Stephen is an intellectual property attorney whose practice is focused on patent litigation. He works with clients in a wide variety of industries, including technology, manufacturing, and health care. Stephen was a Summer Associate at Mintz in 2022.
While earning his JD, Stephen served as an intellectual property intern in the MIT Technology Licensing Office, where he prepared market and technology briefs based on extensive reviews of scientific documentation as well as patent applications and disclosures. He also refined the office’s forecasting metrics for potential patent applications in various fields of study.
During his graduate and undergraduate studies in the industrial engineering field, Stephen worked and served as a volunteer on engineering projects involving manufacturing and health care facilities.
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How Your Trade Secret Could Help to Defend Against Claims of Patent Infringement
February 1, 2024 | Blog | By Adam Samansky, Peter Cuomo, Nicholas Armington, Stephen Chen
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Mintz Secures Trade Secret Success for Recycle Track Systems
February 19, 2025
The Mintz IP litigation team recently secured a successful outcome for client Recycle Track Systems (RTS). RTS provides waste management brokerage services that optimize trash pickup schedules, reduce waste, and enhance waste diversion for large corporations and municipalities. RTS provides this solution through a combination of proprietary software and hardware technology—namely, its Pello product. RoadRunner Recycling, a former component supplier and partner of RTS, filed a trade secret suit against RTS over its Pello sensor technology. Specifically, RoadRunner sued RTS in the Northern District of California for trade misappropriation under the California Uniform Trade Secret Act and Defend Trade Secret Act and included in its complaint a number of breach of contract allegations as well.
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The Mintz IP litigation team recently secured a successful outcome for client Recycle Track Systems (RTS). RTS provides waste management brokerage services that optimize trash pickup schedules, reduce waste, and enhance waste diversion for large corporations and municipalities. RTS provides this solution through a combination of proprietary software and hardware technology—namely, its Pello product. RoadRunner Recycling, a former component supplier and partner of RTS, filed a trade secret suit against RTS over its Pello sensor technology. Specifically, RoadRunner sued RTS in the Northern District of California for trade misappropriation under the California Uniform Trade Secret Act and Defend Trade Secret Act and included in its complaint a number of breach of contract allegations as well.
