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Intellectual Property, Computer and Information Technology Law

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BARRY A. STEIN

PARTNER

TELEPHONE: 215-567-2010
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FAX: 215-751-1142

bastein@crbcp.com

Chambers Awards
Best Lawyers In America

     
Mr. Stein is one of the country's leading Intellectual Property lawyers. He has spent his entire professional career enforcing and protecting his clients' patents, trademarks and other forms of intellectual property. Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, his practice includes all aspects of Intellectual Property law, including client counseling, licensing and litigation in the federal courts involving the enforcement of patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets in the electrical, computer, Internet, Information Technology, medical and other high technology fields. A substantial portion of Mr. Stein's practice also entails computer law, Internet and Information Technology law, with particular emphasis in transactional matters and patent prosecution involving computer systems, electronic commerce (including Internet-based business methods) and communications. Mr. Stein is a past Chairman of the Philadelphia Bar Association's Computer Law Committee and of the Intellectual Property Committee of its Business Law Section. Prior to joining Caesar Rivise, Mr. Stein was Patent Counsel to General Electric and a Patent Examiner in the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

     
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

     
Litigation:
Apple Computer, Inc. v. Franklin Computer Corp., 545 F. Supp 812 (E.D. Pa 1982)
SIG Swiss v. Fres-Co System, 22 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1601 (E.D.Pa 1992)

Patent Prosecutions:
     Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
     Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
     Kensey Nash Corporation
     Roper Industries, Inc.

     
Past Chair, Intellectual Property Committee, Business Law Section, Philadelphia Bar Association
Past Chair, Philadelphia Bar Association's Computer Law Committee
Member, Internet and Information Technology Advisory Committee of the American Arbitration Association
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association
Member, Philadelphia Bar Association
Member, Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association
Member, The American Inns of Court
Upper Southampton Township Fire Safety Board, 1972 - 1975
Past Member, Board of Directors, Drexel University Engineering Alumni Association

Team Leader - Cure Autism Now Walks 2005,2006 and 2007
Longport, NJ - Nonresidents Advisory Board Member

     
Contributing Editor, Intellectual Property, Impressions (1985-1987, 1990).
Case Note 17, American University Law Review, 101, 1967
Numerous Articles and Publications, Pennsylvania Bar Institute
Numerous Articles and Publications, Philadelphia Bar Association

Speeches:

Guest Lecturer on intellectual property law: Drexel, Temple, Widener and The Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania)

Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Licensing, Computer Law (Pennsylvania Bar Institute) 1986, 1988, 1990, 1999, 2001 - 2007

Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets and Computer Law (Phila. Bar Education Center) 1995-1998

Public radio panelist/commentator on Intellectual Property law issues

     
Chambers USA: Top-Ranked in Intellectual Property, Pennsylvania
Listed in Best Lawyers In America
Martindale Hubbell AV rated
Named Pennsylvania SuperLawyer by Philadelphia Magazine, 2005-2007
Member, Eta Kappa Nu National Electrical Engineering Honor Society
Recipient, American University "Mussey" prize for the highest scholastic average
Member, American University Law Review

     
Drexel University: B.S. Electrical Engineering 1965
American University: J.D. 1969

     
Photography and video (production and editing)
Computers
Art and Antiques
Reading
Furniture and home repair
Running, bicycling and working out

     
United States Patent & Trademark Office, Patent Examiner, 1965 - 1969
Patent Counsel for General Electric Company, 1969-1972



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BARRY A. STEIN

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INDUSTRIES SERVED

Communications
Computer
Information Technology
Internet
Medical Device and Instrumentation
Other high technology
Security Industries

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Chambers USA: Top-Ranked in Intellectual Property, Pennsylvania
Listed in Best Lawyers In America
Martindale Hubbell AV rated
Named Pennsylvania SuperLawyer by Philadelphia Magazine, 2005-2007
Member, Eta Kappa Nu National Electrical Engineering Honor Society
Member, American University Law Review
Recipient, American University "Mussey" prize for the highest scholastic average

EDUCATIONAL
BACKGROUND

Drexel University: B.S. Electrical Engineering 1965
American University: J.D. 1969

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