Steven E. Jedlinski
312.715.5818

Overview

Steven E. Jedlinski is a trial lawyer with a national practice litigating all types of intellectual property (IP) disputes and complex commercial litigation relating to technology. Mr. Jedlinski is widely recognized and sought after by technology clients involved in high-stakes patent, trademark, trade secret and unfair competition litigation matters. Whether realizing significant value for IP holders or strategically defending against IP claims, Mr. Jedlinski is the central strategist on his teams leveraging his refuse-to-lose mindset honed on collegiate and professional soccer fields. He leverages that experience to help his clients attain their business objectives regarding IP.

Mr. Jedlinski regularly practices in venues around the country including federal trial and appellate courts, alternative dispute resolution proceedings, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) including the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). In his practice, Mr. Jedlinski unites his background in biomedical engineering and prosecution experience as a registered patent attorney with his diverse litigation experience and tenacious personality, which propelled him from a walk-on to captain his Big Ten collegiate soccer team. In doing so, Mr. Jedlinski's track record is replete with successes including obtaining significant results from preliminary injunction proceedings through trial and ultimately appeal.

Leading U.S. and non-U.S. companies in various industries, including medical devices, life sciences, consumer products, telecommunications, electronics, financial services, hospitality and retail, value Mr. Jedlinski's breadth of knowledge and experience and make him their first call when faced with significant patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, unfair competition and false advertising matters.

His broad-based IP experience includes:

  • obtaining rare reversal of PTAB regarding important legal concepts regarding design patents at the Federal Circuit
  • successfully defending a company against a $400 million-plus claim for misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of contract claims, including winning a summary judgment decision knocking out the trade secret claims
  • winning several early dispositive motions invalidating patents based on the ever-changing issue of ineligible subject matter
  • invalidating numerous patents in PTAB proceedings
  • defeating a preliminary injunction after significant discovery in a trade dress and false advertising case involving a color trademark
  • defending against claims alleging infringement of standard essential patents (SEPs) and negotiating SEP licenses
  • representing foreign parties in U.S. litigation matters regarding patent, false advertising and unfair competition claims and navigating the complex discovery issues
  • representing a world-renowned clinical testing services company in a significant arbitration regarding the alleged disclosure of confidential information concerning a drug treatment

In addition to his practice, Mr. Jedlinski writes and speaks on IP issues and is one of the editors of Holland & Knight's Trade Secret Blog. He currently sits on the Advisory Board for Northwestern University's Biomedical Engineering Department and the Chicago chapter of the Concussion Legacy Foundation. Mr. Jedlinski was a walk-on, four-year starter and captain of his collegiate soccer team, and he played in Major League Soccer's Reserve League.

Representative Experience

  • Represented generic pharmaceutical company in patent infringement action under the Hatch-Waxman Act regarding the oral contraceptive Lo Loestrin® Fe (Warner Chilcott LLC v. Watson Laboratories, Inc., D. N.J.).
  • Represented defendant in patent infringement lawsuit involving nutraceuticals (The Tawnsaura Group, LLC v. NOW Health Group, Inc., C.D. Cal.).
  • Representing defendant in patent infringement lawsuit regarding CoQ10 (Jarrow Formulas, Inc. v. NOW Health Group, Inc., C.D. Cal., Fed. Cir.).
  • Represented defendant in patent infringement lawsuit regarding search bar functionality (Interface IP v. Ikea, D. Del.).
  • Represented defendant in a patent infringement lawsuit involving illumination system for direct part mark readers (Microscan Systems, Inc. v. Cognex Corporation, S.D. New York.)
  • Represented defendant in a patent infringement lawsuit involving flooring installation (OSBE Parket et al. v. Foam Products Corp.,N.D. Ill.).
  • Represented Office Depot as lead counsel in a patent infringement suit involving retractable data cords (Retractable Cord Technologies v. Office Depot, N.D. Ga.).
  • Represented plaintiff in patent infringement lawsuit involving storm water detention systems (StormTrap LLC v. Oldcastle Precast, Inc. D. N.J.).
  • Represented defendant in a patent infringement lawsuit involving medical device (Neurowave Medical Technologies LLC v. Comfort Quest, Inc et al, N.D. Ill.).
  • Representing plaintiff in patent infringement lawsuit involving housewares (Meyer Intellectual Properties Limited et al v. Bodum, Inc., N.D. Ill., Fed. Cir.).
  • Represented defendant in a patent infringement lawsuit involving e-book reader (Innovative Automation, LLC v. Kobo, Inc, E.D. Tex.).
  • Represented defendant in a patent infringement lawsuit involving QR code technology (Marshall Feature Recognition, LLC v. Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, E.D. Tex.)
  • Represented defendant in a patent infringement lawsuit involving registered card technology (Rewards Network Inc. v. Thanks Again, LLC, N.D. Ill.).
  • Represented defendant in a patent infringement lawsuit involving registered card technology (Rewards Network Inc. v. Rainbow Rewards, S.D. Fla.).
  • Represented defendant in lawsuit involving shipment tracking technology (Eclipse IP LLC v. Cobra Electronics, N.D. Ill).
  • Represented patent owner in patent infringement lawsuit regarding overhead shelving (One-O-Nine Investments vs. Knape and Vogt Manufacturing Company, D. Az.).
  • Represented defendant in a patent infringement lawsuit involving product recommendation technology (Pinpoint Incorporated v. Staples, Inc., N.D. Ill.).
  • Representing patent owner in patent infringement lawsuit regarding overhead shelving (Eagle Industrial Group vs. Knape and Vogt Manufacturing Company, C.D. Cal.).
  • Represented Meijer, Inc. and Hy-Vee, Inc. in a patent infringement lawsuit involving store locator technology for websites (LBS Innovations LLC v. Citgo Petroleum Corporation et al., E.D. Tex.).
  • Represented defendant in a patent infringement lawsuit involving e-book systems (Innovative Automation, LLC v. Vital Source Technologies, E.D. Tex.)
  • Representing defendant in lawsuit involving digital coupon system (Advanced Marketing Systems v. Hy-Vee, Inc., W.D. Wis.).
  • Represented defendant in a patent infringement lawsuit involving registered card technology (Rewards Network Inc. v. Zavee, S.D. Fla.).
  • Represented defendant in a patent infringement lawsuit involving shipment tracking technology (Eclipse IP LLC v. Acushnet Company,E.D. Tex.).
  •  defendant in patent infringement lawsuit regarding emergency notification system(911 Notify, LLC v. BSM Wireless Inc.,D. Del.)
  • Represented defendant in a patent infringement lawsuit involving shipment tracking technology (Eclipse IP LLC v. CSX Corporation, N.D. Ill).
  • Represented defendant in patent infringement lawsuit regarding ticket option technology (Smart Options, LLC v. Ticket2Final, Ltd. et al, W.D. Wis.).
  • Represented Herman Miller in a patent infringement lawsuit involving store locator technology for websites (GeoTag LLC v. Gucci America Inc. et al., E.D. Tex.).
  • Represented Office Depot in a patent infringement lawsuit involving web based greeting card systems (Express Card Systems v. Office Depot, E.D. Tex.)
  • Represented defendant in a patent infringement lawsuit involving rotatable connectors (Ideative Product Ventures v. Jasco Products, E.D. Tex.).
  • Represented GE and Jasco Products in a patent infringement lawsuit involving remote controls with luminescent sheets (Katrinecz et al. v. General Electric et al., W.D. Tex.).
  • Represented G6 Hospitality against claims alleging infringement based upon the 802.11x wireless networking standard (Innovatio IP Ventures v. ABC Corporation et al., N.D. Ill.).
  • Represented defendants in patent infringement lawsuit involving telephone systems (Brandywine Comm. Technologies v. LG-Ericsson Co., Ltd. et al., C.D. Cal.).
  • Represented defendant in patent infringement lawsuit involving air conditioning control system (ABT Systems LLC v. Robertshaw Controls Co., N.D. Ill.).
  • Represented defendant in patent infringement lawsuit involving telephone systems (Brandywine Comm. Technologies v. Vertical Communications, Inc., C.D. Cal.).
  • Represented Hy-Vee in a patent infringement lawsuit involving web based greeting card systems (Express Card Systems v. Hy-Vee,E.D. Tex.)
  • Represented supplier and twenty plus customer defendants in a patent infringement lawsuit involving therapeutic cold pack (Der Ovanesian v. Modular Thermal Technologies, Inc. et al, D. Fla.).

  • Represented plaintiff in a trademark infringement and dilution lawsuit (Caymus Vineyards v. Caymus Corporation et al., D. Az.)
  • Represented plaintiff in trademark infringement lawsuit with former distributor (Simpson-Delco LLC v. Rahsco Mfg., N.D. Ill.).
  • Represented defendant in trademark infringement lawsuit (Craft Distillers, Inc. v. American Craft Distillers’ Association, Inc., N.D. Cal.).
  • Represented plaintiff in a trademark infringement lawsuit involving pneumonic telephone number (Mountain Marketing Group, LLC v. Heimerl & Lammers, LLC, W.D. Wis.).
  • Representing defendant in trade dress infringement lawsuit regarding housewares (Bodum USA, Inc. v. Lifetime Brands, Inc. et al, N.D. Ill.).
  • Representing defendant in trademark infringement lawsuit (DM Luxury, LLC v. Celebrity Cruises, Inc., N.D. Ill.).
  • Representing plaintiff in a trademark and copyright infringement lawsuit (Cervezas Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma SA de CV v. KCI, Inc. et al., D. N.J.).

Credentials

Education
  • Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D.
  • Northwestern University, B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Dean's List
Bar Admissions/Licenses
  • Illinois
Court Admissions
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
Memberships
  • Concussion Legacy Foundation, Chicago Chapter, Advisory Board 
  • Northwestern University Department of Biomedical Engineering, Advisory Board
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago
Honors & Awards
  • Rising Star, Illinois Super Lawyers magazine, 2014-2021
  • Emerging Lawyer, Leading Lawyers, 2015-2018

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