Jennifer L. Travers

Associate

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• Chicago Office

Jennifer L. Travers is an associate in the Chicago office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where she is a member of the Intellectual Property group.

Ms. Travers’s practice primarily focuses on intellectual property issues including, patent infringement litigation, and trade secret misappropriation disputes. Her litigation experience includes deposing and defending witnesses, arguing at court proceedings, selecting and working with expert witnesses, and drafting court and discovery documents.  Ms. Travers has litigated a wide range of technologies, including software, chemical extraction, and mechanical, electronic, and glassware devices. She has experience litigating in a number of courts, including the Northern District of Illinois; Middle District of Florida; District of Delaware; Eastern District of Virginia; Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois; and the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, Virginia.

Representative Matters

• W.E.T. Automotive Systems Ltd. v. Amerigon Inc.  (E.D. Mich., 2010) – Representing W.E.T. Automotive Systems Ltd. in patent litigation against Amerigon Inc. There are thirteen patents at issue in two different cases, with assertions of patents by both parties. The technology relates to the heating and cooling of automobile seats. Amerigon previously brought suit against W.E.T. but that suit was dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction.
• Weber-Stephen Products Co. v. Freedom Grill Inc. et al. (N.D. Ill., 2009) – Representing Sunbeam Products, Inc. in a patent infringement case related to gas grills with fold-out integrated side tables.
• Sunbeam Products, Inc. v. Global Marketing Corporation et al. (E.D. Va., 2009) – Representing Sunbeam Products, Inc. in a patent infringement case related to coffee pots.

Noteworthy

Judicial Intern, Hon. Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, US District Court for the District of Columbia, 2004

Selected Publications

• “2005 Patent Law Decisions of the Federal Circuit,” American University Law Review, co-author