Martin L. Stern

Marty’s technical experience is diverse and includes:

• Manufacturing equipment, electrical switch gear, and injection molding equipment
• Mobility access systems
• Roofing products
• Lighting systems
• Thermal transfer devices
• Kitchen appliances and utensils, bath and shower products
• Commercial ovens and cooking equipment
• Storage and material handling systems
• Office furniture and equipment
• Digital wide-format printers and laptop docking stations
• Automotive seating
• Merchandise displays and equipment
• Toys, infant feeding and care products
• Medical devices

As part of his transactional practice, Marty regularly provides clients with patent and trademark clearance, validity, and infringement opinions, and negotiates licensing, technology transfer, and joint-development agreements.

Representative matters:

• Protecting a client’s flagship product line by developing a long-term and ongoing patent procurement strategy involving the creation of an international patent portfolio.
• Advising on the design around of a client’s manufacturing equipment accused of patent infringement.
• Providing ongoing advice in the design and development of a client’s manufacturing equipment product lines to avoid the patents of competitors and invalidating several competitor patents in proceedings before the US Patent Office.
• Establishing an overarching patent protection and enforcement strategy for a client’s major product line and advising on how to avoid patent infringement in a crowded field of technology.