Leonard S. Sorgi

Leonard S. Sorgi is a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in the firm’s New York office.

Areas of  Practice

Mr. Sorgi's areas of concentration include patent, copyright, trademark and unfair competition law. His technical emphasis spans mechanical, electromechanical and medical devices, consumer electronics, and computer hardware, as well as business methods. He has particular expertise in managing highly complex patent litigation both in federal court and before the International Trade Commission.

Mr. Sorgi has successfully litigated and tried patent, trademark, and trade secret cases in district and appellate courts throughout the United States, involving various technologies including for example,  medical devices, thermoplastic resins, hard disk drives, precision electric motors, VCRs, and financial software. Currently, Mr. Sorgi is representing a variety of high technology companies in district court patent litigation and in an investigation before the International Trade Commission.

Mr. Sorgi frequently lectures to various companies and legal and engineering societies on intellectual property law issues. Recent engagements include presentations in China and Japan on the subjects of U.S. patent litigation, litigation before the International Trade Commision, patent licensing, dispute avoidance and resolution, patent-claim drafting, IP issues in mergers and acquisitions, and seminars in the United States on patent opportunities and dangers for private investment funds, and mitigating the risks of countersuits.

Education

• J.D., New York Law School, cum laude, 1987, New York Law School Law Review, 1985-86
• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic University, 1982

Admissions

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Memberships

• American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association
• American Bar Association
• New York County Lawyers Association
• Chair, New York Chapter Government Relations Committee, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2000-03
• Licensing Executive Society

Articles

• Sheppard Poaches Schulte Roth's IP Head, IP Law360, October 22, 2007

• "Personal Jurisdiction based on the Stream of Commerce Theory," Asia Law, April 2005

Intellectual Property Law Blog Articles

• "2007 - An Exciting Year For Patent Law", January 14, 2008

Books

• International Trade Commission, Section 337 Investigations, Joel Lutzker and Leonard Sorgi, 2008

Speeches

• "Patent Due Diligence", Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP Conference, May 13, 2008, Shanghai, China
• "China and the United States International Trade Commission", Lexis-Nexis 3 rd Annual Corporate IP Conference, Shenzhen, China, May 9, 2008
• "Patent Pools", Lecture Series presented in Xemen, China, May 2008
• “Handling IP Disputes before the United States International Trade Commission,” Lexis Nexis “Dispute Avoidance and Resolution” conference in Shanghai, China, August 30, 2007
• “United States Patent Litigation,” a presentation sponsored by East Associates Law Firm, Beijing, China, Jan. 11, 2006
• “Patent Licensing,” a presentation sponsored by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Shenzhen, China, Aug. 31, 2006
• “Recognizing and Settling Intellectual Property Disputes Through Sound and Smart Solutions,” LexisNexis “Dispute Avoidance and Resolution 2006” conference in Beijing, China, Aug. 30, 2006
• “Doctrine of Equivalents – Interpretation and Current Application,” “Drafting Patent Claims” and “Current Status of Intellectual Property Matters in the United States,” a series of lectures sponsored by the Miyagi Prefecture Business Office, Sendai, Japan, July 20-21, 2006
• “Intellectual Property in Mergers and Acquisitions,” LexisNexis “Corporate Intellectual Property in China 2006” conference in Shanghai, China, April 21, 2006
• “Patents: Opportunities And Dangers For Private Investment Funds,” Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP’s “15th Annual Private Investment Funds Seminar,” Jan. 19, 2006
• “Mitigating the Risks of Countersuits,” Wall Street Transcript’s “Maximizing Returns on Your Intellectual Property Portfolio” conference, January 2005