Steve McBride is a partner at Carmichael IP.  Steve is an experienced patent attorney focusing on representing clients in front of the Patent Office for inter partes reviews, reexaminations and other post-grant proceedings.  In addition to PTAB experience, Steve is an experienced patent litigator and has successfully represented dozens of clients in U.S. district courts and the International Trade Commission.  He also has experience providing IP counseling and due diligence, and has handled matters involving copyright, trade secret and general commercial issues. His practice focuses on technologies such as software, electronics, and telecommunications. Steve is a registered patent attorney and has been published frequently on a variety of patent-related topics.

Steve has spent over a decade handling post-grant proceedings, patent litigation, and other intellectual property disputes.  Before law school, he worked as an engineer in the telecommunications industry.

Education

• Columbia Law School, J.D., 2006, Stone scholar
• West Virginia University B.S. Computer Engineering, 1999, cum laude
  
• West Virginia University B.S. Electrical Engineering, 1999, cum laude
  

Admissions

• State of Virginia
• State of New York
• USPTO (Reg. No. 78,396)
• Federal Circuit
• Eastern District of Texas
• Eastern District of Virginia
• Southern District of New York
• Eastern District of New York

Affiliations

• Virginia State Bar

• New York State Bar
• PTAB Bar Association

Publications

• “The Case for Using Filing Dates Instead of Expiration Dates to Determine Obviousness-Type Double Patenting”, Parts I and II, IPWatchdog.com, May 5 and May 8, 2024.

• “The Year Ahead: Where Do We Stand on the USPTO’s ANPRM and the PREVAIL Act?”, IPWatchdog.com, Jan. 9, 2024.
• “Understanding the Differences Between the USPTO’s ANPRM and the PREVAIL Act”, IPWatchdog.com, Sept. 7, 2023.
• “Understanding the Differences Between the USPTO’s ANPRM and the PREVAIL Act”, IPWatchdog.com, Sept. 7, 2023.
• “Droit Américain des Brevets : Sa Surprenante Expansion en Dehors du Territoire Américain” (with Phillipe Signore), Revue Francophone de la Propriete Intellectual, September 2021 (No. 13).
• “The Pros and Cons of Asserting U.S. Patents Against Foreign Companies” (with John Presper), IP Litigator, May/June 2021 Vol. 27 No. 3.
• “The Presumption Against Extraterritoriality’s Slow Decline In Patent Law” (with Elissa Sanford), AIPLA Quarterly Journal, Summer 2020, Vol. 48, No. 3.
• “The Globalization of U.S. Patent Law”, ABA Business Law Today, July 26, 2019.

Presentations

• Presenter, “Understanding Inter Partes Reviews,” Lawline.com, June 27, 2024.

• Panelist, “Patent Litigation Review: Cases and Issues to Watch”, IP Watchdog Patent Litigation Masters, May 13, 2024.
• Panelist, “Revamping the PTAB: A Review of Pending Legislation and Proposed Rules”, IP Watchdog PTAB Masters, January 29-30, 2024.
• Moderator, “Focus Session: What is Next For The PTAB?”, IAM Connect: Patent Policy and Litigation, November 14, 2023.
• Moderator, “Dissecting PTAB Rulemaking & Legislation: Will it Make Things Any Better?”, IP Watchdog LIVE, September 17-19, 2023.
• Presenter, “Future of IP:  Things Change, But They Don’t Really Change”, IIPLA Las Vegas Oct. 10-11, 2022.
• Presenter, “PTAB Practitioner's Corner: Appeals and Inter Partes Reviews”, Virtual Patent Gateway, Jan. 17, 2022.
• Panelist, “Administrative Estoppel Based on PTAB and TTAB Judgments”, World IP Forum 2021, April 26-May 5, 2021.