Benjamin Levi

Benjamin Levi is a Principal in the firm’s Washington, DC and New York offices.  Ben is a trial lawyer and registered patent attorney with over 20 years of experience in the patent field who has been litigating complex patent disputes in the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and in federal District Courts for over 15 years.  Ben has particular expertise and knowledge of how best to guide clients through ITC litigation.  Ben has prevailed in patent cases brought in the ITC and has won jury verdicts in patent cases of hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.  

From 2006-2011, Ben was a senior investigative attorney with the ITC’s Office of Unfair Import Investigations.  He also served as a patent examiner with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) from 1989-1993, where he received the Distinguished Graduate award from the PTO’s Patent Academy.

Representative Matters

As a senior investigative attorney with the ITC’s Office of Unfair Import Investigations, Mr. Levi was the lead government lawyer in over 15 cases.  A representative sampling of those cases, as well as cases he has handled since joining McKool Smith, includes:

• Devices with Secure Communication Capabilities, Components Thereof and Products Containing the Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-818;
• Communication Equipment, Including Power Over Ethernet Telephones, Switches, Wireless Access Points, Routers and other Devices used in LANs, and Cameras, Inv. No. 337-TA-817;
• Static Random Access Memories and Products Containing Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-792;
• Integrated Circuits, Chipsets, and Products Containing Same Including Televisions, Media Players, and Cameras, Inv. No. 337-TA-709;
• Probe Card Assemblies, Components Thereof and Certain Tested DRAM and NAND Flash Memory Devices and Products Containing Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-621;
• Bulk Welding Wire Containers and Components Thereof and Welding Wire, Inv. No. 337-TA-686;
• 3G Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) Handsets and Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-601;
• 3G Mobile Handsets and Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-613;
• Equipment for Telecommunications or Data Communications Networks, Including Routers, Switches and Hubs, and Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-574;
• Foam Footwear, Inv. No. 337-TA-567; and
• Inkjet Ink Supplies and Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-691.

Also, in private practice, Mr. Levi successfully represented a medical device manufacturer in lawsuits enforcing patents covering pioneering cardiovascular stent technology resulting in jury verdicts of over $500 million in damages.

Mr. Levi has successfully represented clients in patent litigation suits in U.S. District Court and the ITC covering diverse technologies such as SRAMs, medical devices, computer software and associated component equipment used in high technology data transmission systems, carbon block water filters, mechanically locking laminate flooring, and a variety of industrial and consumer products.

Professional & Community Activities

• International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association 
• Member, International Trade Commission Committee of the Intellectual Property Owners Association

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