Representative Experience
  • REPRESENTATIVE PATENTS PROSECUTED
  • PATENT OFFICE INTER PARTES DISPUTES
    • IPR2016-00947 (Patent No. 8,962,685), Harvest Trading Group, inc. v. Vireo Systems, Inc., et al. – represented patent owner Vireo Systems, Inc.

  • PATENT LITIGATION
    • Lifetime Products, Inc. v. Russell Brands, LLC, Case No. 1-12-cv-00026 (D. Utah); Lifetime Products, Inc. v. Russell Brands, LLC, Inv. No. 337-TA-1040 (Int’l Trade Comm’n) – Represented defendant; case settled on confidential terms. Participated in all aspects of the case, including discovery, noninfringement contentions, invalidity contentions, claim construction, expert testimony, and summary judgment briefing.

      MiMedx Group, Inc. v. NuTech Medical Inc., Case No. 2:15-cv-00369-LCB (N.D. Ala.) – Representing defendant DCI Donor Services, Inc., case settled on confidential terms. Participated in all aspects of the case, including discovery, noninfringement contentions, invalidity contentions, claim construction, and expert testimony.

      UNeMed Corporation et al. v. Promera Health, LLC et al., Case No. 8:15-cv-00135-JFB-TDT – Represented plaintiff Vireo Systems, Inc.; case settled on confidential terms.

      Negotiation and early-stage litigation of cases brought by patent assertion entities on behalf of defendants.

  • TRADEMARK PROSECUTION
    • Manage approximately 1,000 trademarks on behalf of his clients. Representative trademark prosecution includes:

      No. 5,822,574 for GRAND AVENUE (successful traversal of geographic descriptiveness rejection in prosecution)

      No. 5,652,321 for SOUTHERN TRUCKING (successful traversal of Section 2(d) rejection, registered following filing of appeal brief)

      No. 5,208,312 for VAIL (successful traversal of geographic descriptiveness rejection in prosecution)

      No. 5,203,625 for VENTURI (successful traversal of rejection as primarily merely a surname)

      No. 4,502,100 for WORSHIP ARTISTRY (successful appeal of descriptiveness rejection)

      No. 5,150,348 for BIRRA NURSIA (for beer; client is an Italian Benedictine monastery)

  • TRADEMARK INTER PARTES ACTIONS
    • Experience acting before the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board in oppositions and cancellations. Representative actions include:

      92073879 (Starstruck Entertainment, LLC et al. v. Wilfong) – pending cancellation, representing plaintiff

      91238954 (Hiller, Inc. v. Aquila Investment Group, LLC) – represented plaintiff, case settled on confidential terms

      91238377 (Hiller, Inc. v. Aquila Investment Group, LLC) – represented plaintiff, case settled on confidential terms

      91237832 (Amity Holdings, LLC v. Nobel Supplies Group, LLC) – represented plaintiff, case settled on confidential terms

      91243709 and No. 91243710 (Secure Identity Systems, LLC v. Carritus Inc.) – represented plaintiff, default judgments obtained

      92065039 (Innvictis Crop Care, LLC v. Bryce P. Maloney) – represented plaintiff, default judgment obtained