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Intellectual Property - Illinois

5
Band 5

What the Team is Known For

Steptoe is a highly regarded intellectual property practice. The team is able to handle a wide array of contentious and non-contentious matters including patent litigation, Trade Secret Act disputes and patent applications. The lawyers bring extensive engineering backgrounds to the table to provide in-depth advice to clients from numerous industries such as tech and pharma. The firm has vast experience appearing before the PTAB, ITC and US Court of Appeals for the Federal Districts.

Work Highlights

  • Steptoe represented Express Mobile in asserting website design and publishing patents against Shopify, Web.com, GoDaddy, Wix and Abode for their sales of website building tools.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Jay Nuttall
3
Jay Nuttall
3
Band 3

Jay Nuttall is particularly active in the automobile, life sciences and technology sectors, acting in patent infringement cases as well as trademark and trade secrets work.

Jay understands our needs and concerns, and the goal we want to achieve.

Jay is certainly the one you want on your team. He has the rare combination of a formidable legal mind and a sharp business sense. He is a pleasure to be around and very persuasive with the jury.

Jay Nuttall provided excellent communications on relevant case issues and status.

John Abramic
4
John Abramic
4
Band 4

John Abramic, managing partner of the firm's Chicago office, is well-versed in intellectual property litigation with numerous appearances before the PTAB, ITC and federal district courts. He is also regularly sought by clients from medical device and pharm industries to provide counselling on trade secrets issues.

John is an extremely talented and experienced lawyer, a great strategist and a pleasure to work with.

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Intellectual Property

Jay Nuttall
3
Jay Nuttall
3
Band 3
John Abramic
4
John Abramic
4
Band 4