Anthony G. Simon - St. Louis, MO
Attorney at The Simon Law Firm, P.C.
Patent Litigation Lawyers in St. Louis, MO
1001 Highlands Plaza Dr. Suite 300 St. Louis, MO 63110
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- 1 Super Lawyers®
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35
Years
Experience
St. Louis Patent Litigation Lawyer
Updated: 04/29/2026
Areas of Practice
- Patent Litigation
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Copyright & Trademark Litigation
- Unfair Competition Litigation / Whistleblower/Qui Tam
- Trade Secret Litigation / Commercial Litigation / Antitrust Litigation
Litigation: 100%
Attorney Information
Overview
Attorney Anthony G. Simon is a member of Simon Law in St. Louis, Missouri, where he also serves as founding attorney of the firm's Intellectual Property Group. A top-rated, award-winning lawyer with more than 28 years of legal experience, Mr. Simon represents a diverse range of individual and business clients across the country who have legal needs involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and other intellectual property matters, along with business litigation, class actions and antitrust litigation.
Over the course of his career, Mr. Simon has achieved notable success representing some of the largest companies in America, including Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and other Fortune 500 corporations. A seasoned litigator, he has served as lead counsel in numerous trials in state and federal courts throughout the nation, and he has extensive experience handling appeals, as well as pretrial and preliminary hearings.
No matter how complex his clients' issues are, Mr. Simon delivers passionate, personalized counsel aimed at helping his clients achieve the favorable outcomes they expect and deserve as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. Recognized for his exemplary professionalism and outstanding legal abilities, he holds an AV Preeminent peer review rating* from Martindale-Hubbell, and The Best Lawyers in America voted him St. Louis Patent Litigation Lawyer of the Year for four consecutive years. Furthermore, he also received the Lifetime Achievement Award from America's Top 100 Attorneys for Missouri.
A 1988 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Mr. Simon obtained his Juris Doctor cum laude from Saint Louis University School of Law in 1991. A registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Mr. Simon holds his license to practice in Missouri and Illinois, as well as before various U.S. District Courts across the nation. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st, 2nd, 8th and Federal Circuits, along with the U.S. Supreme Court.
Fully committed to his practice, Mr. Simon is an active member of several local, state and national legal organizations, including the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, The Lawyers Association of St. Louis, the American Bar Association and the American Association for Justice, among his other professional affiliations. He has also published articles on topics involving intellectual property infringement and other related subjects for the St. Louis Bar Journal.
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Awards and Honors
Honors
- Best Lawyers - Intellectual Property Law, 2009 - 2010
- Super Lawyers, 2010 - 2011
Other Sources of Feedback About Anthony G. Simon
Included on the 2025 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2024 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
- 2023 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
- 2022 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
Education
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Legal Education
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Saint Louis University School of Law,
St. Louis,
Missouri, 1991
J.D.
Honors: cum laude
Law Journal: Saint Louis University Law Journal, Assistant Managing Editor, 1990 - 1991
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Saint Louis University School of Law,
St. Louis,
Missouri, 1991
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Non Legal Education
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University of Notre Dame,
South Bend,
Indiana
B.S.
Major: Electrical Engineering
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University of Notre Dame,
South Bend,
Indiana
Classes and Seminars
- False Making: Visible Cases or a Flas in the Pan?, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, 2011
Representative Clients
Acacia Research Corp.
IP Navigation
Innovation Management Sciences
General Patent Corporation
Representative Cases
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Maritz, Inc. v. Cybergold, Inc.
- Citation: 947 F.Supp 1328
- Court: E.D. Mo.
- Year: 1996
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Storage Technology Corporation, d/b/a Storagetek v. Custom Hardware Engineering and Consulting
- Court: Dist. of Mass
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Note Family, Inc. v. Vivendi Universal Games, Inc.
- Court: S.D. Ill.
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Gold Metal Products v. The Helman Group, Ltd.
- Court: E.D. Mo.
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Cybercard Corporation v. American Express Centurion Bank, et al.
- Court: S.D. NY
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Jean Kulig v. Magmedix, Inc., et al
- Court: N.D. Ill
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Priority Access Solutions Corp. v. IBM
- Court: E.D. Tex.
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1st Technology, LLC v. Digital Gaming Solutions, S.A., et al.
- Court: E.D. Mo.
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World Wide Stationery Mfg. Co. Ltd. v. U.S. Ring Binder, LP
- Court: E.D. Mo.
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Variant, Inc. v. Adams Golf, Inc., et al.
- Court: E.D. Tex.
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Bing! Information Design, LLC v. Microsoft Corp.
- Court: E.D. Mo.
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Simply Thick, LLC v. Links Medical Products, Inc.
- Court: E.D. Mo.
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Virginia E-Commerce v. eBay and PayPal
- Court: E.D. Va.
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Financial Systems Innovation, LLC v. Aerogroup Retail Holdings, Inc., et al
- Court: N.D. Ga.
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Child Protect, LLC v. Sprint, et al
- Court: E.D. Tex.
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Vehicle Occupant Sensing Systems v. Honda, et al
- Court: E.D. Tex.
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Creative Internet Advertising Corp. v. Yahoo! Inc.
- Court: E.D. Tex.
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EMSAT and Location Based Services v. AT&T
- Court: N.D. Ohio
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Document Generation Corp. v. Allscripts, LLC, et al
- Court: E.D. Tex.
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Kellstrom Integration Solutions, LLC v. Siemens, et al
- Court: E.D. Tex.
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Anti-Pinch Solutions, LLC v. BMW North America
- Court: Dist. N.J.
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U.S. Ring Binder v. World Wide Stationery Manufacturing
- Court: N.D. Ohio
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C-Cation, Inc. v. Cequel Communications
- Court: E.D. Mo.
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Smartphone Technologies, LLC v. HTC Corp., et al.
- Court: E.D. Tex.
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Optical Memory Storage, LLC v. CMC Magnetics Corp.
- Court: E.D. Mich.
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Walker Digital, LLC v. Fandango, Inc., et al.
- Court: Dist. of Delaware
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IEE and Delphi v. Vehicle Occupant Sensing Systems
- Court: E.D. Mich.
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EMSAT and Location Based Services v. T-Mobile USA
- Court: N.D. Ohio
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EMSAT and Location Based Services v. Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless
- Court: N.D. Ohio
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EMSAT and Location Based Services v. Alltel Corp.
- Court: N.D. Ohio
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EMSAT and Location Based Services v. Sprint Spectrum LP, et al.
- Court: N.D. Ohio
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EMSAT and Location Based Services v. Tracfone Wireless Inc., et al.
- Court: N.D. Ohio
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EMSAT and Location Based Services v. United States Cellular Corp.
- Court: N.D. Ohio
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EMSAT and Location Based Services v. Virgin Mobile U.S.A. LP, et al.
- Court: N.D. Ohio
Published Works
Articles
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"A Competent Exculpatory Opinion of Counsel: A Silver Bullet to the Heart of a Willful Infringement Charge", The St. Louis Bar Journal, Fall, 2000
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"Common Law Unfair Competition in Missouri: More Than Palming Off?", The St. Louis Bar Journal, Summer, 2007
Bar Admissions
- Missouri, 1991
- Illinois, 1992
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Other Affiliations
- Missouri State Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
- The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Federal Circuit Bar Association
- American Association for Justice
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Contact
1001 Highlands Plaza Dr.
Suite 300
St. Louis, MO 63110
Phone: 800-701-8729
Fax: 314-241-2029
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Hours: 8am to 5pm Monday - Friday
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