Awards & Rankings 06.05.25
With Record Results, Pillsbury's 2025 Chambers USA Rankings Reflect Emphasis on the Intersection of Technology Innovation, Capital and Government
The Firm Earned 52 Practice and 126 Lawyer Rankings in the Prestigious Guide
Jack S. Barufka
Partner
Partner, Northern Virginia & Washington, DC
T: +1.703.770.7712
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An IP all-rounder and rigorously commercial strategist with a fine-tuned understanding of the risk profile of any action and the tolerance levels of his clients.
With more than 25 years of experience representing numerous Fortune 500 companies, Jack Barufka ranks as one of the top intellectual property attorneys in the United States.
Jack serves as Pillsbury’s Intellectual Property Transactions & Patent Prosecution Practice Group Leader. His practice includes strategic intellectual property counseling, litigation, prosecution, dispute resolution, licensing, technology transactions, intellectual property mining and enforcement, copyright protection and pre-litigation opinions. Jack has extensive experience in post-grant proceedings.
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Jack regularly develops strategic patent programs that posture the client’s patent portfolio to create barriers to entry, increase market share, and generate licensing revenue. His areas of technical focus are software, hardware, mechanical, semiconductor manufacture, medical devices and business methods. He works closely with clients on new product launches to minimize risks associated with costly litigation and also concentrates in patent claim interpretation and designing around valid U.S. patents.
Representative Experience
- Leads a large, global Pillsbury team in managing the entire IP portfolio of a major multinational bank that has entrusted Pillsbury with ensuring the highest levels of IP protection and monetization.
- Represents numerous Fortune 500 firms in handling their patent portfolios globally.
- Represents a leading GenAI company in strategic IP counseling and developing its patent portfolio.
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- Represents a leading cybersecurity company in its entire intellectual property position.
- Prevailed in PTAB inter partes review proceedings for Black & Decker Inc. against Christy Inc., with all asserted claims found to be unpatentable.
- Defeated infringement claims involving client Medtronic’s life-saving Endurant stent grafts, successfully petitioning PTAB to invalidate all asserted claims by Endotach LLC.
Professional Highlights
- Recognized by Best Lawyers (published by BL Rankings LLC), Patent Law (2025)
- Recognized by Lawdragon as one of 500 Leading Litigators in America (2023)
- Adjunct professor of law at George Washington University’s National Law Center
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- Quoted by The Wall Street Journal, The ABA Journal, Forbes, Investor’s Business Daily and National Journal’s Technology Daily; appeared as a featured guest on the CNNfn television program “Your Money” and Bloomberg TV’s “InsideTrack.”
- Co-founder and editor of Patent Strategy and Technology Management, a monthly journal published by American Lawyer Media.
- Member, Inter Partes Proceedings Committee of the Intellectual Property Owners organization, monitoring issues related to the America Invents Act and patent reform.
- Previously employed for seven years by a laser component manufacturer in capacities including design engineering, testing and product development relating to high-power gas lasers.
- Honors & Awards
- Chambers USA (Intellectual Property - Northern Virginia) – Band 1 (2019 – 2024).
- Recognized as an “IP Star” for Patents (nationally and in Virginia) as published by Managing Intellectual Property (2020 – 2025).
- Recognized by IAM Patent 1000 for Patent Prosecution and Transactions in the DC Metro Area (2016 – 2025).
- Expert Guides: Patents (2017)
- The Legal 500 U.S.—Patent Litigation and Patent Prosecution (2007 – 2019)
- Top 15 IP Lawyers in Metro DC Area—Legal Times
- World’s Leading Patent Law Practitioners, Patent Star in Virginia and nationally, Managing Intellectual Property
- Best IP Lawyers in Virginia, Virginia Business Magazine
- National Physics Honor Society (Sigma Pi Sigma)
- Speaking Engagements
- “Section 101: Latest Jurisprudence and Can It Be Fixed?," panel moderator, George Washington University Law School Symposium on Intellectual Property, May 2017.
- George Washington University Law School Symposium on Intellectual Property, May 2016.
- “Post-Issuance PTO Proceedings,” GW Symposium on Intellectual Property, May 2015.
- “Corporate Counsel Prosecution Strategies Post-AIA,” Fordham University, The School of Law IP Summit, November 2013. Panel Moderator.
- “The In-House Counsel Perspective: How Do Companies Assess the Threat of Litigation?,” George Washington University Law School Symposium on Intellectual Property, May 2013. Panel moderator.
- “Intellectual Property Strategies and Best Practices,” Northern Virginia Technology Counsel, September 2010.
- “From AIPA to the Present: Changes, Changes, and More Changes,” American Intellectual Property Law Association, New York, April 2006.
- “Due Diligence,” Association for Corporate Growth, Connecticut Chapter, January 2004. On panel.
- Lecture on Festo v. Shoketsu, Intellectual Property Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Michigan State Bar, March 2002.
- Patent Strategy & Management, Law Journal Seminars, McLean, Virginia. November 2000. Co-chair.
- AIPLA Meeting, American Intellectual Property Law Association, October 2000. Panel speaker.
Education
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J.D., American University, Washington College of Law, 1992
cum laudeLL.M., Intellectual Property, The George Washington University Law School, 1996
B.S., Physics, Binghamton University, 1987
Member of National Physics Honor Society, Sigma Pi Sigma
Admissions
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Virginia
District of Columbia
New York
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Courts
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U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit