Stan Panikowski is an appellate and trial litigator with experience in intellectual property, antitrust and other areas of business litigation. He has successfully represented clients before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the California Supreme Court, the California Court of Appeal, various federal district courts and the International Trade Commission. He also counsels clients on intellectual property issues and has experience in negotiating complex license agreements.

Mr. Panikowski is also a speaker and writer on issues in patent and appellate litigation and has been an adjunct professor of law at the University of San Diego School of Law. He recently served as President of the San Diego Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.

In 2009, San Diego Metropolitan Magazine selected Mr. Panikowski as one of its "40 Under 40" honorees, recognizing him as “one of the brightest and most enterprising young people in San Diego County.” In 2008, the San Diego Daily Transcript named him one of the top young attorneys in San Diego.

Mr. Panikowski previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor of the Supreme Court of the United States and the Honorable J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Representative Appellate Litigation Matters

• International Rectifier Corp. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 361 F.3d 1155 (Fed. Cir. 2004) – Obtained full reversal of contempt order against client for allegedly violating injunction against patent infringement.
• Freeman v. Lasky, Haas & Cohler, 410 F.3d 1180 (9th Cir. 2005) – Obtained full affirmance of order dismissing antitrust claims against clients with prejudice.
• International Rectifier Corp. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 424 F.3d 1235 (Fed. Cir. 2005) – Obtained vacatur and remand of reduction in attorney's fees to which prevailing client was entitled in patent infringement matter.
• Sony Electronics Inc. v. Superior Court (Cal. Ct. App. 2006) – Obtained vacatur of class certification order on writ review.
• e-Pass Technologies v. Hewlett-Packard Company, et al. (Fed. Cir. 2007) – Obtained full affirmance of summary judgment of noninfringement on behalf of manufacturer of handheld computer devices.
• Grosset v. Wenaas (Cal. Supreme Ct. 2008) – Obtained unanimous affirmance of California Court of Appeal decision imposing continuous stock ownership requirement on plaintiffs in shareholder derivative suits.
• Schutte & Koerting v. Swett & Crawford (9th Cir. 2008) – Obtained affirmance of district court decision granting summary judgment in favor of clients on statute of limitations defense in broker negligence action.
• Currently representing clients in numerous post-trial and appellate matters.

Other Representative Matters

• Represented large technology company in several patent litigation matters relating to computer technology in International Trade Commission and district courts; cases were settled favorably for client after prevailing in International Trade Commission trial.
• Represented medical device company in International Trade Commission investigation and other patent litigation matters.
• In re Western States Wholesale Natural Gas Antitrust Litigation, 368 F. Supp. 2d 1110 (D. Nev., 2005) – Obtained dismissal with prejudice of antitrust and unfair competition claims against energy company; cases were settled favorably for client after dismissal.
• Obtained orders authorizing seizures of counterfeit and unauthorized merchandise on behalf of the NFL and NFL Properties LLC in connection with Super Bowl XXXVII in San Diego.
• Represented veterans organizations as amici in proceedings before Federal Circuit and United States Supreme Court.
• Advises clients on constitutional issues across numerous practice areas.