Paul R Steadman

Paul is a partner in the Chicago and Washington D.C. offices of DLA Piper LLP.  Described by as ‘an outstanding IP litigator,’ the 2010 review noted that ‘even though he is relatively young, has already amassed great experience in many aspects of patent disputes such as depositions, settlement negotiations and trials’. He was named a 2009 “40 under forty” attorney in Illinois by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company in a special supplement to the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and Chicago Lawyer magazine, and has been selected as a 2012 Illinois Super Lawyer. A first-chair trial lawyer, he works primarily on complex patent, trade secret, trademark, copyright and other IP-related litigation matters.  He has been trial counsel to clients in jury trials, before the International Trade Commission investigating Section 337 violations, in Federal and state court appeals, in Markman and other evidentiary hearings, before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, in United States Bankruptcy Court, and in mediations and arbitrations. His public representations include appearances for American clients TransData Inc., Innovolt, Inc., KANA Software, Garmin Ltd., International Truck & Engine Co., Sturman Industries, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc., Magellan Navigation, Inc., and BCE Emergis Inc., and Pacific Rim clients DENSO CORPORATION, Fuji Heavy Industries (Subaru), Konica Minolta, Kubota Corp., Minolta Corp., Nichia Corp., Rohm Co., Ltd., Matsui Co., Ltd., Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd., Mazda Motor Corporation and Toyota Motor Corporation. He is the co-author of a book on United States Patent Litigation published in Japanese by AIPPI Japan, another book on the America Invents Act published in Japanese by JIII, and a recent article inIntellectual Property Magazine regarding patent reexamination and review.