Stephen John Stark

Member
Phone:
423-785-8229
Fax:
423-321-1568
Chattanooga Office
Suite 1000 Volunteer Building
832 Georgia Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2289

Steve Stark concentrates his area of practice on patents, trademarks, copyrights and litigation matters. He has prosecuted well over a hundred U.S. and foreign patent applications which span a wide landscape of technologies, including various mechanical, electrical, chemical and business method inventions. Much of his patent work has been focused in the carpet, consumer product, packaging, transportation and medical instrument industries. Additionally, he has assisted clients in obtaining and maintaining hundreds of trademark registrations. He has extensive experience negotiating agreements related to technology. He has been actively involved in the enforcement of clients' intellectual property rights in some situations, as well as defending clients from allegations of misappropriation in other situations.

Representative Experience
  • Patent, Trademark and Copyright prosecution and consultation for local, national, and internationally focused companies
  • Perry v. Herd, (M.D.Tenn. 2006, unpublished) successfully assisted in obtaining 16 counts of willful copyright infringement against defendant
Presentations
  • "Recent Developments in Patent Law", Tennessee Intellectual Property Law Association, Fall Symposium, November, 2006
Other Professional Accomplishments
  • Registered Professional Engineer, Virginia
  • Registered Professional Engineer, Georgia
  • Submarine Qualification, U.S. Navy
  • Submarine Engineer Qualification, U.S. Navy
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America®, 2013 Edition
Publications
  • Legal Protection for Intellectual Properties, Commercial Network Magazine, (February, 2006)
  • Owners of Business Method Patents Filing Claim Notices, Co-author with Carlos Smith, TVPPA News, (September - October, 2006)