Scott Weingaertner specializes in the litigation and trial of patent cases, representing industry leaders in courts across the country.
Over the past two decades Mr. Weingaertner’s experience has spanned a wide array of disputes and technologies. In recent years, his cases have focused mainly on computer and software technology including smartphone operating systems, browsers and search technology; telecommunications systems; and medical devices. His clients include leaders in the fields of internet search, telecommunications, medical devices, industrial automation, media, energy, semiconductors and financial services. In addition to handling contentious matters, he is regularly relied on by leading companies when their most important matters involve intellectual property issues.
Mr. Weingaertner was an Adjunct Professor at Seton Hall Law School from 2003 to 2008, where he taught patent law. He has been a frequently invited lecturer and commentator on patent-related topics, having delivered lectures at New York University’s Stern School of Business, Rockefeller University, the Bar Association of the City of New York, the Practising Law Institute, and a variety of corporate venues. He is a member of the Conner Inn of Court, is peer rated AV® by Martindale Hubbell and was named a New York Super Lawyer for 2009, 2010 and 2011. Prior to beginning his legal career, Mr. Weingaertner was an engineer who used his undergraduate studies and graduate research at the MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems in the development of software for robotic vehicle guidance and control technology and for satellite defense system architectures for the Strategic Defense Initiative.
Publications
- Co-Author, "Licensors face new challenges after the US Supreme Court's decision in MedImmune v. Genentech," International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation 2009, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 340-355 (with Leslie Morioka).
- Co-author, "Software Exportation Dodges Bullet: US Supreme Court Reins in Extraterritorial Effect of US Software Patents in Microsoft v. AT&T," European Intellectual Property Review, Vol. 30, Issue 11, November 2008 (with Adam Conrad).
- Co-author, "Rendezvous with Obviousness: US Supreme Court Reckons with Patentability in KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. and Lower Courts React," European Intellectual Property Review, Vol. 30, Issue 7, July 2008 (with Adam Conrad).
- Co-author, “U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Patent Licensee Need Not Repudiate License Before Challenging Licensed Patent in Court: MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc.”, European Intellectual Property Review, Vol. 29, Issue 7, July 2007 (with Christopher Carnaval)
- Co-author, “US Supreme Court Rules on Permanent Injunctions in Cases of Patent Infringement: eBay v. MercExchange,” European Intellectual Property Review, Vol. 28, Issue 9, September 2006 (with Christopher Carnaval)
- “New Patent Cases Raise Fundamental Legal Issues,” IP Law 360, May 15, 2006
- Co-author, “Injunctive Relief in Patent Cases,” PLI Patent Litigation 1997, Vol. 1, pp. 227-280, 1997, and PLI Patent Litigation 1996, Vol. 1, pp. 565-600, 1996 (with Edward V. Filardi)
- Co-author, “eBusiness IP Practice and the Diversified Corporation,” ACI Conference: Aggressively Protecting and Exploiting Intellectual Property on the Internet, Washington, D.C., November 13, 2000 (with Jeffrey P. Morris and I. Marc Asperas)
