Steven L. Underwood
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Steven Underwood is an intellectual property law litigator. Before joining Price Heneveld® in 1999, he was based in Chicago, where he developed a broad intellectual property law practice. Both then and since, he has lead or participated in many lawsuits in federal courts around the country involving patents, trademarks, trade dress, and copyrights. Mr. Underwood has a J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Detroit School of Law, a B.M.E. from the University of Detroit and experience as an automotive engineer. Mr. Underwood has advised clients in all aspects of intellectual property law and has been involved with technologies that include the mechanical, pharmaceutical, electrical, food science and software arts. He is a member of the bars of Michigan, Illinois, and the District of Columbia; is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Michigan, the Northern District of Illinois, the Northern District of Indiana, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal, Sixth and Second Circuits and the U.S. Supreme Court; and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office. He is also a member of the American, Grand Rapids and Chicago Bar Associations, the Association of Intellectual Property Law Attorneys and the Society of Automotive Engineers.
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Tania P. Rentz
Tania is Steve's assistant and has been with the Price Heneveld® team since October 25, 1993.
Representative Cases
| CASE |
CAUSE OF ACTION |
STATUS |
TPI Holdings, Inc. v. Shane Williams Enter., Inc., 91190280 (T.T.A.B.) |
Trademark Opposition |
Active |
Process Wastewater Tech., Inc. v. Steinhardt GmbH, et al., 1:09-cv-028 (E.D. Tenn.) |
Patent Infringement |
Active |
McKechnie Vehicles Components v. Lacks Indus., 02:09-cv-11594 (E.D. Mich.) |
Patent Infringement |
Active |
Patent Rights Protection Group v. Nova & SPEC Inter’l, 2:08-cv-00663 (D. Nev.) |
Patent Infringement |
Dismissed |
Patent Rights Protection Group v. VGT & SPEC Inter’l, 2:08-cv-00662 (D. Nev.) |
Patent Infringement |
Active |
Patent Rights Protection Group v. Cadillac Jack & SPEC Inter’l, 2:08-cv-00660 (D. Nev.) |
Patent Infringement |
Dismissed |
SPEC Inter’l v. Patent Rights Protection Group, 1:08-cv-662 (W.D. Mich.) |
Patent Infringement |
Dismissed |
Southwest Agri-Plastics v. Big Dutchman Pig Equip., GmbH & Big Dutchman, Inc., 3:08-cv-00037 (N.D. Tex.) |
Patent Infringement |
Settled |
Lacks Indus. v. McKechnie Vehicle Components, 02:96-cv-75692 (E.D. Mich.) |
Patent Infringement |
Active |
Regal Securities v. Regal Financial, 92045924 (T.T.A.B.) |
Trademark Cancellation |
Settled |
Mid-American Prod., Inc. v. 21st Century Plastics, Inc., 1:07-cv-0191 (W.D. Mich.) |
Patent Infringement |
Dismissed by Plaintiff |
Johnson & Johnson, et al. v. L. Perrigo Co., et al., 1:06-cv-7198 (S.D.N.Y.) |
Trademark Infringement |
Settled |
Quality Edge, Inc. v. Custom Roofing, Inc., 1:06-cv-0618 (N.D. Ill.) |
Trademark Infringement |
Settled |
USA Financial Marketing Corp. v. Tele-Direct Commc’n, Inc., 1:06-cv-0079 (W.D. Mich.) |
Trademark Infringement |
Settled |
Computer Prod. and Resources v. CPR Computers, Inc., 06-419-CK (Mich.) |
Trademark Infringement |
Settled |
Veteran Med. Prod., Inc., et al. v. Bionix Dev. Corp., et al., 1:05-cv-0655 (W.D. Mich.) |
Patent Infringement |
Prevailed After Trial |
Bionix Dev. Corp. et al. v. Veteran Medical Prod., Inc., et al., 3:05-cv-7387 (E.D. Ohio) |
Patent Infringement |
Transferred to Michigan |
Aquascape Designs, Inc v. Stoney Creek Fisheries & Equip. Co., 1:05-cv-0597 (N.D. Ill.) |
Patent Infringement |
Settled |
conTeyer Multibag Sys. v. Bradford Co., 1:05-cv-0613 (W.D. Mich.) |
Patent Infringement |
Settled |
McNeil-PPC et al. v. Perrigo Co. et al., 1:05-cv-1321 (S.D.N.Y.) |
Patent Infringement |
Prevailed After Appeal |
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