Steve Moore focuses his practice on patent infringement litigation. He has handled patent cases involving a wide variety of industries, including wireless communications devices and systems, cable television, computer software, Internet systems, electrical and mechanical systems, medical products, textiles, chemical and metallurgical products, and pulp and paper. Mr. Moore frequently defends companies accused of patent infringement, and also represents patent owners harmed by a competitor’s infringement in pursuing patent and related claims. Mr. Moore also has experience in successfully coordinating global patent litigation, resulting in favorable rulings for his clients both in the U.S. and abroad.  Mr. Moore further has experience in trade dress claims and commercial litigation matters.

Mr. Moore has significant courtroom experience in patent cases. He has jury trial experience, including in a three-week jury trial in which the jury found his opponent’s patents invalid and not infringed. He has also argued before the Federal Circuit on several occasions, including before the en banc Federal Circuit in the pending joint infringement appeals. Mr. Moore further has argued and examined witnesses in numerous Markman hearings, after which courts issued claim construction rulings that have caused a case to resolve favorably for his clients.

Mr. Moore was recognized as a "Rising Star" in Intellectual Property Litigation and Business Litigation in 2009 and in Intellectual Property Litigation in 2010 and 2011 by SuperLawyers magazine. He is listed in the 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business for Intellectual Property Law. He is proficient in French and also speaks basic German.

Professional & Community Activities

Georgia State Bar Association, Member

Federal Bar Association, Executive Committee Member of Atlanta Chapter

North Carolina State Bar, Member

Alaska Law Review, Former Executive Editor

Education

  • Duke University School of Law, J.D. (1996)
    magna cum laude
  • Duke University, A.B., Economics (1993)
    cum laude

Bar Admissions

  • Not Licensed in California
  • North Carolina (1996)
  • Georgia (1999)

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (2003)
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (2006)
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (2007)
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (2005)
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina (2002)
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (2001)
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina (2000)

Clerkships

  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia — Honorable Richard C. Freeman
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina — Honorable Alexander B. Denson

Who We Are

1001 West Fourth Street
Winston-Salem, NC, 27101-2400
USA
t +1 336.607.7431
Eighth Floor, Two Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, CA, 94111
USA
t +1 415.273.4741
f +1 415.651.8510

Steven D. Moore

Experience Highlights

Belinda Y. Brown v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation Products LLC
The firm serves as lead counsel on behalf of Georgia-Pacific in a qui tam false marking suit filed by Belinda Brown in the United States more
Patent and trademark litigation for leading manufacturer of motor sports-related tear-off products
Represented leading manufacturer of tear-off products in a case related to multi-layer tear-off products often used in the motor sports industry. The more
Select Retrieval LLC v. Aqua Superstore Inc. et al.

The firm represents Market America, Inc., an Internet marketer and broker of products and services, as defendant in a patent infringement action more

Patent litigation for provider of automatic order fulfillment systems
The firm served as lead counsel on behalf of a provider of automatic order fulfillment systems in a patent infringement suit brought by a pharmacy more