Jeff E. Schwartz is a partner in Dewey & LeBoeuf's Washington, DC office. Mr. Schwartz's practice deals with the areas of patent law and intellectual property litigation, licensing, counseling and procurement. He also counsels clients in related areas of government contracts, antitrust and FDA laws as they relate to intellectual property issues. His technology practice includes mechanical systems, medical devices, electrical systems and software. Mr. Schwartz has extensive experience successfully litigating patent infringement cases involving materials science, biotechnology and software solutions. In addition, he has litigated trademark infringement, trade secret, domain name and contract disputes.
Jeff Schwartz was a clerk to Senior Judge Daniel M. Friedman at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Mr. Schwartz retired from the U.S. Army Reserves as a Lieutenant Colonel. He has a security clearance from the Department of Defense. He also worked as a senior project engineer for Hercules Aerospace and as an engineering manager with the Department of the Navy.
Additionally, Mr. Schwartz is an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland School of Law, and he is also a Certified Pennsylvania Engineer-in-Training.
Representative Matters (Federal Circuit and Supreme Court Appeals)
· Medtronic Inc. in Bilski et al. v. Doll, No. 08-964, (U.S. 2009);
· Digital Control Inc. et. al v. The Charles Machine Works, No. 05-1128 (Fed. Cir. 2005);
· CollegeNET, Inc. v. ApplyYourself, Inc., Nos. 04-1202, 1222, 1251 (Fed. Cir. 2004);
· NOMOS Corp. v. Zmed, Inc., Nos. 03-1141, 1183 (Fed. Cir. 2003);
· Karlin Technology Inc., et al v. Surgical Dynamics, Inc., No. 97-1479 (Fed. Cir. 1998); and
· Moll v. Northern Telecom Inc., No. 96-1259 (Fed. Cir. 1996).
Representative Matters (District Court Litigation)
· Medtronic Sofamor Danek, USA, Inc. et al v. NuVasive, Inc., 3:08-cv-1512 (S.D. Cal. 2011). Represented Medtronic-related entities winning $101.2 million jury verdict;
· Munters Corp. v. NovelAire Technologies, 1:09-cv-2666 (N.D. Ga. 2009);
· Fastenetix, LLC v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. et al., C.A. No. 06-2070 (SJC) (D. NJ 2006);
· Skyline Corp. v. Northwood Manufacturing, Inc., CV 03-5581 (N.D. Cal. 2003);
· ServiceWare Technologies, Inc. v. Primus Knowledge Solutions, No. 03-1467 (W.D. Pa. 2003);
· Arista Records, Inc., et al. v. Sakfield Holding Co. S.L., et al., CV-03-1474 (D.D.C. 2003);
· Akamai Technologies, Inc. v. Cable & Wireless Internet Services, Inc., No. 3:03CV75 (E.D. VA 2003);
· Boston Scientific Corp. v. Artes Medical U.S.A., No. 02-12305 (D. Mass 2003);
· Universal Recovery Systems, Inc. v. Advertech Limited, Civil Action No. 02-3714 (D. Minn., 2003);
· Artes Medical U.S.A., Inc. v. Biosphere Medical, Inc., CV-01-01251 (C.D.Cal. 2001);
· Weekend Warrior Trailers, Inc. v. Skyline Corp., CV-01-08708 (C.D. Cal. 2002);
· XS Inc. v. Excess Ag, Inc., No. 00-950 (E.D. Va. 2000);
· Sofamor Danek Holdings, Inc. v. U.S. Surgical Corp., No. 98-2369 (W.D. Tenn. 1998);
· Moll v. Northern Telecom Inc., No. 94-5451 (E.D. Pa. 1996); and
· Surgical Dynamics, Inc. v. Karlin Technology, Inc., et al., No. CV95-0258 (C.D. Cal. 1997).
Selected Activities
· American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
· American Bar Association
· Federal Circuit Bar Association
Speeches & Programs
· "Licensing Commercial Technology to the United States Government," Law Seminars International's Complex IP Transactions: Strategies for Mutually Successful Deals, McLean, VA, October 2006.
· "Licensing Software to the Federal Government," AMA Conference Center, Federal Publications Seminars LLC, Washington, DC, March 2005.
· "Patent Litigation Seminar," Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Maryland Law School, Baltimore, Maryland (Fall 2005 semester).
· "Rights in Technical Data," Federal Publications Seminars LLC, Columbia, Maryland, April, 2005.
· "Government Contract Law, Technical Data and Invention Rights," AMA Conference Center, Federal Publications Seminars LLC, Washington, DC, February 2004.
· "Intellectual Properly in Government Contracts," Annual Government Contracts Briefing 2002, Denver, Los Angeles and San Diego, May, 2002 and Washington, DC and Atlanta, June 2002.
· "Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software in Government Contracts," Bonneville Power Administration, Federal Publications Seminars LLC, June 14-15, 2004 (with Dr. Lawrence Sung).
· "Government Contract Law, Technical Data and Invention Rights," AMA Conference Center, Federal Publications Seminars LLC, Washington, D.C., April 2003.
· "Intellectual Property in Computer Software," United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, Guest Lecturer, March 7, 2002.
· "Intellectual Property, Global Terrorism: Opportunities and Risks in Selling Innovative Technologies to the Government," Jan. 22, 2002, Bethesda, MD and Jan. 24, 2002, Arlington, VA.
· "Intellectual Property and Government Contracts," National Contract Management Association (NCMA) Seminar, Nov. 13, 2001, El Segundo, CA.
· "Intellectual Property and Government Contracts," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nov. 12, 2001, New York, NY.
· "Protecting Your Intellectual Property: Protecting an Intellectual Asset Requires Understanding and Integrating the Protections Afforded by Copyright, Patent Trademark and Trade Secret Laws," NCMA Commercial Contracting Conference, May 22, 2001, Denver, CO.
· "Protection for Inventions and Research in a New Age of Assertive Intellectual Property Rights and E - Commerce," National Manufacturing Week, Mar. 5, 2001, Chicago, IL.
· "Protecting Inventions with Patents," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nov. 8, 2000, Orlando, FL (with Karen Borrelli).
· "How to Avoid Risk, Protection of Proprietary Data in Other Transactions and Cooperative Research and Development Agreements," The 41st Western Briefing Conference on Government Contracts, Oct. 26-27, 2000, San Francisco, CA.
· "Protecting Inventions with Patents," National Manufacturing Week, Mar. 13-16, 2000, Chicago, IL.
Industries
Life Sciences
Renewable and Clean Energy