Sean Trainor is a seasoned litigator who focuses primarily on patent litigation before the US International Trade Commission (ITC). Sean’s experience spans all phases of litigation and a broad range of technologies, including wireless telecommunications protocols, mobile telephone handsets and chipsets, data storage systems, laser printers and laser toner cartridges, flash memory, semiconductor devices and fabrication, advanced medical devices, laser diodes, light emitting devices, automotive components, and voltage regulators, among others. Sean has particular expertise proving and disproving the domestic industry jurisdictional requirement, unique to ITC investigations.
Sean has been recognized as a leading patent litigator in IAM Patent 1000 (2014-2020).
Honors & Awards
- Recognized by Chambers Global: USA Region in International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337) (2023)
- Recognized by Chambers USA, International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337) (2021-2022)
- Recognized as a leading patent litigator in IAM Patent 1000 (2014-2022)
- Recommended by The Legal 500, Intellectual Property - Trademarks - Litigation (2018)
Admissions
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Virginia
Court Admissions
- US District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, and Eastern District of Virginia
- US Court of Appeals, Fourth and Federal Circuits
- US Court of Federal Claims
Registered to Practice
- US Patent & Trademark Office
Education
- George Washington University, J.D., 1998: Managing Editor, George Washington Journal of International Law & Economics, with honors
- Michigan State University, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1995, with honors
Professional Activities
Member
- International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association
Speaker
- “Enforcement By CBP: Exclusion Orders, Counterfeiting, and Trademark,” Federal Circuit Bar Association, 2020 Bench & Bar® Virtual Conference (June 16, 2020)
- “Inside The Changing Nuances of Domestic Industry: What the Latest Developments Reveal about Establishing DI,” American Conference Institute: ITC Litigation & Enforcement (March 2018)