David M. Stein focuses his practice on patent litigation and commercial litigation. He has extensive experience bringing cases to trial in numerous jurisdictions throughout the country and has a focus on litigating matters in the Eastern District of Texas. Mr. Stein has been involved in major patent cases involving semiconductor devices and processing, medical devices, sporting goods and various business methods. The Legal 500 United States (2010) ranked him as a leading patent litigation lawyer in the hi-tech, electronics and IT sectors.
Mr. Stein’s representative experience includes—
- defending one of the nation’s leading marketing and media services companies in a patent infringement case relating to an interactive consumer product promotion method and match game (E.D. Tex.)
- representing a major manufacturer of ophthalmic goods in a patent infringement case involving contact lenses and methods of using, screening and forming extended wear contact lenses (M.D. Fla.)
- defending two global financial services companies in a patent infringement case relating to a transaction security apparatus (E.D. Tex.)
- defending a leading Fortune 100 technology company in several patent infringement matters in the Eastern District of Texas involving technologies relating to fluid gas supply systems, energy management products and indoor air quality monitoring systems (E.D. Tex.)
- defending a leading Fortune 100 technology company in a patent infringement case relating to oxygen scavenging beer and juice containers (W.D. Wisc.)
- defending a global supplier to the food service industry in a patent infringement case involving quick cooking convection ovens (N.D. Tex.)
- defending one of the world's leading diversified providers of travel-related products and services in a patent infringement case relating to computerized methods and systems for generating customized sales presentations/proposals (E.D. Tex.)
- representing two of the world’s largest electronics corporations in a patent litigation matter relating to clock signals in integrated circuit chips (E.D. Tex.)
- representing a leading global supplier of athletic shoes, apparel and sports equipment in a patent infringement case relating to certain athletic footwear (E.D. Tex.).
In addition to his patent litigation practice, Mr. Stein has handled a number of pro bono matters, including several cases involving civil rights claims under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983.
Mr. Stein received his B.A. with honors from Stanford University in 1993 and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1996. While at Georgetown University, he was an associate editor of Law and Policy in International Business.
Mr. Stein serves on the Orange County Bar Association Committee for Professionalism and Ethics. He has taught classes in trial advocacy at Whittier Law School and a course on contemporary legal issues at UC-Irvine. He is a frequent lecturer on a variety of topics relating to legal ethics and the legal profession.
Mr. Stein is admitted to practice in California and Texas and before the U.S. district courts for the Southern, Northern, Eastern and Central districts of California and the Eastern and Southern districts of Texas.