White & Case LLP - Lawyers - Wendi R. Schepler

Practice Experience

Wendi R. Schepler joined White & Case in 2003. Ms. Schepler is an intellectual property attorney who focuses on high-technology litigation and patent prosecution. Her practice also includes strategic patent counseling and preparing patent-related legal opinions.

Ms. Schepler's litigation practice includes patent infringement actions and trade secret misappropriation actions, in state and federal courts and before the International Trade Commission. Ms. Schepler has prepared and prosecuted patent applications in various areas of technology including computer networks, integrated circuits, speech recognition, language processing, digital signal processing, digital communications, diagnostic ultrasound, video game software, computer graphics, behavior recognition software, photolithography simulation, business methods, and mechanical devices.

Notable Engagements:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) v. Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) – representation of TSMC in patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation Section 337 Investigation before the International Trade Commission; and
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) v. Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) – representation of TSMC in a trade secret misappropriation action in Superior Court of California.

Bars and Courts
California State Bar, 1998
US Patent and Trademark Office
US District Court for the Northern District of California
US District Court for the Southern District of California
US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Education
Master of Intellectual Property, Franklin Pierce Law Center, 1998
JD, Franklin Pierce Law Center, 1998
BSEE, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1994

Professional Associations and Memberships
ITC Trial Lawyers Association
Member, Eta Kappa Nu
Member, Tau Beta Pi

Publications
Co-author "Phillips v. AWH Corp. Reaffirming the Claim Construction Status Quo." The Colorado Lawyer, Vol. 34, No. 11, Nov. 2005 (with William Sloan Coats, Mark R. Weinstein and Heidi Keefe)

Languages
English

Citizenship
United States