STAMATIOS STAMOULIS
stamoulis@swdelaw.com
(302) 999-1540 - Ext.1

STAMATIOS STAMOULIS has over ten years of experience in intellectual property and complex commercial law matters. Mr. Stamoulis began his career at the international law firm of O’Melveny & Myers LLP, where he spent four years focusing on intellectual property litigation, class action defense, antitrust defense, securities and white collar litigation, and carrier-side coverage litigation. Mr. Stamoulis then joined Fish & Richardson P.C., an international law firm specializing in intellectual property law, where he spent over five years working on intellectual property litigation and theft of trade secrets disputes, as well as corporate governance and other matters litigated before the Delaware Court of Chancery. Next, he formed Stamoulis & Weinblatt LLC.

Mr. Stamoulis has litigated patent infringement cases in the District of Delaware, as well as in many other districts throughout the country (including the Southern and Northern Districts of California, and the Eastern District of Texas). In addition, Mr. Stamoulis has represented clients in bankruptcy disputes before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Mr. Stamoulis is presently the chairman of the the Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association's Litigation Committee, and the secretary of the Benjamin Franklin Intellectual Property Inn of Court. Mr. Stamoulis has spoken on intellectual property law topics before numerous organizations, and most recently spoke on patent litigation developments at the National Meeting for the American Chemical Society.

Education
University of Delaware, H.B.A. Chemistry and Political Science 1996 - cum laude

Rutgers University School of Law, J.D. 1999 - cum laude and Order of the Coif
Managing Editor, Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal

Litigation Examples
In re W.R. Grace & Co. et al. (Del. Bankruptcy Court) -- Represent Neutocrete Products, Inc., Neutocrete Systems, Inc. and FTF Crawlspace Specialists, Inc. in a claim against W.R. Grace & Co. relating to concrete applications and breach of contract.

Denizen LLC v. WPP Group USA, Inc. et al. (D. Del.) -- Represented Denizen in a case related to advertising. Case resolved during discovery.

Li v. University of Science and Technology of China Alumni Foundation (Del. Chancery Court) -- Represented plaintiff in a suit brought under 8 Del. C. § 225 challenging an election of directors and seeking a new corporate election. Case settled shortly after serving the complaint.

Cooper Notification, Inc. v. Twitter, Inc. et al. (D. Del.) -- Defend Rave Wireless against a patent entitled "Systems And Methods For Messaging To Multiple Gateways."

Denizen LLC v. WPP Group USA, Inc. et al. (Del. Superior Court) -- Represented Denizen in a misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, and unfair competition case. Case resolved during discovery.

Synchrome Technology Inc. v. Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. et al. (D. Del.) -- Defended ASUS Computer International against two patents entitled "Method And Apparatus For Allowing Communication Between A Host Computer And At Least Two Storage Devices Over A Single Interface." Case settled during discovery.

Kriss v. Bayrock Group LLC et al. (Del. Chancery Court) -- Represented plaintiff in an action relating to limited liability company operating agreement rights.

Denizen LLC v. MindShare Entertainment USA, LLC et al. (Del. Superior Court) -- Represented Denizen in a misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, and unfair competition case. Case consolidated with Denizen LLC v. WPP Group USA, Inc. et al.

Brinkmeier v. Graco Children's Products Inc. (D. Del.) -- Represent plaintiff in a false marking (Section 292) action against Graco Children's Products.

Hernandez v. Carmel Energy Inc. (Del. Chancery Court) -- Defended Carmel Energy in a suit brought under Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law for corporate books and records. Case dismissed.

American Calcar Inc. v. American Honda Motor Co. Inc. (S.D. Cal.) -- Represented American Honda Motor in a patent litigation relating to vehicle navigation and telecommunication systems.

Rembrandt VisionTech. L.P. v. Bausch & Lomb Inc. and CIBA Vision Corp. (E.D. Tex.) -- Represented Rembrandt Vision in patent litigation relating to silicone hydrogel based contact lenses.

LML Patent Corp. v. TeleCheck Services, Inc. et al. (D. Del.) -- Represented TeleCheck in patent litigation relating to electronic processing of checks at the point of sale through the Automated Clearing House (ACH) network.

TeleCheck International, Inc. v. LML Payment Systems, Inc. (E.D. Tex.) -- Represented TeleCheck in patent litigation relating to methods and systems for interactive check authorizations using an electronic transaction terminal to gather transaction information at the point of sale.

Ricoh Co. Ltd. v. Lite-On Corp. (E.D. Tex.) -- Represented Lite-On in patent litigation relating to optical drives for CD-R/RW and DVD-R discs.

Whatman PLC v. Schleicher & Schuell BioScience (D. Del.) -- Represented Schleicher & Schuell in patent litigation relating to chemically treated paper matrices used to store and preserve DNA samples.

Nikon Corporation v. ASML Lithography, Inc. and Carl Zeiss SMT AG (N.D. Cal.) -- Represented Carl Zeiss SMT AG in patent litigation relating to optical exposure systems for microlithography.

Cisco Systems Inc. v. Alcatel USA and Alcatel S.A. (E.D. Tex.) -- Represented Alcatel USA, Inc. and Alcatel S.A. in patent litigation relating to telecommunications routing systems.

Certain Semiconductor Devices, DMA Systems, and Products Containing Same (D. Del. & I.T.C.) -- Represented Samsung in patent litigation relating to semiconductor fabrication and direct memory access systems.

Seagate Technology LLC v. Cornice, Inc. (D. Del.) -- Represented Seagate in patent litigation relating to hard drive technology.

Callaway Golf Company v. Acushnet Company (D. Del.) -- Represented Callaway Golf Company in a patent infringement action related to multi-layer golf ball construction.

OpenTV, Inc. v. Liberate Technologies (N.D. Cal.) -- Represented Liberate in patent litigation relating to video on demand information systems.

Dynacore Holdings Corp. v. U.S. Phillips Corp., et al. (S.D.N.Y.) -- Represented Apple Computer in patent litigation related to IEEE 1394 compliant devices.

Group Canal + S.A. v. NDS Group, PLC (N.D. Cal.) -- Represented NDS in unfair competition and copyright litigation relating to digital satellite television technology.

Cargill Inc. v. Progressive Dairy Solutions, Inc. (E.D. Cal.) -- Represented Cargill in trade secret and unfair competition litigation relating to animal nutrition technology.

Cadence Design Systems v. Avant! Corp. (N.D. Cal.) -- Represented Avant! in trade secret and unfair competition litigation relating to chip design software.

Hakimoglu v. Oplink Communications, Inc. (Del. Chancery Court) -- Represented Oplink Communications in suit brought under 8 Del. C. § 145 seeking indemnification of litigation cost incurred by former corporate officer in trade secret litigation.

Goya Foods, Inc. v. Unanue (Del. Chancery Court) -- Represented Goya Foods and its directors in suit brought under 8 Del. C. § 225 to confirm shareholder action taken by written consent to remove a director and subsequently terminate longstanding CEO and COO of Goya.

Unanue v. Unanue (Del. Chancery Court) -- Represented Goya Foods in suit brought under 8 Del. C. § 145 seeking indemnification. Also Represented Goya Foods in a counterclaim action for breaches of fiduciary duty and corporate waste.

Highland Legacy Limited v. Steven G. Singer, et al. (Del. Chancery Court) -- Represented defendant Gary Singer in suit alleging breach of fiduciary duties.

S.E.C. v. Princeton Economics International, Ltd. (S.D.N.Y.) -- Represented the court appointed receiver in an SEC and CFTC enforcement action relating to a multi-billion dollar ponzi scheme that defrauded several large Japanese investment entities. This action was brought in conjunction with a liquidation proceeding before a joint-provisional liquidator in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Congoleum Corp. v. Ace American Insurance Co. (N.J. Super. Ct.) -- Represented ACE-INA in litigation relating to the enforceability of a prepackaged bankruptcy reorganization plan intended to discharge all the asbestos related liabilities of the insured corporation.

Bar Admissions
Admitted to the bar in Delaware, New York, and New Jersey, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.