Michael D. Stein, Partner, received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1987, and a Juris Doctor degree from the American University in 1992. Mr. Stein is admitted to the Bars of the District of Columbia and Maryland and to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Mr. Stein worked as a systems analyst on missile guidance systems for two years upon receiving his electrical engineering degree. While earning his law degree, Mr. Stein performed patent searches in the Patent and Trademark Office, prepared patentability reports, prosecuted trademark applications and was involved in computer hardware and software licensing issues.
Mr. Stein has been actively involved in the preparation and prosecution of U.S. patent applications in many different areas of technology with particular emphasis upon consumer electronics (particularly optical storage media, televisions, audio devices, flat panel displays), computer hardware and software, printers, networking, telecommunications, semiconductors, and robotics. In addition, Mr. Stein has been actively involved in the preparation of validity and infringement opinions, reexamination and reissue proceedings, trademark oppositions, and preparation and prosecution of U.S. trademark applications, as well as counseling clients extensively in regard to other intellectual property matters. Mr. Stein has also been involved in Internet trademark disputes.
Mr. Stein has presented a number of seminars to large multi-national corporations and to law firms in Asia on relevant patent, trademark and copyright issues. He has also organized short and long term training programs held in Washington DC for clients and members of the patent community, and provided counseling on matters relating to intellectual property (IP) portfolio development and the organization of in-house corporate structures.
Prior to co-founding Stein McEwen LLP., Mr. Stein was a partner at another intellectual property firm.
Mr. Stein is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the American Bar Association, and the Licensing Executives Society. He has also participated in seminars and activities of the Asia Pacific Lawyers Association and the Asian Patent Attorneys Association.
Presentations
Michael D. Stein spoke on a number of intellectual property related issues at a Conference entitled Current Significant Issues in US Patent Law and a Comparative Analysis with German and European Patent Law co-hosted by Stein McEwen LLP and Bettinger Schneider Schramm of Munich,Germany at the Westin Grand, Arabellapark, Munich. Topics included the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act of 2011, Current Issues in IP for Green Technology, and Recent US Court Decisions Relating to Patents. (November 16, 2011)
Michael D. Stein spoke on the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act of 2011 before the Kansai Tokkyo Kyenkyukau (KTK) in Osaka, Japan on November 7, 2011
Michael D. Stein, Avoiding U.S. Intellectual Property (IP) Infringement and Determining Potential Infringers, Kansai Tokkyo Kyenkyukau (KTK) in Osaka, Japan (March 2011)
Michael D. Stein, Strategies for Assuring Your PMA Development Programs Avoid Competitors’ Intellectual Property, the MARPA 2010 Annual Conference in Las Vegas (2010).
Michael D. Stein, Current Status of Proposed U.S. Patent Law (2009)
Michael D. Stein, Responses to Office Actions (2009)
Preserving Intellectual Property Rights in Government Contracts Series: A Beginner's Guide, as part of the D.C. Bar Continuing Legal Education Program (April 1, 2008)
Protecting and Enforcing IP Rights in Government Contracts: What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You, presented November 13, 2007 by Strafford Publications, Inc.
Preserving Intellectual Property Rights in Government Contracts: A Beginner's Guide, presented November 14, 2006 and sponsored by Strafford Publications, Inc.
Preserving Intellectual Property Rights in Government Contracts: A Beginner's Guide, presented September 25, 2006 before the District of Columbia Bar
Michael D. Stein, KSR v. Teleflex (2006)
Michael D. Stein, PTO Strategic Draft Plan 2007-2012 (2006)
Michael D. Stein, Recent Supreme Court and Other Important Cases (2006)
Understanding What Government Technology Contractors Cannot Ignore About Intellectual Property: An Introductory Guide to IP for Federal Government Contractors (Nov. 2005) & (May 2006)
How Successful Companies Are Utilizing IP in the U.S. and Current Events in the USPTO and IP Law, Presented to Korean Industrial Technology Association (Sept. 2005)
Recent Significant Rule Changes And Court Decision, And Strategies Of Applicants To Cope With These Changes, Presented to the Korean Industrial Technology Association (March 2001)
