Mr Stephen E Belisle > Venable LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Venable LLP Offices
600 MASSACHUSETTS AVE, NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20001
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Mr Stephen E Belisle
Work Department
Intellectual Property: Litigation • Patent Prosecution • PTO Contested Proceedings • Aerospace, Automotive & Marine • Consumer Goods • Energy • Financial Services • Industrial Equipment & Manufacturing • Medical Devices • Telecommunications & Networks .
Position
Partner.
Career
Stephen E. Belisle’s practice focuses on patent and trademark litigation in the U.S. district and appellate courts, Section 337 unfair import investigations before the U.S. International Trade Commission, patent interferences, opinion work, and client counseling. He also has experience in patent prosecution, particularly in the fields of semiconductor wafer photolithography, recording devices, photocopying, printers, and photography. Before joining Fitzpatrick, Mr. Belisle was a U.S. Army Airborne Ranger with the rank of Captain in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Mr. Belisle also has experience in engineering and design in the fields of plastics, molding, metal forming, and dies, and in manufacturing and production processes within those fields.
Memberships
Incoming Chair, Online Programs Committee, American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA); Member and past Co-Chair, District of Columbia Bar’s Intellectual Property Law Section’s Steering Committee, and past Vice Chair, D.C. Bar’s IP Law Section’s Patent Committee; Virginia State Bar; Federal Circuit Bar Association; Federal Circuit Historical Society.
Education
J.D., The George Washington University Law School, 2000 M.B.A., Clarkson University, 1997 B.S., Mechanical Engineering, with great distinction, Clarkson University, 1992.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Government > Government contracts
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation