipman was named a pre-eminent practitioner in the legal field in the 2009 Guide to the World’s Leading Patent Law Practitioners.

Mr. Lipman has spoken and authored numerous articles on intellectual property and attorney conduct matters and is involved in many civic and bar association activities.  He is a founding member and former president of the International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association; and a former chairman of the Patent Law Committee of the D.C. Bar Section on Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights; and a current member of the Hon. William C. Conner Inn of Court.

Mr. Lipman is Of Counsel in the Boston Office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP.  He has devoted his practice to IP litigation and related client counseling and opinion work.  Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Lipman practiced at firms in Boston, New York and Washington, D.C.  He also served the United States Patent and Trademark Office in the Offices of the Commissioner, the Assistant Commissioner for Patents, and the Solicitor, and as a Primary Patent Examiner.

Mr. Lipman has more than 25 years of experience in private practice as an IP litigator and has worked on over 90 different litigations in 21 states in his career.  While his litigation experience is primarily utility-patent-based, he has also litigated issues relating to design patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair competition, antitrust and contracts.  These litigations have spanned almost all technical and scientific disciplines, and include significant expertise in Hatch-Waxman and pharmaceuticals.  On the international front, Steve has been trial counsel in 11 instituted and 10 non-instituted U.S. International Trade Commission Section 337 investigations and has extensive experience with clients from Japan and Europe.

Mr. Lipman’s clients are both domestic and foreign and include major pharmaceutical companies, leading software developers, medical device companies and global manufacturers.  He has appeared before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Federal District Courts as counsel for the PTO and for numerous private clients in patent, trademark, copyright, international trade, and other litigations; and has represented both complainants and respondents before the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Mr. Lipman was named a pre-eminent practitioner in the legal field in the 2009 Guide to the World’s Leading Patent Law Practitioners.

Mr. Lipman has spoken and authored numerous articles on intellectual property and attorney conduct matters and is involved in many civic and bar association activities.  He is a founding member and former president of the International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association; and a former chairman of the Patent Law Committee of the D.C. Bar Section on Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights; and a current member of the Hon. William C. Conner Inn of Court.