Professional Experience

Peter D. Shapiro’s practice focuses on patent litigation in the electrical and computer arts, as well as litigating cases involving pharmaceuticals. Technologies he has worked with include computer hardware and software, network systems and components, semiconductor devices, display technology, digital cameras, laser printers, electronic commerce, communications techniques and algorithms, anti-cancer drugs, cholesterol lowering drugs and optical devices.  Peter also has experience litigating trademark claims and counseling clients on intellectual property issues. 

Mr. Shapiro previously worked for Goldman Sachs & Co. from 1994-1999 as a Senior Telecom Analyst where he gained extensive experience in communication and network infrastructure and management, and then was a law clerk for the Honorable Kevin Thomas Duffy, District Judge in the Southern District of New York.

Education

J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 1999
M.A. Computer and Information Science, Brooklyn College, 1991
B.S. Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic University of New York, 1989, Tau Beta Pi (national engineering honor society)

Bar Admissions

State of New York, 2000; U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Professional Activities

New York Bar Association; New York Intellectual Property Law Association