Steven J. Rocci

Steven J. Rocci is an intellectual property attorney with more than 40 years of experience, focusing on patent and trade secret litigation, strategic counseling, and patent procurement. His litigation practice covers a broad range of technologies, including computer hardware and software, internet and web technologies, semiconductors, telecommunications, medical devices, and e-commerce. Prior to his legal career, Rocci worked as an electronics engineer and technician.

While the provided data shows a single appearance for the defense in Neomedia Technologies, Inc. v. The Home Depot, Inc., Rocci's broader litigation history demonstrates extensive experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes intellectual property disputes. His representative cases include acting for accused infringers in matters involving internet advertising and web-based lead generation tools, as well as for patent owners in cases related to angioplasty catheters and internet coupon systems. He has also represented clients in petitions for inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

Formerly a practitioner in AmLaw 100 firms, including Drinker Biddle & Reath (now Faegre Drinker), Rocci now operates his own advisory practice, Steven J. Rocci P.C. He has also served as a Distinguished Practice Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law for nearly 25 years.

Mr. Rocci earned his J.D. from Temple University.