Summary

Greg is an intellectual property and transactional attorney who represents clients in all aspects of patent and trademark law, including seeking and securing protection for clients’ valuable technical innovations and trademark assets, providing opinions relating to the availability of protection and freedom to operate in both patent and trademark arenas, negotiating all types of deals and transactions that involve IP, including licensing transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and financing deals, and enforcing IP rights against third parties.

Greg is a registered patent attorney with more than 25 years of experience providing IP services to individuals, universities, research institutions, and companies of all sizes, ranging from start-up companies and small local concerns to large, established international firms. As the IP subject matter expert on numerous M&A deal teams, Greg leverages his deep IP expertise to provide sophisticated practical advice to clients and resolves thorny IP issues to get deals done. His in-depth experience with IP issues and his unique perspective on corporate transactions bring significant value to both buy-side and sell-side clients in M&A transactions.

In addition to procuring U.S. patents and federal trademark registrations for clients, Greg also represents clients in a wide variety of administrative proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, including Ex Parte patent appeals, patent reexamination proceedings, patent reissue proceedings, trademark opposition proceedings, trademark cancellation proceedings, and Ex Parte trademark appeals. He also oversees procurement of foreign patents and foreign trademark registrations, utilizing an extensive network of foreign patent and trademark attorneys.

Greg’s patent practice has spanned a number of technologies, including chemical technologies; molecular and cellular biology, genetics and other forms of biotechnology; pharmaceutical; medical and biomedical devices; agriculture; mineral processing; solid oxide fuel cell technology; and commercial manufacturing processes, including polymer processing methods and methods for purifying chemical and material products and waste streams.

Awards

  • Honoree, Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers, Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice, Indianapolis (2023)

  • Honoree, Best Lawyers in America (2019, 2021 – present)

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Education

  • Indiana University Maurer School of Law
  • Wabash College (B.S. Biology)

Admissions

  • State - Indiana
  • Federal - Northern District of Indiana
  • Federal - Southern District of Indiana
  • Federal - United States Patent and Trademark Office

Notable Matters

  • Handling a patent portfolio with more than 100 issued and pending patent properties in the U.S. and many foreign countries for an Indiana medical technology company and its subsidiaries and assisting same in strategic positioning and negotiation of business deals to capitalize on technical assets and increase the value of the company.
  • Handling patent matters for multinational Fortune 200 companies in multiple fields, including the medical device field and the agriculture field.
  • Defending a patent owner’s patent claims in the context of an Inter Partes reexamination proceeding initiated by a third party requestor.
  • Member of multiple legal teams responsible for enforcing and/or defending clients’ patent and trademark rights in federal court.
  • Responsible for handling trademark portfolios of all sizes, including a portfolio of more than 500 issued and pending U.S. and foreign trademark properties.
  • Managing a docket of cases that includes a multitude of U.S. and foreign patent properties and U.S. and foreign trademark properties.

Professional Affiliations

  • Indiana State Bar Association

    Member

  • Indianapolis Bar Association

    Member

  • The S. Jay Plager Intellectual Property American Inn of Court

    Member, Masters of the Bench 

Community Involvement

  • Camp Allendale

    Member, Board of Directors

  • Fair Haven Christian Church

    Member
    Member, Elder Board