CBLH | Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP - Intellectual Property and Business Law Firm with offices in Wilmington, Delaware; Washington, DC; Los Angeles, California

Practice Areas

Education

  • Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1980)
    Law Review: Emory Law Journal; Member, Board of Editors
  • Northwestern University (B.A., 1977)

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia, 1980
  • United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1981
  • United States Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1987
  • United States Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1989
  • United States Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1991
  • United States District Court of the District of Columbia, 1981
  • United States District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1992
  • United States Supreme Court, 1993
  • United States Court of Federal Claims, 1996

Professional Experience

  • United States International Trade Commission, Office of Unfair Import Investigations; Senior Investigative Attorney (1985 - 1988)

  • United States International Trade Commission, Office of Unfair Import Investigations; Commission Investigative Attorney (1983 - 1985)

Classes & Seminars Taught

  • Adjunct Faculty; teaching graduate-level class in U.S. antitrust and intellectual property licensing law, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, 1997 - Present
  • Lecturer, "Dealing with the ITC/Customs Interface," Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Intellectual Property Law Institute, April 13, 2007.
  • Lecturer, "Patents: Shields and Swords", Michigan's Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 15th Annual Business Law Institute, May 16, 2003
  • Lecturer, Patent Resources Group; Practical Patent Litigation and Appellate Practice, Basic Patent Litigation, 1994 - 1995

Attorney Profile

Stephen L. Sulzer

Partner
1875 Eye Street, NW
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: (202) 572-0324
Fax: (202) 293-6229
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Stephen ("Steve") L. Sulzer is a Partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group. He represents clients in a variety of areas including intellectual property litigation, U.S. International Trade Commission ("ITC") proceedings and antitrust counseling and litigation.

Steve’s practice focuses on patent litigation in the Federal Courts and in Section 337 proceedings before the ITC. He has been trial counsel in numerous Federal Court and ITC patent proceedings, including several of the ITC’s most significant Section 337 investigations.

Steve is also recognized internationally as an expert in patent licensing and licensing-related antitrust issues and teaches a graduate-level class on licensing and related antitrust and misuse concerns for the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.

Steve's practice involves diverse subject matter, including a wide range of automotive components (e.g., fuel system, vehicle interior, frame reinforcement and passive restraint system components), pharmaceuticals, packaging for pharmaceutical and food products, medical devices, industrial laser control systems, e-commerce and data encryption, robotics, machine tools, wireless computer gaming devices, Internet convergence technology, optical disc technology, color electronic pre-press computer and imaging equipment, security system control software, satellite technology, power generation equipment and paper products.

Representative Cases

Professional Associations

  • ITC Trial Lawyers Association (Executive Committee, 1987-1988, 1990-1993)
  • ITC Trial Lawyers Association (Chair, Committee on Intellectual Property Law Developments, 1990-1993)
  • American Bar Association (Intellectual Property Law, Litigation, and Antitrust Law Sections) (Member)
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member)
  • District of Columbia Bar (Member)

News

Legal Publications

  • Contributing Author, Michigan Business Torts (2003).
  • "Licensing Patents to Exploit Hidden Value," VIEWPOINT, page 10 (Winter 2002).
  • "Protecting Your Intellectual Property," UNOVATIONS, Vol. 1, No. 2, page 14 (Fall 2000).
  • "U.S. Courts Re-Write Rules for Interpreting Patent Claims," IP Worldwide, page 27 (Nov./Dec. 1997) (co-Author with L. Jennings).
  • "Doctrine of Equivalents Is Not Limited to Piracy," 19 National Law Journal C32 (May 12, 1997) (co-Author with L. Jennings).
  • Editor, Intellectual Property Law Developments column, ITC Trial Lawyers Association 337 Reporter (1990-1993).
  • "Eastman Kodak v. Image Technical Services: A New Focus on the Economics of Product and Service Aftermarkets," 15 Computer Law Reporter 659 (June 1992).
  • "Supreme Court Torches Conduit Maker's Noerr-Pennington Immunity in Fire Protection Association Standard-Setting Dispute," 2 Association Law & Policy 5 (June 15, 1988).
  • "ITC Finds No Violation in Antitrust-Based Toner Investigation," 5 ITC Trial Lawyers Association 337 Reporter 1 (April 1988).