Areas of Practice
- Intellectual Property
- IP Due Diligence
- IP Licensing
- IP Litigation
- Patent
- Patent: Business Methods
- Patent: Chemistry
- Patent: Electronics & Software
- Patent: Materials Science
- Patent: Mechanical
- Patent: Nanotechnology
- Patent: Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
- Trademark
Languages
- French
Education
- The George Washington University School of Law, J.D., 1968
- Purdue University, B.S., 1965
Bar & Court Admissions
- District of Columbia
- New York
- Virginia
Roger W. Parkhurst
Partner
1330 Connecticut Avenue, NWWashington DC 20036
TEL: 202.429.6420
FAX: 202.429.3902
Roger W. Parkhurst is a partner in the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he is a member of the Intellectual Property group, concentrating on patent, trademark, trade dress, and unfair competition litigation.
For over 30 years, Mr. Parkhurst has litigated a variety of intellectual property disputes, including patent, trademark, copyright, and trade dress infringement allegations, and patent/antitrust claims. Mr. Parkhurst also has successfully litigated important patent interferences before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, and trademark opposition/cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, in the US PTO.
Mr. Parkhurst has advised an array of enterprises on policies and procedures for identifying, evaluating, and protecting their intellectual property, and has written hundreds of patent infringement/validity opinions.
Mr. Parkhurst is recognized by his peers as a leading member of the intellectual property bar. He was elected president of the American Intellectual Property Association for the 2001-2002 term. Mr. Parkhurst has been selected by his peers continuously since 2001 for inclusion in the Patent Law section of the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers. He also has acted as an expert witness in patent/antitrust cases and patent infringement cases. He is frequently called upon to speak about topics relating to intellectual property, and presented mock Markman hearings and closing arguments at PLI in New York, annually 2000-2005.
Mr. Parkhurst is admitted to practice before the US Supreme Court, the US Courts of Appeals for the Federal, Third, and Fourth Circuits, and in the US District Courts for the District of Columbia, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, and Western District of New York.
Noteworthy
- Listed in Who's Who Legal for Patent in 2008
- Listed in International Who's Who of Patent Lawyers 2007; recognized as an "authority" on patent litigation and as a "very knowledgeable and prominent member of the intellectual property bar.”
Select News & Events
- 18 Steptoe Attorneys Selected for Who's Who Legal
- Steptoe Adds Partner, Counsel To IP Practice
- Speaker for "Using Expert Witnesses…to Win Patent Cases; Choosing and Presenting Experts—and Defusing the Other Side's Experts" PLI, San Francisco, October 2, 2007
- Teleconference: The Implications of KSR v. Teleflex, June 5, 2007, (A Steptoe-Sponsored Event)
- Teleconference: US Supreme Court Revisits Non-Obviousness, Ultimate Test of Inventions' Patentability, September 28, 2006, (A Steptoe-Sponsored Event)
- Roger Parkhust Conducts Obviousness Cross-Examination for PLI, November 7, 2005
- Roger Parkhurst Speaks on Patent Litigation and 337 for SGMA, June 22, 2005
- DOJ/FTC Hearings to Highlight Additional Business and Economic Perspectives on Competition and Intellectual Property Policy, April 2002
Publications
- September 28, 2006
Professional Affiliations
- American Intellectual Property Law Association, President, 2001-2002
- American Bar Association
- Federal Circuit Bar Association
- District of Columbia Bar
- Virginia State Bar
- International Patent and Trademark Association (AIPPI)
- Licensing Executives Society
- Alexandria Bar Association
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
- US Patent and Trademark Office
