Overview

Stefan Miller is a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in Kirkland’s New York office. His practice focuses on patent litigation and counseling in the pharmaceutical, chemical and biochemical arts. He has extensive experience in all aspects of litigation including pre-litigation investigations, fact and expert discovery, depositions, oral argument, technical reports and analysis, Markman and summary judgment proceedings, brief writing and trial before the Patent & Trademark Office, ITC, and Federal District Courts. Stefan has also been a primary drafter of over sixty technical expert reports in a variety of technological fields including small-molecule compositions and formulations, biologics (including CAR-T technology), medical devices, and recombinant DNA technology. As part of his practice, he works closely with leading experts to scour the literature, identify the soundest technical foundations of a case, and ultimately translate complex scientific theories into simple, compelling themes resonating with judge and jury. Stefan’s practice also includes significant experience with the intersection of patent and commercial law, including patent licensing and other contractual disputes.

Stefan utilizes his first-hand experience with the prosecution of patent applications, bringing with him an inside look at the back and forth between patent applicant and the USPTO. Using his several years of prior patent prosecution and counseling experience, Stefan discovers weaknesses in patent families. When defending a client’s patents, he identifies the best defenses in protecting a client’s intellectual property, and when on the attack, leverages his insight into a patent’s file history to muster the best offense. He also routinely conducts expansive freedom-to-operate and other IP due diligence projects.

Stefan has an in-depth and broad-ranging technical background across several fields. He earned a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Yale University, where he researched the synthesis of small-molecule drugs with applications in oncology, and has extensive experience in several additional technical fields during his past decade-plus of legal work.

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Thought Leadership

Publications 

“Post-Grant Review of Patents: A Primer” by Stefan Miller and Greg Springsted in J Commer Biotechnol, August 2016

“Staking an Advantage in an AIA World: Practical Patent Tips for Biotechnology Companies” in J Commer Biotechnol, July 2014

"The Golden Rule of Biological Inventions and the Written Description Requirement” in Patent Strategy & Management, 2009

“Parallel Imports: Towards a Flexible Uniform Rule” in Journal of Commercial Biotechnology, 2009

Book Review: "Intellectual Property and Biotechnology: Biological Inventions" by Matthew Rimmer in J Commer Biotechnol, 2008

“Aggressive Intellectual Property Strategies” by Stefan Miller and Eugene Rzucidlo in Best Practices in Biotechnology Business Development, ed. Yali Friedman, Logos Press, 2008

“IP Branding: Adding Value to a Business” by Stefan Miller in Patent Strategy & Management, April 2007 and reprinted in The Intellectual Property Strategist, 2007

“Lessons from Purdue: Patent Practitioner Tips for Avoiding Inequitable Conduct Claims” by James DeZazzo and Stefan Miller in Patent Strategy & Management, 2006

“The Diastereoselective Pauson-Khand Cyclization of N-O, N-N Tethered Enynes and Progress Towards the Total Synthesis of the Axinellamines,” Yale University, 2005

“Amides and Derivatives; Polyamides and Peptides; Lactams; Synthesis from Aldehydes, Ketones and Derivatives” by Stefan M. Miller and David J. Austin in Science of Synthesis, 2005 

Press Mentions

"PTAB Reverses Course, Institutes Review Of Herceptin Patent," Law360, October 30, 2017

Abbott Wins In Patent Case Over DNA Tech,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, August 23, 2017

Lilly Settles Cialis Generic Patent Suit, Cuts Exclusivity,” Law360, July 13, 2017

Impax, AstraZeneca Get Win In Generic Zomig Patent Case,” Law360, April 3, 2017

Seminars

“The Legal Landscape After Dobbs v. Jackson: Women’s Healthcare” by Lisa Madigan, Jacqueline Haberfeld, and Stefan Miller, Webinar, Aon PLC, November 2022

“The Art of War: The American Legal and Technological Battlefield” by Stefan Miller in collaboration with EAG Laboratories, Webinar, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, January 2020

“21st Century Therapies: Biologics and Biosimilars,” by Leora Ben-Ami, Patricia Carson, and Stefan Miller, Seminar, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, January 2016

“Recent Developments in BPCIA Suits,” by Amanda Hollis, Jeanna Wacker, Elizabeth Cutri, Stefan Miller, and James McConnell, Seminar, Pfizer Global IP Conference, May 2017

Recognition

Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Commercial Biotechnology

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2009, New York
  • Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Courts

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office

Education

  • New York University School of LawJ.D.2008

    Intellectual Property Law Award

    Full Tuition Scholarship

  • Yale UniversityPh.D., Organic Chemistry2005
    Prize Teaching Fellow Award
  • University of Texas at AustinB.S., Chemistrycum laude2000

    Hoechst-Celanese Outstanding Chemistry Student

    Full-Tuition Scholarship

    National Merit Scholar