Scott Bloebaum
Associate
Scott is an Associate in the firm's Intellectual Property section. His practice is focused on patent litigation, licensing, and acquisition in the fields of communications, computers, and software. Scott has over 20 years of experience in the wireless communications industry, most recently as in-house IP counsel for a major cellular phone manufacturer. In this role, he dealt with a wide variety of patent licensing and litigation matters covering a range of technologies including email, messaging, Internet protocols, GPS, WiFi, 3GPP standards, speech/audio/video coding, cameras, memories, displays and electronic packaging. Prior to attending law school, Scott held a variety of technical, managerial, and customer-facing roles including senior technologist, engineering director and CTO for North America. Scott also played an instrumental role in the development of cellular industry standards related to speech coding and location-based services.
Representative Experience
- Drafted and prosecuted patent applications covering inventions in the fields of
telecommunications and software.
- Defended client in an Eastern District of Virginia patent infringement case relating to various speech coding features in mobile phones, helping to secure a favorable settlement.
- Defended client in an Eastern District of Texas patent infringement case related to a wide range of features in smart phones.
- Provided analysis and opinions of infringement of client patents by third-party products and services, as well as invalidity/non-infringement opinions for patents asserted against client.
- Advised clients on the purchase of IP assets and on compliance with open-source license agreements.
- Negotiated patent license agreements relating to software, communications, computing, and electronics technologies.
Publications
- S. Bloebaum, From Telegraphs to Content Protection: The Evolution of Signals as Patentable Subject Matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101, 9 N.C.J.L. & TECH. 243 (2008). One of nineteen articles selected to be republished in PATENT LAW REVIEW 2009 (West)
- S. Bloebaum, Past the Tipping Point: Reforming the Role of Willfulness in the Federal Circuit's Doctrine of Enhanced Damages for Patent Infringement, 9 N.C. J.L. & TECH. 139 (2007)
- C. Ma, et. al., GPS Signal Degradation Modeling. PROCEEDINGS OF GPS2001 882 (Inst. of Navigation 2001)
- N. Agrawal, et. al., Algorithms for GPS operation indoors and downtown, 6 GPS SOLUTIONS 149 (2002)
- Authored or co-authored over 30 technical contributions to TIA and ETSI technical standards committees
Professional Recognition
- Named inventor on 42 issued U.S. patents and many more pending applications
