Stephen is an intellectual property attorney whose practice is focused on patent and trade secret litigation. He works with clients in a wide variety of industries, including technology, manufacturing, and health care. Stephen was a Summer Associate at Mintz in 2022.
While earning his JD, Stephen served as an intellectual property intern in the MIT Technology Licensing Office, where he prepared market and technology briefs based on extensive reviews of scientific documentation as well as patent applications and disclosures. He also refined the office’s forecasting metrics for potential patent applications in various fields of study.
During his graduate and undergraduate studies in the industrial engineering field, Stephen worked and served as a volunteer on engineering projects involving manufacturing and health care facilities.
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The Federal Circuit Weighs $2.8 Million Attorneys’ Fee Award for Failure to Identify Trade Secrets
October 13, 2026 | Blog | By Brad M Scheller , Stephen Chen
Federal Circuit reviews a $2.8M fee award in a DTSA trade secret case, testing when weak trade secret identification becomes bad-faith litigation.
Tools of the Trade (Secrets): Best Practices from Apple v. OpenAI
October 6, 2026 | Blog | By Michael Renaud, Michael McNamara, Stephen Chen
Using Apple v. OpenAI, explore trade secret best practices, offboarding risks, access controls, and why policy execution matters.
Tools of the Trade (Secrets): A Trade Secret Playbook for the Post-Non-Compete World?
September 17, 2026 | Blog | By Michael Renaud, Michael McNamara, Alexander Roan, Reza Dokhanchy, Stephen Chen
Tools of the Trade (Secrets): Not Everything Makes the Cut
June 29, 2026 | Blog | By Michael Renaud, Alexander Roan, Stephen Chen
Tools of the Trade (Secrets): Confidential Is Not Enough
April 13, 2026 | Blog | By Michael Renaud, Alexander Roan, Stephen Chen
The Trade Secret Test Is Coming: Are You Ready? Recent Decisions Reveal the Cost of Poor Preparation
September 8, 2025 | Blog | By Michael Renaud, Brad M Scheller , Michael McNamara, Stephen Chen
Courts are demanding precise, documented proof of trade secrets, and recent appellate decisions show that companies without a proactive asset management program risk losing at both the pleading and summary judgment stages.
He Got the MrBeast Blueprint… and a Trade Secret Lawsuit
April 22, 2025 | Blog | By Brad M Scheller , Stephen Chen
A former IT contractor turned full-time employee at MrBeast YouTube LLC (“Beast”) — the content machine built by digital juggernaut, Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast is accused of swiping thousands of confidential files, including trade secrets detailing how Donaldson and his team develops its uniquely successful videos.
How Your Trade Secret Could Help to Defend Against Claims of Patent Infringement
February 1, 2024 | Blog | By Adam Samansky, Peter Cuomo, Nicholas Armington , Stephen Chen
News & Press
Trade Secret Rulings Reveal the Cost of Poor Preparation
November 10, 2025|
Mintz Secures Trade Secret Success for Recycle Track Systems
February 19, 2025|
Recent Insights
Tools of the Trade (Secrets): Best Practices from Apple v. OpenAI
October 6, 2026| Blog
