Bruce Wieder is a Member in the Media and Information Technologies practice group. He specializes in patent litigation at both the trial and appellate levels, as well as patent licensing and settlement agreements. He has extensive experience in a wide range of patent matters including the enforcement of our clients' patent rights and defending our clients against accusations of infringement. Mr. Wieder regularly counsels clients regarding patents and related intellectual property matters. He has lectured on and is experienced in analyzing patent infringement, validity and enforceability issues. He is also experienced in representing clients before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, federal district courts and the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. His experience also includes the protection of communications and other high technology systems as well as computer software. His primary technical experience is in VLSI circuit design.
Prior to joining Dow Lohnes, Mr. Wieder was a partner at Burns Doane Swecker & Mathis in the Alexandria, Virginia office. Mr. Wieder was also a law clerk to the Honorable S. Jay Plager, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He was also an engineer at Motorola, Inc., Microprocessor Design Group.
Mr. Wieder has been an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center since 1997. He is also a Past President of the Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court, the oldest intellectual property focused American Inn of Court. He is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Memberships and Activities
Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Member - American Bar Association
Member - American Intellectual Property Law Association
Member - Federal Circuit Bar Association
Member and Past President - Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court
Member - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Registered Professional Engineer (Texas)
Selected Publications and Presentations
“What You Thought You Knew About Patent Law and Why That’s Changed: A Guide to Important Provisions in the America Invents Act” (Media Law Resource Center Bulletin December 2011)
Client Advisory: The Unborn Calf Lives - The Supreme Court Decides Stanford V. Roche (June 9, 2011)
Client Advisory: Language in Employment Agreement Leads to Loss of Patent Rights for Stanford University (October 8, 2009)
Client Advisory: Supreme Court Grants Cert Petition for In Re Bilski - The Federal Circuit's En Banc Decision on What is Patentable Subject Matter (June 1, 2009)
Client Advisory: RICOH V. QUANTA New Law on Indirect Infringement (December 31, 2008)
Client Advisory: New Law on What is Patentable - The Federal Circuit Releases its En Banc In Re Bilski Decision (October 30, 2008)
Patents in Higher Education: Issues Arising From The Blackboard Case (presented May 2008)
Protect Your Patent Portfolio (April 2008)
The Patent Reform Act of 2007 (presented February 2008)
Opinions of Counsel: Have You Waived Attorney Work Product Without Knowing it? (presented January 2007)
Keeping a Good Thought Unpatentable, Intellectual Property Today, vol. 13, no. 7 (July 2006)
Another New Look at Prosecution History Estoppel: The Next Chapter of Festo, Virginia Intellectual Property Law Newsline, vol. 5, issue 3 (March 2004)
What's Left of Prosecution History Estoppel: The Next Chapter of Festo, Corporate Counsel, pp. A16-A17 (January 2004)
Inequitable Conduct - What Standard for Materiality?, posted on Mondaq.com (September 2003)
Festo - What the Federal Circuit and Supreme Court Have Done (presented June 2002)
Significant Patent Decisions from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit - 1988, 38 Am. U.L. Rev. (1989)
A Tool for Aggregate Production Planning, Semiconductor International (May 1986)
Representative Cases
ATD Corp. v. Lydall, Inc., 159 F.3d 534 (Fed. Cir. 1998)
Advance Stores Co. v. Refinishing Specialties, Inc., 188 F.3d 408 (6th Cir. 1999)
Monsanto Co. v. Bayer Bioscience N.V., 363 F.3d 1235 (Fed. Cir. 2004)