Samuel A. Raque (Sam)
Samuel Raque is an attorney in the firm's Nashville office where he is a member of the Intellectual Property & Technology Service Group. His practice focuses on intellectual property and patent law. He is a Registered U.S. Patent Attorney.
Stites & Harbison add Raque, Hutchison
by staff reporter, Tennessee Ledger, November 5, 2021
While a judicial law clerk with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, Samuel prepared draft decisions for inter partes review trials and for ex parte patent appeals.
cum laude
University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law
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Cali Award in Patent Law
cum laude
Minor in Economics
University of Louisville J.B. Speed School of Engineering
Before joining Stites, Samuel was a judicial law clerk with the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Alexandria, Virginia (2020-21) and Mechanical Patent Examiner with the USPTO Patent Examining Corps TC 3700. He also has engineering experience through co-ops with Advanced Solutions Inc. Life Sciences, University of Louisville Rapid Prototyping Center and Peptides International Inc.
Samuel enjoys exploring the outdoors and riding bikes around the city with his wife Katelyn. He is always looking for new and interesting places around Nashville.
Defendants Caught Red-Handed in Patent Infringement Case Get Five Months of Damages Wiped Out for Patentee’s Failure to Mark Its Products
In early September of 2021, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified the notice requirement of 35 U.S.C. § 287. Patentee’s seeking to recover damages on unmarked goods must ensure their notice to a potential infringer is an actual notice of infringement and not merely notice of a patent.
Stites & Harbison Welcomes Samuel Raque
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC welcomes attorney Samuel A. Raque to the firm’s Nashville, Tenn., office. He joins the Intellectual Property & Technology Service Group as a Registered Patent Attorney.