Scott D. Watkins

Of Counsel

• swatkins@steptoe.com
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• Washington Office

Scott D. Watkins is of counsel in the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he is a member of the Intellectual Property group. His practice focuses on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, with particular emphasis in patent issues in the electrical, mechanical, and computer arts.

Mr. Watkins counsels clients in a variety of industries on all aspects of patent practice, including prosecution of patent and trademark applications in the US Patent and Trademark Office, and strategies for enforcing patents.  His experience in defensive aspects of patent practice includes investigating and analyzing hundreds of US patents, from single-patent disputes to large corporate portfolios. He has litigated in patent, copyright, and trade-secret actions before federal courts and the US Patent Board of Appeals and Inferences. 

Mr. Watkins has experience in a variety of technical areas, including telecommunications, optics, nuclear medicine, circuit design, and semiconductor fabrication.

Noteworthy

• Eta Kappa Nu, The International Electrical Engineering Honor Society 
• Steptoe Team Arranges $40 Million Settlement for Ampex

Select News & Events

• Scott Watkins Quoted on Patent Trolls
• “Intellectual Property Basics: Patents,” Steptoe & Johnson LLP Training Seminar, 2004
• “Damages in Patent Litigation,” Client Development Seminar, Litigation Series, February 22, 2000
• “Recent Developments in Intellectual Property Law,” Training Seminar, September 24, 1999
• “Motion Practice,” Client Development Seminar, Litigation Series, February 16, 1999
• “Intellectual Property Basics: Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets,” Open Forum for Technology Companies in Northern Virginia, May 19, 1998
• “Recent Developments in Intellectual Property Law,” Training Seminar, October 31, 1997

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Publications

• Watkins and Bickham, “Ninth Circuit Ruling Should Not Affect Venue For US Patent Litigation”
  1996, The IP Litigator, Vol 2 No 4

Professional Affiliations

• US Patent and Trademark Office