Steven Mark Hoffberg
Hoffberg & Associates
I am an patent, trademark, and IP attorney admitted in NY and CT. I assist companies, institutions, and individuals in planning and executing IP strategies, including creating technologies, obtaining strong protection and enforcement, acquiring, licensing, brokering and selling patents, and assist in developing commercialization plans. I work with other members of the firm to provide a full range of legal services.
I specialize in interdisciplinary technologies, especially Internet/networking, computer and information science, cryptography, cryptocurrencies/distributed ledger, modified reality, ad hoc communications networks, information security, optimization theory, human interface systems and ergonomics, automated control systems, data and image analysis, and MEMS, nanotechnologies, medical devices, and biotech/pharma. I am inventor of >111 US patents.
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- Patents
- Patent Appeals, Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution
- Trademarks
- Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
- Intellectual Property
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Connecticut
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- New York
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- Federal Circuit
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- English: Spoken, Written
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- Hoffberg & Associates
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- Patent and trademark prosecution, opinions, litigation, general IP counseling, and strategic guidance, across all aspects of IP law.
- Of Counsel
- Tully Rinckey PLLC
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- Head of IP Department
- Partner
- Ostrolenk Faber LLP
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- Patent and trademark prosecution, IP counseling, portfolio strategies, licensing.
- Principal
- Hoffberg & Associates
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- Boutique legal practice specialized in strategic patent portfolio development, management, monetization, and the integration of IP with business structures.
- Partner
- Milde & Hoffberg LLP
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- Intellectual Property Law, patent law, licensing, transactional representation, entrepreneurial representation
- Associate
- Furgang & Milde LLP
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- Intellectual Property boutique law firm
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- Law Offices of Steven M. Hoffberg
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- Patent law firm, specializing in patent prosecution, legal opinions.
- Partner
- Stein & Hoffberg P.C.
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- Patent law and technology law boutique specializing in litigation, patent prosecution, transactions, and client counseling
- Associate
- Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane
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- Full service intellectual property law firm
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- Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
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- Full service intellectual property law firm
- Project Engineer
- AIW Inc.
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- Prime government contractor focusing on military/aerospace components and assemblies
- Engineering Manager
- Biosystems Inc.
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- Engineering Manager for an instrument manufacturing company, responsible for new product design, manufacturing oversight, QC.
- Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
- J.D. (1989) | Law
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- University of Connecticut
- Medicine (3 yrs completed)
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- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- M.S. (1985) | Electrical Engineering, Automated Control Systems
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- M.S. (1981) | Nutrition and Food Science, Human Nutrition and Physiology
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- B.S. (1980) | Applied Biology
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- Association of University Technology Managers
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- Activities: “Patent Law and Practice: From Conception to Monetization and Portfolio Strategies”, Moderator, AUTM 2012 Annual Meeting, Anahem CA March 14-17, 2012.
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- Licensing Executive Society
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- Activities: “Changes From the Top: A Review of Supreme Court Patent Jurisprudence 2006-2007,” LES Spring Meeting, Atlanta, GA, May 17, 2007 Speaker, LES 2007 Annual Meeting, October 17-19, 2007, Vancouver BC. Speaker, LES 2007 Spring Meeting, May 16-18, 2007, Atlanta GA. “Effect of KSR on Written Description Issues and Enablement”, LES Spring Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 2008. "The Nature and Impact of U.S. Export Controls on Technology Transfer and Licensing" (moderator), LES Winter 2009 Meeting, San Antonio TX, February 25-27. “Current Licensing Issues Re: Patentability of Medical Methods” (moderator), LES Annual 2010 Meeting, Chicago IL, September 26-30.
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- New York State Bar # 2353225
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- New York Intellectual Property Association
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- Activities: Speaker November 2012 CLE "Licensing with Government Agencies and Academic Institutions", New York, NY
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- Connecticut Bar # 400760
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- EUIPO Cancellation Division Cancelling “BIG MAC” EUTM No. 62638
- Tully Rinckey PLLC
- "Control of Ad Hoc Networks Using Game Theory," Wireless System Design 2004, San Diego, CA, March 8, 2004
- Wireless Sysystem Design
- Steven M. Hoffberg and Jackie Hutchinski, “Privacy Issues In Telematics Services”, Telematics Update (10/8/2001).
- Telematics Update
- Introduction to Intellectual Property, Continuing Legal Education, Tully Rinckey PLLC
- Tully Rinckey PLLC
- Registered U.S. Patent Attorney
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Certified Licensing Professional (CLP)
- Certified Licensing Professionals, Inc.
