Robert W. Stout

Robert W. Stout is a patent litigator at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, focusing on complex intellectual property disputes across various technology areas. His practice encompasses cases involving pharmaceuticals, mechanical devices, and electronics. His experience includes litigation in federal district court, before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), and at the International Trade Commission (ITC).

Stout primarily represents defendants in patent matters, having appeared in two tracked cases on the defendant side and none for plaintiffs. He was a senior associate on the Arnold & Porter team that secured a significant victory for Charter Communications in a patent dispute. In that case, an eight-person jury in the Eastern District of Texas returned a verdict of non-infringement in favor of Charter against Touchstream Technologies Inc., which had sought over $1 billion in damages for patents related to streaming videos.

His professional background includes a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center (2018) and a B.S. in Physics and Political Science from Syracuse University (2014, cum laude). He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and New York.