Barry L. Grossman is of counsel with Foley & Lardner LLP. Mr. Grossman is a member of and past leader of the Mechanical & Electromechanical Technologies and Trademark, Copyright & Advertising Practices. He is also a member of the IP Litigation Practice. He is experienced in all areas of intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. His experience ranges from obtaining IP rights to licensing, litigation, and IP asset management. Before entering private practice in 1982, he gained extensive experience at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as executive assistant to the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, as a legislative and international specialist, and as a patent examiner.
Mr. Grossman works with multinational companies, small businesses, and universities to help them manage global patent and trademark portfolios. He has designed and implemented strategic programs for companies and universities to help them control, manage, and even reduce the costs to obtain, maintain and defend patents and trademarks throughout the world.
Mr. Grossman counsels clients on IP issues in mergers and acquisitions. He has helped clients resolve complex legal and business issues in deals where the primary issue was an allocation of international trademark rights. He also has helped clients in business deals involving hundreds of international patents and trademarks on complex technologies.
Mr. Grossman has successfully represented clients in trials and appeals throughout the country. These cases have involved products ranging from truck clutches and athletic shoes to medical products and computer chips. Mr. Grossman is often retained by other lawyers to serve as a legal expert witness in IP law suits.
The governments of Saudi Arabia and Turkey have sought Mr. Grossman’s advice on patent matters. He advised the government of Saudi Arabia on the development and implementation of a patent system. Mr. Grossman also advised the Turkish government on the use of patents as a tool for technological development of Turkish industry.
Mr. Grossman is a frequent speaker at bar association programs on patent litigation. He has held a number of leadership positions in the Section of Intellectual Property Law of the American Bar Association. Currently, he is co-chair of the Section of IP Law of the Milwaukee Bar Association. He is a member emeritus and past president of the Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of BNA’s Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Journal.
In 1996 and 1997, Mr. Grossman was an adjunct professor of law at George Mason University Law School, where he taught a course in international protection of intellectual property.
Mr. Grossman is a graduate of the University of Virginia (B.S., aerospace engineering, 1970), and American University (J.D., 1974). He earned his law degree while working at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Grossman is a member of the Wisconsin, Virginia and District of Columbia bars. He also is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Grossman is one of the editors-in-chief of the Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook, published by the ABA and the Bureau of National Affairs.
Agenda Items: To Patent, Or Not To Patent
