Sanford Warren practices intellectual property litigation in the medical device, electronic, chemical, semiconductor, telecommunications and construction fields. Mr. Warren has also managed worldwide trademark portfolios in the aviation, chemical and health fields.
Mr. Warren has been one of the lead attorneys in the following intellectual property litigations—
- represented a major medical device company in the successful defense of a patent infringement suit involving catheters used in kyphoplasty
- represented a major medical device company in the successful defense of a patent infringement suit involving aspiration catheters
- represented a major semiconductor company in a successful patent infringement suit involving processes for manufacturing integrated circuits
- represented a major telecommunications company in the successful defense of a patent infringement suit relating to wireless communication protocols
- represented a major petrochemical company in the successful defense of a patent infringement suit relating to the process for manufacturing acetic acid.
Recent publications and speeches include—
- co-course director for the State Bar of Texas 5th Annual Advanced Patent Litigation CLE in San Antonio, Texas in July 2010
- expert legal commentator for the International Risk Management Institute, providing quarterly articles that can be found at www.irmi.com
- co-author of Chapter Six in the American Bar Association’s Section of Intellectual Property Law book, “Computer Games and Virtual Worlds: A New Frontier of Intellectual Property”
- University of Texas Law School IP Symposium 2008: “Post-Seagate and the Attorney-Client Privilege”
- Semiconductor Insights IP Symposium 2008: “Reverse Engineering Integrated Circuits and the Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine.”
Mr. Warren is a member of the State Bar of Texas and its Litigation and Intellectual Property sections, the College of the State Bar of Texas, the American Bar Association (Intellectual Property Section; Litigation Section, IP Litigation Committee), the Dallas Bar Association and its Intellectual Property Section, and the International Trademark Association (INTA). He is also a member of the American Chemical Society. He is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; the U.S. district courts for the Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas and the District of Colorado; and the U.S. Federal Court of Claims. He is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA). Mr. Warren is a former member of the editorial board of the Trademark Reporter of the INTA. He is also the former intellectual property counsel for American Airlines.
Mr. Warren is a lifetime fellow of the Dallas Bar Association Foundation and the Texas Bar Foundation. Mr. Warren has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America as a leading practitioner in the area of trademark law.