Jeffrey D. Sanok is a partner in the firm's Intellectual Property Group and is resident in the Washington, DC office. He received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 1984, and his Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1988.

Mr. Sanok specializes in intellectual property law, including patent infringement litigation and licensing, patent interferences, and strategic patent and trademark acquisition and counseling. His prior industry experience was with RCA Corporation. Mr. Sanok's practice encompasses a range of electrical, mechanical, electro-mechanical and aeronautical technologies, including telecommunications, computer architectures and software, consumer electronics, image processing systems, vehicle control systems, navigation systems and automotive and jet engine systems.

Mr. Sanok has litigated throughout the U.S. in the areas of patent infringement, trademark infringement and product liability. He has argued numerous appeals before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. Mr. Sanok was lead counsel for the plaintiff in the landmark en banc decision in Knorr-Bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH v. Dana Corp. et al., 383 F.3d 1337 (Fed.Cir. 2004) (en banc).

Mr. Sanok is admitted to the New York, Virginia and District of Columbia Bars, and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the Intellectual Property Owners Association, the Bar Association of the District of Columbia, the Washington Patent Lawyers Club, and the International Trademark Association. Mr. Sanok holds a private pilot license and belongs to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.

Mr. Sanok has been recognized by clients and peers as a top lawyer in Chambers USA in Intellectual Property for 2007 and 2008.

Conferences:

• VPP Herbst-Fachtagung 2004, Nuremberg, Germany - Presenter - "Using Legal Opinions As a Defense to Willful Patent Infringement After Knorr-Bremse v. Dana Corp. et al." (November 2004)
• American Bar Association (ABA) Intellectual Property Law Section (IPL) conference in Toronto, Canada - Discussion Panelist - Knorr-Bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH v. Dana Corp. et al (2004)

• In re Certain Machine Vision Software, Machine Vision Systems, and Products Containing Same, ITC Investigation No. 337-TA-2666. Representing Fuji Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Fuji America Corp. in action involving software for machine-vision systems.
• Wilco AG v. PTI, (U.S.D. of Delaware)
• Cognex v. Fuji Machine Mfg. et al., (U.S.D. of New York)
• Tesseron v. Konica Minolta, et al., (N.D. of Ohio)
• Flashpoint v. Leica Camera AG, et al., (U.S.D. of Delaware)
• Digital Spectrum Solutions v. Eastman Kodak Company, et al., (C.D. of California)
• Fernandez v. Mercedes-Benz USA, et al., (N.D. of Illinois)
• Daisho Seiki, Corp. v. Nissei Industries, (N.D. of Illinois)
• R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company v. Eastman Kodak Company, et al., 06-CV-032-JJF (U.S.D. of Delaware)
• Henrob Limited v. Böllhoff Systemtechnik GmbH & Co. KG. et al., 2:05-CV-73214 (E.D. of Michigan)
• Orion IP, LLC v. BMW of North America, LLC, et al., 6:05-CV-322-LED (E.D. of Texas)
• Oakley, Inc. v. BMW of North America, LLC, SACV05-1099AHS (C.D. of California)
• The Massachusetts Institute of Technology et al. v. Abacus Software, Inc. et al., _F.3d _ (Fed. Cir. 2006) Case No. 501 CV 344, (E.D. of Texas)
• Knorr-Bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH v. Dana Corp. et al., 383 F.3d 1337 (Fed.Cir. 2004) (en banc)
• Knorr-Bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH v. Dana Corp. et al., 133 F.Supp2d 833 (E.D. Va. 2001)
• Knorr-Bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH v. Dana Corp. et al., 133 F.Supp2d 843 (E.D. Va. 2001)
• Pave Tech, Inc. v. Snap Edge Corp., (N.D. of Illinois)

Education
University of Notre Dame, B.S.E.E., 1984
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1988

Affiliations
Admitted to practice: District of Columbia, New York, Virginia

Publications
"Texas Hold 'Em: 10 Tips for Winning Patent Litigation in the Lone Star State," California Lawyer (June 2007). Co-Authors: R. Scott Feldmann and Jeffrey D. Sanok.