Intellectual Property

As one of the Southeast’s leading litigation firms, GWB regularly represents clients in intellectual property litigation and disputes concerning patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.  We focus our intellectual property practice on our extensive litigation experience, and assist clients in enforcing their patents, trademarks, and copyrights and defend clients subjected to patent litigation, trademark litigation, and copyright litigation claims in South Carolina courts and beyond.  As a testament to our experience, other intellectual property lawyers often call on us to leverage our litigation experience in major, high stakes, intellectual property litigation.  For more information on our experience in patent, trademark, and copyright litigation, please contact Jennifer Johnsen or Tom Vanderbloemen

Intellectual Property Team Partners:

Jennifer E. Johnsen
Thomas E. Vanderbloemen

 

Representative matters include: 

  • Commencing patent litigation to enforce patent holder’s right to technology concerning technique for finishing fiberglass doors
  • Litigating satellite television provider’s numerous lawsuits against unlawful signal interceptors
  • Defending businesses charged with copyright infringement of written and musical works in the entertainment and leisure industry
  • Representing internet-based business in multi-million dollar dispute over software license fees
  • Defending nationwide franchisor in trademark litigation over franchise name
  • Representing educational publisher in trademark infringement litigation