Rebecca Lindhorst’s practice focuses on intellectual property and technology-related litigation, including patent litigation and appellate litigation. Rebecca has experience working with a broad range of technologies including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and medical devices.
Before joining the firm, Rebecca clerked for Chief Judge Kimberly A. Moore at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from 2021–2023. Prior to her clerkship, Rebecca worked as an intellectual property associate at Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein, & Fox in Washington, D.C.
During law school, Rebecca worked as a law clerk at the intellectual property boutique Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell, and Tummino in Cleveland, Ohio. She also externed with the Hon. Judge Solomon Oliver in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and worked as an intellectual property extern at Cleveland Clinic Innovations. Rebecca served as an associate editor and contributing editor for the Case Western Reserve University Law Review and as the president of the Student Intellectual Property Law Association.
Prior Experience:
Associate, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein, & Fox, Washington, DC (2019-2021)
Summer Associate, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein, & Fox, Washington, DC (2018)
Law Clerk, Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell, & Tummino, Cleveland, OH (2017-2018)
Clerk & Government Experience:
Law Clark to Chief Judge Kimberly A. Moore, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, DC (2021-2023)
Court Admissions:
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Memberships & Affiliations:
Giles S. Rich American Inn of Courts
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Publications
- Supreme Court-Decided and Pending Constitutional Challenges, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox: PTAB Strategies and Insights (May 2020) (co-authored with Jason Eisenberg).
- IPR Estoppel Questions Answered and Remaining, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox: 2019 PTAB Year in Review: Analysis & Trends (March 2020) (co-authored with Pauline Pelletier).
- A Tale of Two Mice: Insights on the Divergent Treatment of Patent-Eligible Subject Matter in the United States and the European Union, 28 Tex. Intell. Prop. L. J. 99 (2019).
- Two-Stepping Through Alice's Wasteland of Patent-Eligible Subject Matter: Why the Supreme Court Should Replace the Mayo/Alice Test, 69 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 731 (2019).
- Because I Said So: The Federal Circuit, the PTAB, and the Problem with Rule 36 Affirmances, 69 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 247 (2018).
- How To Do The Two-Step In The United States: The Current State Of Patent-Eligible Subject Matter, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox: Global Patent Prosecution Newsletter (October 2018).
- Do You Want An Inferior Judge?: Why PTAB Judges May Be Unconstitutional And What Happens If They Are, Sterne Kessler Goldstein
