Weinstein, Stanton D.

Stanton D. Weinstein is an experienced IP attorney located near Philadelphia, PA. Stan previously spent much of his career as an in-house intellectual property counsel for a major corporation in the defense electronics industry. Stan's extensive experience includes patent, trademark and copyright law and practice, protection of proprietary information, and other aspects of intellectual property law; U.S. Government procurement regulations and clauses relating to patent rights and data rights; computer law, such as Internet/intranet issues, software licensing, and open source software issues; export controls; and intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. He began his intellectual property career with the U.S. Navy-wide Field Patent Program, including special assignments as Acting Patent Counsel, Naval Air Development Center, and as Acting Patent Counsel, Naval Training Equipment Center.

A longtime member of AIPLA and ABA, Stan is the Chair of the AIPLA Privacy & Data Security Committee, a recent past Chair of the AIPLA Mergers and Acquisitions Committee, Section Parliamentarian of ABA-IPL, a former Vice Chair of the ABA-IPL Patents Division, the ABA-IPL Liaison to the ABA Commission on Disability Rights, and a recent previous Chair of the ABA-IPL Patent Legislation Committee. He is also a former elected member of the ABA House of Delegates and a member of its Technology and Communications Committee and its Accessibility Subcommittee.  Stan is also a member of the ABA Cybersecurity Legal Task Force, and former Co-Chair of the ABA-IPL AI/ML Task Force. Stan is President of the Benjamin Franklin American Inn of Court, where he has also served as President-elect, Vice President and Program Chair, Treasurer, Board Member and CLE Coordinator.  Stan is also a past President of the Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association (PIPLA), where he has also served as an officer, Board Member, and Chair of three Committees; in 2024 he also received the PIPLA Distinguished IP Practitioner Award.   He is also a member of the National Conference of Bar Presidents, and a past President and officer of the Central New York Patent Law Association.

Stan was awarded a B.S.E.E. from Drexel University, a J.D. from Villanova University (receiving its Herman J. Obert Award in Corporations Law), and an M.S.E.E. from Syracuse University. He is admitted to the Bars of Pennsylvania, New York, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts and various Federal Courts. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Stan is also a Life Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a licensed Amateur Radio Operator, a longtime volunteer historical interpreter at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, and a Board Member of the Friends of Hopewell Furnace.