Scott Feldmann is a first chair trial attorney whose practice is devoted to intellectual property law involving patents, trade secrets and copyrights. The technology focus is on the Cloud, software, chips and the Internet. He has won multiple $100 million patent judgments collected for plaintiff and has many defense victories achieved before trial. His first Federal Circuit oral argument, scheduled as an exemplar for “PTO Academy Training Day,” resulted in a unanimous written affirmance. After his second, petitioner voluntarily dismissed before opinion issuance. His most recent twin trial victories before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board invalidated all of the dozens of claims on multiple grounds.
He leads the office’s intellectual property litigation practice, which has been ranked as Tier 1 by U.S. News – The Best Lawyers in America® “Best Law Firms” since 2014. His trial victory against a consortium of several law firms was the sole litigation reported in Baker Hostetler’s 100th Year Anniversary Annual Report highlighting notable firm matters to clients.
Scott’s essays have appeared in: MIT’s Technology Review, California Lawyer and The Wall Street Journal. He’s been quoted as an expert in Fortune Magazine, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Using Star Trek, Matrix and Terminator 2 movie clips, Scott opened the IPO Annual Conference's first panel before 850 attorneys.