Steven Balcof

About Steven Balcof

My practice is focused on the litigation and trial of patent and trade secret disputes. For over a decade, I have represented both plaintiff- and defense-side clients as counsel in matters pending before district courts around the country, the International Trade Commission, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and other tribunals. Additionally, I have represented clients in appeals before the Federal Circuit. I also leverage my litigation background to counsel clients in several related areas, including patent validity assessments, patent infringement assessments, patent licensing, pre-suit diligence, financial exposure analyses, license disputes, and trade secret misappropriation investigations.My experience spans companies at various stages of corporate development and a wide-array of industries, including cellular communications, automobile safety, biologics, centrifuge tubes, database management systems, digital printing, enterprise flash storage systems, server/client communications, software development, street-level image capture, mobile devices, cameras, signal processing, VOIP, mainframe computing, collaboration technology, and web applications.

Experience

1. Partner

   Desmarais Llp

   Dec 2021 — Present · New York, NY, US

Education

• Emory University

  Juris Doctor (J.D.)

  2007 — 2010

• Penn State University

  BS, Industrial Engineering

  2003 — 2007