Venable LLP

Intellectual Property: Litigation • Patent Prosecution • PTO Contested Proceedings • Aerospace, Automotive & Marine • Consumer Goods • Energy • Financial Services • Industrial Equipment & Manufacturing • Medical Devices • Telecommunications & Networks .

Partner.

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.

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.

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.