Intellectual Property

GWB regularly represents clients in intellectual property litigation and disputes concerning patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.  GWB focused its intellectual property practice on litigation and assisting clients in enforcing their patents, trademarks, and copyrights and defending clients subjected to patent litigation, trademark litigation, and copyright litigation claims. As a testament to the team's experience, other intellectual property lawyers often call on us to leverage our litigation experience in major, high stakes, intellectual property litigation.

Intellectual Property Team:

Tom Vanderbloemen - Partner/Team Leader

Jennifer Johnsen - Shareholder

Representative matters include: 

• Enforcing patent holder's right to technology concerning technique for finishing fiberglass doors
• Litigating and trying to verdict 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