Steven Baughman

Japan, Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi

New York

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Washington

Washington, D.C.

Partner

Ropes & Gray

Current

Current

Steve has served clients in a broad array of litigation and counseling settings, from trial- and appellate-level litigation to domestic and international arbitration. He also conducts patent reexaminations arising from infringement disputes.Steve’s IP practice has included patent, trade secret, trademark and copyright disputes; patent reexaminations and prosecution matters before the United States Patent and Trademark Office; technology-focused contract and insurance disputes; litigation risk assessments; and media-related matters and claims of plagiarism. His representations have involved subject matter ranging from disk drives, satellites, cell phones and GPS receivers to financial services, business methods, medical devices and pharmaceuticals.Steve has also written and spoken on various IP-related topics, including, most recently, patent reexaminations and trans-border patent infringement issues. Publications, Presentations Speeches “Reexamining Reexaminations: A Fresh Look at the Ex Parte and Inter Partes Mechanisms for Reviewing Issued Patents,” Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society (May 2007, Vol. 89, No. 5, pp. 349-363), originally published in Bloomberg Corporate Law Journal (Winter 2007, Vol. 2, Issue 1, pp. 53-68) Planning Chair and Host/Panel Member, ALI-ABA Intellectual Property Law Series Teleconference, “Supreme Court Reduces the Extraterritorial Scope of U.S. Patent Laws: Microsoft v. ATT” (May 17, 2007) “Scientists Accused of Plagiarism: Practical and Legal Perspectives” (Conference on Plagiarism across the Science Disciplines: An Exploration of the Parameters of Plagiarism in Scholarly and Scientific Publications, Office of Research Integrity and NYU Medical Center, October 1, 2005) “Trans-Border Patent Infringement Under U.S. Law” (IP Master Class, Sept. 13, 2005) “Patent Reexaminations and Oppositions: Present Future” (IP Master Class, June 14, 2005) “The Impact of Non-Traditional Patent Litigation on Cost/Benefit Analysis” (Findlaw/Glasser LegalWorks “Patent Strategies 2003,” April 28, 2003)

Harvard Law School

J.D.

1993

cum laude

Princeton University

1990

B.S.E. ,Electrical Engineering, Tau Beta Pi