Steven G. Lisa

Steven G. Lisa is a patent litigator with a focus on representing patent holders, including major research universities, individuals, and small companies, often on a contingent fee basis. His practice concentrates on patent licensing and enforcement. With a background in electrical engineering, his work has involved technologies such as wireless messaging and, most notably, the machine vision and automatic identification technology at issue in the long-running Lemelson patent litigation.

The provided data shows Mr. Lisa representing the defendant, Lemelson Medical, Education & Research Foundation, LP, in Symbol Technologies, Inc. v. Lemelson. However, his broader career, particularly his work with Gerald D. Hosier on the "famous Lemelson licensing program" and his current practice focus, indicates substantial experience asserting patents on behalf of plaintiffs and patent licensing entities. His work is often adverse to large operating companies.

Mr. Lisa is the founder of the Law Offices of Steven G. Lisa, Ltd., and is also affiliated with Lisa & Lesko, LLC, with offices in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Chicago, Illinois. He began his career as an associate for Gerald D. Hosier, a prominent contingent-fee patent litigator, at a firm that appears to be a predecessor to or affiliated with Hosier & Sufrin. His work on the Lemelson cases is his most notable tracked litigation, a landmark case where Lemelson's patents, covering bar code scanning and machine vision, were ultimately held unenforceable under the doctrine of prosecution laches after years of litigation. Mr. Lisa also has experience leading litigation teams in post-grant review proceedings before the Patent Office.

Mr. Lisa earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1981 and his J.D. in 1984 after studying at Arizona State University and the University of Chicago. He is a registered patent attorney and a member of the Arizona and Illinois state bars. Through his family foundation, he established the Lisa Foundation Patent Law Clinic at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law.