Stephen E. Belisle
Associate, DC
Professional Experience
Mr. Belisle’s practice focuses on district court litigation, appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals, patent interferences, opinion work and client counseling.
Before joining Fitzpatrick, Cella, Mr. Belisle was an Airborne-Ranger qualified Captain in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, having experience with explosives, demolition operations, heavy construction equipment, and horizontal construction operations. Mr. Belisle also has experience in engineering and design in the fields of plastics, molding, metal forming, and dies, and in manufacturing and production processes within those fields.
Since joining Fitzpatrick, Cella, Mr. Belisle also has prepared and prosecuted patent applications in the fields of air care, home cleaning, and home storage devices and products, as well as semiconductor wafer photolithography, recording devices, photocopying, printers, photography, fluidized bed combustion, and industrial furnace technology.
Education
J.D., The George Washington University Law School, 2000
M.B.A., Clarkson University, 1997
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, with great distinction, Clarkson University, 1992
Bar Admissions
Commonwealth of Virginia, 2000; District of Columbia, 2001; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal and Fourth Circuits; U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Virginia, Eastern District of Wisconsin and District of Columbia; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Professional Activities
Co-Chair of the District of Columbia Bar's Intellectual Property Law Section's Steering Committee, and past Vice-Chair of the D.C. Bar's IP Law Section's Patent Committee; Virginia State Bar; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Federal Circuit Bar Association; Federal Circuit Historical Society
Related Information
Representative Cases
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Perego v. Drehmel
Patent Interference No. 105,467 -
Amgen Inc. v. Human Genome Sciences, Inc. and Schering Corp.
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences -
Spath v Geyer
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences 2008 -
Hunter v. Ferre
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences 2007
Publications
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Corporate Officers Beware: Will Corporate Veils Preclude Personal Liability For Patent Infringement?
Intellectual Property Today
October 2005
Events
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2009 Annual Spring Reception
D.C. Bar's Intellectual Property Law Section
April 7, 2009 -
Global Patent Strategies: Protecting Innovation in a World of Change
AIPLA Mid Winter Institute
January 30, 2009 -
2008 Annual Spring Reception of the D.C. Bar IP Law Section
D.C. Bar IP Law Section
April 1, 2008 -
What's Hot and What's Not on Capitol Hill?
District of Columbia Bar Intellectual Property Law Section Fourth Annual Off-the-Record Luncheon Program
February 27, 2008 -
Resolving Domestic and International IP Disputes Through Arbitration and Mediation
D.C. Bar Intellectual Property Law Section
May 22, 2007 -
Where Pharmaceutical Science and Patent Law Battle: Polymorphs and the Solid State
D.C. Bar Intellectual Property Law Section
March 20, 2007 -
Inventorship
AIPLA Annual Meeting
October 2006 -
The Bounds of Damages
AIPLA 2005 Spring Meeting
May 12, 2005 -
Putting Post-Grant Patent Opposition On Trial: A Litigator's Viewpoint
2004 AIPLA Spring Meeting
May 13-15, 2004 -
Patent Infringement and Right to Use Opinions
November 1, 2001
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