Scott J. Pivnick

• Lead counsel representing a leading oil and gas service provider in a patent infringement suit against one of its competitors in the District of Minnesota in which the court ruled definitively for the first time that U.S. patent law applies to U.S.-flagged vessels operating outside of U.S. territorial limits.
• Represented numerous retailers in the Eastern District of Virginia in defense of patent infringement claims by non-practicing entities and successfully got the cases transferred to the retailers’ home districts.
• Lead counsel in several patent infringement suits in the Eastern District of Texas brought by a leading oil field services company against some of its major competitors.
• Lead counsel defending one of the world’s largest e-commerce companies in defense of patent and unfair competition claims brought by one of its competitors in the District of Maryland.
• Representing numerous Israeli technology companies in defense of patent infringement suits brought by nonpracticing entities in the District of Delaware.
• Representing a fiber optic communication equipment provider in defense of infringement allegations before the U.S. International Trade Commission.
• Representing several website design companies in defense of patent infringement claims in the District of Delaware.
• Representing several patent owners in patent term adjustment cases in the Eastern District of Virginia.
• Represented one of the leading mobile phone manufacturers in a global patent infringement dispute with one of its competitors. This included four ITC cases and five district court litigations in the United States.
• Represented one of the leading manufacturers of tissue, packaging, paper and pulp in a patent infringement suit in the International Trade Commission against more than a dozen respondents. Successfully obtained a General Exclusion order preventing the importation of all infringing electronic paper towel dispensers.
• Lead counsel for a reseller of certain inkjet toner cartridge components in an ITC investigation.
• Representing one of the leading online content providers in numerous patent infringement cases pending in Delaware and the Eastern District of Texas.
• Represented various financial institutions in large, multi-defendant patent infringement litigations in the Eastern District of Texas.
• Represented a car audio manufacturer in defending patent infringement claims before the International Trade Commission.
• Represented an online dating services company in a multi-defendant patent infringement lawsuit in the Eastern District of Texas.
• Lead counsel for an office products company in a trademark and domain name dispute in the Southern District of Florida.
• Lead counsel for an outdoor products manufacturer in a trade dress suit in the District Court of Massachusetts.
• Lead counsel for three clients in the defense of a case involving claims of trademark and copyright infringement and unfair competition in D.C. District Court.
• Represented a medical device company in an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
• Represented a tool manufacturer to successfully defend claims of patent infringement, breach of contract and unfair competition before the Southern District of Florida and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
• Oversaw a five-attorney trial team at the Department of Justice that successfully defended an $800 million breach of contract and takings claim brought by a failed thrift and its former investors.
• Argued numerous appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Scott Pivnick is a trial lawyer and head of the Intellectual Property Litigation Group in the Washington, D.C., office. He has litigated a broad range of intellectual property disputes covering numerous technologies in both district court and the U.S. International Trade Commission. He has substantial first- and second-chair litigation experience, including direct and cross examination of fact and expert witnesses at trial, and presenting oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the ITC and trial-level courts. He has particular experience in coordinating global, multi-front patent litigations involving some of the world’s leading companies. He is experienced in defending multi-defendant patent infringement suits in the District of Delaware and the Eastern District of Texas and coordinating joint defense groups consisting of companies that would otherwise be competitors in the marketplace.

Mr. Pivnick is a frequent lecturer on intellectual property law and an adjunct professor at the Catholic University Law School, where he teaches a patent enforcement class.

Previously, Mr. Pivnick worked at an international law firm, as well as for the U.S. Department of Justice. He also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Eric G. Bruggink of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Virginia
• Maryland

Education

• The George Washington University (J.D., 1995)
• University of Connecticut (B.A., 1992)

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