Stephanie Mishaga is an IP lawyer who handles patent litigation and prosecution. She practices before U.S. district courts and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Her technical experience encompasses software and hardware including artificial intelligence (AI), wireless communication systems including radio frequency identification (RFID) and distributed antenna systems (DAS), semiconductor devices, medical devices and patient monitoring systems, fitness equipment, on-board diagnostic (OBD) devices, renewable energy technologies including solar panels and electrical vehicles, electronic nicotine delivery systems, and utility power systems.
Steph has experience in various stages of patent litigation including fact and expert discovery, motion practice, oral argument for dispositive motions, depositions, Markman proceedings, and trial. She works closely with technical experts to develop patent invalidity and noninfringement strategy. Steph also has trial experience handling briefing and oral argument for inter partes review proceedings before the PTAB. In addition to patent litigation, Steph has trade secret litigation experience where she played a critical role in discovering evidence demonstrating source code misuse.
Relying on her industry experience, Steph also drafts and prosecutes patent applications. She performs freedom to operate, due diligence, and invalidity analyses. She has five plus years industry experience where she developed software solutions for U.S. Navy and commercial companies.
As a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs accredited attorney, she assists veterans in appealing disability ratings to the Board of Veterans' Appeals. Steph is also a member of the Firm's Women in IP initiative.
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著作
- June 2020
Post-AIT Review of Real Party in Interest Decisions (Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property Volume 19, Issue 4, Article 4)
- June 2024
Women in IP Speaker Series: A View From the Top – Perspectives of Women Leaders - April 2024
Women in IP Panelist — University of San Diego School of Law Intellectual Property Law Association Panel - March 2023
PTAB Strategy Updates in View of Recent Developments - August 2019
Strategies for Protecting AI Innovations - July 2019
Biopharma Meets AI — Potential IP Protection Strategies - June 2019
IP Protection Trends in Artificial Intelligence - July 2018
Artificial Intelligence Deployed in Medical Devices: Patent Strategies and Challenges
- University of San Diego (J.D. 2018; Member, Law Review); Purdue University (M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering 2014); Clarkson University (B.S. in Electrical Engineering 2010; Tau Beta Pi)
- California; District of Columbia; U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of California and the Eastern District of Texas; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office; and accredited attorney with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs