Stephen C. Steinberg

Stephen C. Steinberg is a patent litigation attorney with a practice focused on defending technology companies in complex intellectual property disputes. He is currently a Partner and Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property and Privacy Practices at Bartko Pavia LLP. His career has also included roles at Kirkland & Ellis, Sidley Austin, and O'Melveny & Myers, according to his tracked case appearances.

Mr. Steinberg specializes in patent cases involving a range of technologies, including mobile phone accessories, web browsers, light emitting diodes (LEDs), networking technologies such as Power-over-Ethernet and WiFi, and power conversion technologies. His broader intellectual property practice encompasses trademark and copyright infringement, as well as the defense and prosecution of trade secret theft claims and privacy litigation. His patent litigation experience, as evidenced by his tracked cases, is predominantly on the defendant side, with four appearances representing defendants against infringement allegations.

Notable patent defense work includes representing Mojang AB in Uniloc Luxembourg S.A. v. Mojang AB, a case concerning software patents related to anti-piracy measures in the Android version of Minecraft, which was dismissed with prejudice in 2016. He also served as Lead Counsel for Cisco Systems, Inc. in Atlas Global Technologies LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc., a case involving wireless networking technology. Another tracked matter, Monticello Enterprises LLC v. Petco Animals Supply Stores Inc et al., is an ongoing patent infringement suit where he acts as Lead Counsel for the defendants. Beyond patent litigation, Mr. Steinberg second-chaired a three-week jury trial for ASML US, Inc. v. XTAL, Inc., which resulted in a significant $223 million verdict in a trade secret theft case. No specific experience in PTAB or IPR proceedings was found for this attorney.

Mr. Steinberg is admitted to the State Bar of California and practices before various federal courts, including the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings), and an A.B. from Princeton University.