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Clients

We understand that innovation is the currency of tomorrow.  Below are just a few of the innovators we represent:

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Founded in 1983, Avue Technologies is the recognized market leader and technology innovator in public sector management platforms (PS/MP). The company provides the public sector with integrated technology and service solutions that dramatically increase enterprise-wide visibility and management effectiveness, workforce productivity, and manager and worker satisfaction.

The belief that keeping families together during a child’s medical crisis has a powerful influence on the healing process is what drives Believe In Tomorrow.  The organization provides exceptional hospital and respite housing services to critically ill children and their families with clean, comfortable facilities that serve as a tool for families to rejuvenate and reconnect.  

 

 

 

GLYCART biotechnology AG is active in the research and development of new potent antibody-based products for the treatment of unmet clinical needs such as cancer.

Google is a public and profitable company focused on search services. Named for the mathematical term "googol," Google operates web sites at many international domains, with the most trafficked being www.google.com. Google is widely recognized as the "world's best search engine" because it is fast, accurate and easy to use.

 

 

 

H.C. Starck produces an assortment of refractory metal powders that is unique the world over, including tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum, niobium, rhenium as well as their compounds (borides, carbides, nitrides, oxides, silicides, sulfides).

 

Men Can Stop Rape is an international organization that mobilizes men to use their strength for creating cultures free from violence, especially men’s violence against women.

 

 

 

 

Mountain View Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (MVP) is a leader in the biopharmaceutical drug delivery field.  MVP seeks to improve drugs through the application of its polymer coupling technology platforms and advanced analytical methods.

 

 

 

Novalar's premier product offering, OraVerse™, has been developed to rapidly reverse the lingering and debilitating lip and tongue numbness associated with local dental anesthesia. The company's intent is to introduce and promote this novel solution as a standard of care in dentistry.

 

 

 

OncoMed Pharmaceuticals is a biotechnology company dedicated to improving cancer treatment, by developing monoclonal antibodies that target the biologic pathways critical to tumor initiating cells, also known as “cancer stem cells”.

Reebok is an American-inspired, global brand that creates and markets sports and lifestyle products built upon a strong heritage and authenticity in sports, fitness and women’s categories. The brand is committed to designing products and marketing programs that reflect creativity and the desire to constantly challenge the status quo.

 

 

 

Redpoint Bio is a biotechnology firm that identifies and develops compounds to improve the taste of pharmaceutical, food and beverage products.  Redpoint's bitter blockers and flavor enhancers reduce the need for excess sugar and salt and contribute to the development of healthier, better-tasting foods, beverages and pharmaceuticals.

OSRAM SYLVANIA is the North American business of OSRAM GmbH of Germany, one of the world's largest lighting manufacturers and part of the Siemens family of companies. The company manufactures and markets a wide range of lighting products and precision materials and components for business and industry, consumers, for the automotive industry, and for the computer, aerospace and other major industries worldwide.

 

 

Sybase is the largest enterprise software and services company exclusively focused on managing and mobilizing information.  With their global solutions, enterprises can extend their information securely and make it useful for people anywhere using any device.

 

 

 

The Motley Fool publishes a newsletter with a simple stated goal: to educate, amuse, and enrich their readers and help them make better financial decisions. In partnership with Simon & Schuster and via its own self-published line, The Motley Fool has published best-selling books including The Motley Fool Investment Guide.

Founded in 1856, the University of Maryland is the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland.  One of the university's top priorities is to ensure that it's research and scholarly activity has an impact on the community and society and makes a difference in peoples' lives.

(1) Representative Client List

(2) Why Washington D.C.?

Why Washington D.C.?
In the middle of it all, our office is located near government agencies, courts and organizations dedicated to Intellectual Property law.


In a patent trial, the way the lawyer frames the question at issue will condition the jury's understanding of the science. 
Defining the question is what
Sterne Kessler does best.

(3) Awards + Accolades

  • Ranked in 2010 by Chambers & Partners USA as one of America’s leading firms in IP.
  • Top Rankings in Managing IP’s 2010 World IP Survey
  • In 2010, ranked in the Top Ten for patent quality in the US in a survey conducted by Ocean Tomo.

  • Robert Sterne, Jorge Goldstein and David Cornwell recognized as 'Leading Individuals' by Chambers & Partners USA for 2010.
  • Ranked in 2009 by Chambers & Partners USA as one of America’s leading firms in IP.

  • Robert Greene Sterne selected as "A Best Lawyer in America" in 2006 - 2009.
  • Recognized by the Washington Business Journal as one of the top 50 best companies to work for in the Greater Washington area, 2009.

  • Recommended in Practice Law Company's 2009 edition of Which Lawyer? Yearbook.
  • Named "Go-To Law Firm" in 2005.
  • First IP Benefactor at George Washington University Law School in 2006.
  • Dr. Jorge Goldstein named Leading Lawyer in Life Sciences in 2006 - 2008.

(4) Firm Milestones