The law practice at Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox is dedicated to the protection, transfer and enforcement of intellectual property rights.  More than half of SKGF’s IP professionals have an advanced technical degree, including 50 with PhD’s.  It is this tremendous technical depth that sets SKGF apart from its competitors.

Founded in 1978 and based in Washington, DC, SKGF represents both emerging and established, and publicly- and privately-held companies, venture capital firms, universities, and select individuals throughout the United States and across the globe.  IP procurement, portfolio management, and IP litigation are major aspects of the practice at SKGF.

The SKGF reexamination team is highly experienced having represented both inventors/patent holders and third party requestors in ex parte and inter partes reexam proceedings at the Central Reexamination Unit, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.