Stuart D. Sender

Partner

Madison, NJ
One Giralda Farms
Madison, NJ 07940
P 973.966.3234 F 973.966.3250
P 973.966.3234 F 973.966.3250

Experience

Stuart Sender has experience in a broad range of intellectual property litigation and licensing matters. His practice includes litigating patent and trademark infringement suits and counseling on intellectual property matters such as:

  • Representing plaintiffs or defendants in patent infringement suits in the pharmaceutical, chemical, electrical and mechanical arts;
  • Advising on registration and licensing of trademarks in diverse industries, from automotive, to cosmetics, food, internet businesses, restaurants, retail, high fashion and high tech;
  • Trademark litigation on behalf of clients in diverse industries both to enforce trademarks and obtain injunctive relief, and to defend against trademark infringement claims;
  • Advising pharmaceutical companies on strategies concerning ANDA filings;
  • Advising industrial chemical companies with respect to licensing and designing around patents in the polymer coating field;
  • Litigating patents and licenses in the agricultural chemical field;
  • Licensing technology, software and other intellectual properties in the computer, communications, semiconductor, automotive coatings, industrial chemical, pharmaceutical, medical device, video game, electrical equipment, manufacturing, advertising and fashion industries;
  • Advising on confidentiality and noncompetition agreements; and
  • Evaluating intellectual property in the context of mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Sender is a frequent speaker on intellectual property litigation and licensing issues. He teaches Patent Law as an adjunct faculty member at Rutgers Law School and has taught Patent Litigation in the past.

Recognition

  • The Best Lawyers in America - Litigation-Intellectual Property (2021-2025) and Litigation-Patent (2023-2025). In 2024, he was named "Lawyer of the Year" for Litigation-Intellectual Property.

Memberships and Professional Affiliations

  • American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section
  • Bar Association of the City of New York
  • Master, John C. Lifland, American Inn of Court

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Practices

Education

  • J.D., New York University School of Law, 1980
  • B.S.E., Princeton University, 1977

Admissions

  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • United States Supreme Court
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office