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Jeffrey D. Sanok

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Areas of Focus

Overview

Patent protection, licensing, and enforcement require strategic and practical intellectual property counsel—Jeff Sanok delivers solutions, not only advice. He represents automotive and trucking OEMs, industrial manufacturers, and telecom and consumer electronics companies in infringement litigation, post-grant proceedings (including inter parte reviews and ex parte reexaminations), strategic IP development and acquisition, licensing, and counseling.

Jeff litigates patent infringement matters throughout the U.S., including Section 337 proceedings, trademark infringement, and product liability. He navigates clients through the interplay between patent infringement litigation and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office post-grant proceedings, having filed some of the earliest petitions for inter parte reviews of patents concurrently before a district court or the Court of Federal Claims. He regularly argues before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). 

His practical experience encompasses a range of electrical, mechanical, automotive, and aeronautical technologies, including telecommunications, networking, computer architectures and software, consumer electronics, manufacturing systems, vehicle control and braking systems, display and navigation systems, and automotive engine systems. Jeff's prior industry experience was with RCA Corporation.

Of note, Jeff 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), which eliminated the "negative inference" from the failure to disclose on opinion of counsel in willful infringement jurisprudence. Both Chambers USA and Legal 500 US recognized him as a top intellectual property lawyer.

Jeff is a past chair of both the Intellectual Property Group and Crowell’s Finance Committee. He holds a private pilot license and is a member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.

Career & Education

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    • University of Notre Dame, B.S., electrical engineering, 1984
    • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1988
    • University of Notre Dame, B.S., electrical engineering, 1984
    • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1988

    • District of Columbia
    • New York
    • Virginia
    • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
    • District of Columbia
    • New York
    • Virginia
    • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

    • American Bar Association
    • American Intellectual Property Law Association
    • Intellectual Property Owners Association
    • Federal Circuit Bar Association
    • American Bar Association
    • American Intellectual Property Law Association
    • Intellectual Property Owners Association
    • Federal Circuit Bar Association

Jeffrey's Insights

Firm News | 2 min read | 09.20.24

Crowell & Moring Secures Zero-Payment Dismissal for BMW Group Against Infogation

Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that firm client BMW Group has achieved a zero-payment dismissal with prejudice in two cases brought by Infogation Corporation (“Infogation”) against Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (“BMW AG”) and BMW of North America, LLC (“BMW NA”) involving U.S. Patent Nos. 10,107,628; 8,898,003; 8,406,994; and 6,292,743 (“Patents-in-Suit”), before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

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Representative Matters

  • Invacare v. Sunrise Medical (D. Del.). Representing Invacare in patent infringement action involving mid-wheel drive power wheelchairs.
  • BMW of North America v. Paice and Abell Foundation (PTAB). Representing petitioner BMW in multiple inter parte reviews of asserted Paice patents involving hybrid vehicle technology.
  • BMW of North America v. Theodore & Associates (PTAB). Represented petitioner BMW in multiple inter parte reviews that invalidated the asserted Theodore patent involving vehicle chassis construction.
  • BAE Systems v. Cheetah Omni(PTAB). Represented Petitioner BAE in inter parte review that invalidated the asserted Cheetah patent involving mid-infrared wavelength light generation using Raman effect.
  • Network-1 Security Solutions v. Avaya (D. Del.) Represented Avaya in patent infringement action involving Power over Ethernet technology.
  • Certain Communication Equipment, Components Thereof, and Products Containing the Same(ITC). Represented respondent Avaya in International Trade Commission investigation related to Power over Ethernet features in telephones, switches, and wireless access points.
  • Chalumeau Power Systems v. Avaya (D. Del.) Represented Avaya in patent infringement action involving Power over Ethernet technology.
  • Cruise Control Technologies v. BMW of North America(D. Del.). Represented BMW in patent infringement action involving cruise control system technology.
  • Medien Patent Verwaltung v. Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., et al.(S.D.N.Y.). Represented plaintiff in patent infringement action involving anti-piracy coding for theatrical films.
  • Elen IP LLC v. ArvinMeritor, Inc. et al(W.D Wash). Represented Bendix and its customers in patent infringement action involving roll stability systems.
  • Adjustable-Height Beds and Components Thereof (ITC).Represented Complainant Invacare in an investigation related to adjustable hospital beds, obtained consent order excluding accused products from entry into the U.S.
  • Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems et al. v. Haldex Brake Products (N.D. Ohio). Represented plaintiffs in patent infringement action involving air disc brakes for commercial vehicles, securing jury verdict of willful infringement.
  • WABCO Holdings v. Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems(D. N.J.). Obtained stay pending reexamination on behalf of Bendix in a patent infringement action involving gas compressors.
  • In re Certain Machine Vision Software, Machine Vision Systems, and Products Containing Same (ITC); Cognex Corp. v. MVTec Software GmbH, et al. (D. Mass). Represented respondent/defendant Fuji Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in patent infringement actions at the ITC and district court involving machine-vision system software.
  • Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems et al. v. WABCO Automotive Control Systems (N.D. Ohio). Represented plaintiffs in patent infringement action involving air disc brakes for commercial vehicles.
  • Spread Spectrum Screening LLC. v. Eastman Kodak Company (N.D. Ill., W.D.N.Y., Fed. Cir.). Represented defendant Eastman Kodak Company in a patent infringement action involving halftone printing. Invalidated the asserted patent via ex parte reexamination, upheld on appeal.
  • R. Donnelley v. Eastman Kodak Company (D. Del.). Represented Kodak in patent infringement action involving variable digital printing software.
  • Orion IP, LLC v. BMW of North America (E.D. TX). Defended BMW in patent infringement action involving computerized proposal generation system.
  • Oakley, Inc. v. BMW of North America (C.D. CA). Defended BMW in patent infringement action involving sunglasses.
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology et al. v. Abacus Software (Fed. Cir. 2006) (E.D. TX). Defended Corel in patent infringement action involving color reproduction system.
  • Knorr-Bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH v. Dana Corp. (Fed.Cir. 2004) (en banc) (EDVA). Represented Knorr-Bremse in patent infringement action involving air disc brakes; secured permanent injunction and willful infringement.

Jeffrey's Insights

Firm News | 2 min read | 09.20.24

Crowell & Moring Secures Zero-Payment Dismissal for BMW Group Against Infogation

Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that firm client BMW Group has achieved a zero-payment dismissal with prejudice in two cases brought by Infogation Corporation (“Infogation”) against Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (“BMW AG”) and BMW of North America, LLC (“BMW NA”) involving U.S. Patent Nos. 10,107,628; 8,898,003; 8,406,994; and 6,292,743 (“Patents-in-Suit”), before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

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Insights

Firm News | 2 min read | 09.20.24

Crowell & Moring Secures Zero-Payment Dismissal for BMW Group Against Infogation

Firm News | 2 min read | 04.10.23

Crowell Discharges Hybrid Vehicle Patents Asserted Against BMW—Federal Circuit Affirms BMW’s PTAB Wins

Client Alert | 3 min read | 03.06.23

In Parallel Proceedings, Compelling Merits Matter Last in Fintiv Analysis

Press Coverage | 02.01.22

PTAB Guts Hybrid Car Patent In BMW Win
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Practices

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Jeffrey's Insights

Firm News | 2 min read | 09.20.24

Crowell & Moring Secures Zero-Payment Dismissal for BMW Group Against Infogation

Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that firm client BMW Group has achieved a zero-payment dismissal with prejudice in two cases brought by Infogation Corporation (“Infogation”) against Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (“BMW AG”) and BMW of North America, LLC (“BMW NA”) involving U.S. Patent Nos. 10,107,628; 8,898,003; 8,406,994; and 6,292,743 (“Patents-in-Suit”), before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

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