Scott J. Bornstein

Scott J. Bornstein is Executive Vice President, Co-Managing Shareholder of Greenberg Traurig's New York office, Co-Chair of the firm's Global Intellectual Property & Technology Practice, Co-Chair of the firm's Global Patent Litigation Group, and serves on the firm's Executive Committee. Scott has deep patent trial experience and has served as lead counsel in more than 250 patent litigations. He has broad experience in patent, trademark and copyright litigation, licensing and general IP counseling for a wide variety of national and international clients. Scott also has wide-ranging experience working with clients to develop comprehensive prosecution and enforcement strategies which support their business objectives.

Scott's clients are involved in a variety of technologies and industry sectors, including aerospace, automotive, avionics, biologics, business methods, chemical, consumer products, eCommerce, electronics, energy and filtration, financial services, food and beverage, Hatch-Waxman, materials science, medical devices, metallurgy, pharmaceutical, plastics, software and telecommunications industries. He also advises clients on various AI, blockchain, fraud detection, and AR issues in the context of litigation and portfolio management in industries such as financial services, gaming, fraud detection, manufacturing and others. Scott has also served as Chair of the IP Section of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.

Scott serves as a guest lecturer at New York University Stern School of Business. He also serves as an advisor to Endless Frontier Labs at New York University’s Stern School of Business, a program for early-stage science and technology based startups and previously served as an advisor to Creative Destruction Laboratories, a competitive seed-stage program focused on maximizing the probability of success of massively-scalable science and technology startups.

Inspired by his father, one of the youngest survivors of Auschwitz, Scott also dedicates a great deal of pro bono time to matters combatting antisemitism including leading pending litigation on behalf of Israeli and American victims of the terrorist attacks on October 7 against American Muslims for Palestine and National Students for Justice in Palestine for providing material support to Hamas; asserting claims under the Anti-Terrorism Act against Columbia University Apartheid Divest, Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine, Columbia Jewish Voices for Peace, and WithinOurLifetime, as well as their leaders; defending the social media site StopAntisemitism.org in a defamation lawsuit initiated by a University of Michigan student caught spray painting hateful graffiti on the Jewish Resource Center, as well as assisting college students who have been subjected to antisemitism by other students and faculty.

Concentrations

•Patent litigation
•ANDA Hatch-Waxman litigation
•Inter partes review (IPR) and CBM reviews
•International Trade Commission Section 337 litigation
•General IP counseling, licensing, due diligence and opinions
•IP diligence relating to private equity/M&A transactions
•Trademark, trade dress, trade secret and copyright litigation
•Defamation

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, Patexia, ANDA Litigation Intelligence Top 100, 2024
•Listed, Chambers USA Guide, Intellectual Property: Patent, 2022-2025
•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, 2022-2026
•'Lawyer of the Year,' Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice, New York City, 2026
•Litigation - Intellectual Property, 2022-2026
•Litigation - Patent, 2023-2026
•Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice, 2023-2026
•Listed, The Legal 500 United States, Intellectual Property> Patents: Litigation (International Trade Commission), Mentioned - 'Firms to Watch,' 2023
•Listed, The Legal 500 United States
•Intellectual Property Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage), 2022-2025
•'Leading Partners,' 2025
•'Recommended Lawyer,' 2022-2024
•Intellectual Property> Patents: Litigation (International Trade Commission), 'Recommended Lawyer,' 2024-2025
•Listed, Benchmark Litigation, 2018-2026
•'National Practice Area Star (Intellectual Property),' 2020, 2022-2025
•'National Practice Area Star (Litigation),' 2026
•'Local Litigation Star,' 2020-2025
•'National Litigation Star,' 2018-2019
•Listed, Managing IP Magazine's World IP Handbook and Survey, 'IP Stars: Patent Stars,' 2013-2025
•Ranked by Patexia amongst the Top 100 Best Performing and Most Active ANDA Attorneys (Representing Defendants), 2022
•Ranked by Patexia amongst the Top 100 Most Active CAFC Attorneys (Representing Appellants), 2022
•Team Member, a Law360 “Product Liability Practice Group of the Year,” 2021-2022
•Listed, Thomson Reuters, 'Stand-Out Lawyers,' 2022-2026
•Listed, Acritas Stars Independently Rated Lawyers, “Star Lawyers,” 2020-2021
•Listed, Who's Who Legal
•'IP,' 2024
•'Patents,' 2020
•Honoree, The National Law Journal, 'Trailblazer' Award, Intellectual Property, 2018
•Listed, IAM Magazine, 2011-2025
•Listed, 'IAM Patent 1000,' Litigation, 2012-2015 and 2017-2025
•Listed, 'IAM Patent Litigation 250: The World's Leading Patent Litigators,' 2011
•Listed, LMG Life Sciences, 2012-2025
•Shortlisted, 'Hatch-Waxman Litigator of the Year - Generic,' 2024-2025
•'Life Science Star,' 2012-2025
•Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, New York Metro Super Lawyers, 2010-2025
•Team Member, a U.S. News - Best Lawyers 'Law Firm of the Year' in Trademark Law, 2020, 2022
•Shortlisted, Managing IP magazine, ' Outstanding IP Litigator - New York, ' 2013