Garson & Gutierrez, PC
600 B Street, Suite 300, San Diego, California 92101
ADAM: 619.343.3984 adam.garson@garsongutierrez.com
PETER: 619.324.3198 peter.gutierrez@garsongutierrez.com
Intellectual Property
Protection
for your
Ideas and Inventions
ABOUT GARSON & GUTIERREZ
Adam Garson and Peter J. Gutierrez, III established a leading boutique intellectual property practice dedicated to providing trusted personal service at reasonable rates. Our attorneys focus on increasing the value of intellectual property assets. We do this by identifying our clients’ business goals and developing a comprehensive intellectual property strategy to pursue these objectives. We are driven to achieve our clients’ goals efficiently and creatively.
At all stages of the representation, we help our clients define realistic goals consistent with their business objectives, devise creative strategies to achieve these goals, and aggressively represent our clients to reach a successful outcome. We understand that our clients are focused on their business, their customers and their technology. We expertly handle our clients' legal issues so they can focus on growing their business.
We have a strong record of serving our clients’ interests through creative problem solving. We take pride in using our skills and expertise to create and execute customized strategies to maximize the value of our clients’ intellectual property.
While we have clients across the globe, our team is based in the heart of downtown San Diego, California. Contact us today to learn more about how we can assist you.
PATENT COUNSELING
Garson & Gutierrez, PC provides comprehensive patent counseling to help inventors and businesses identify and profit from inventions by defining an effective patent strategy consistent with their business goals, protecting core intellectual property, and reducing the likelihood of infringement. Our patent counseling services includes patentability searches, preparing U.S. and international patent applications, portfolio management, patent licensing, and valuation services.
TRADEMARK COUNSELING
Garson & Gutierrez, PC counsels clients on developing a comprehensive trademark and brand-protection strategy. We assist our clients in protecting their marks through U.S., state and international trademark registrations.
PATENT ENFORCEMENT
Patent infringement litigation can be expensive and disruptive to business. Garson & Gutierrez, PC attorneys seek to quickly resolve disputes when possible and possess the skills and experience to take lawsuits through trial and appeal when necessary to protect our clients’ business interests. We also have extensive experience with inter partes review (IPR) and other post-grant procedures. We are admitted to all District Courts in California and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, DC.
IP DUE DILIGENCE
Garson & Gutierrez, PC assists its clients and corporate law firms by providing comprehensive patent and trademark due diligence to minimize risks before product launch, during business acquisitions and prior to purchasing third-party intellectual property assets.
TRADEMARK ENFORCEMENT
Trademarks must be monitored, and rights must be enforced to avoid losing rights to the mark. Garson & Gutierrez, PC assists its clients with monitoring new trademark filings for conflicting marks and represents parties in trademark opposition proceedings, cancellation proceedings and in trademark infringement lawsuits. We are admitted to all District Courts in California and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, DC.
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IP LICENSING
Garson & Gutierrez, PC represents licensees and licensors in intellectual property license negotiations. Our patent and trademark attorneys prepare and revise license agreements and advise clients regarding various effective and creative licensing strategies.
OUR SERVICES
ADAM GARSON
Legal Experience & Education
Adam’s legal career began as a summer associate at the predecessor of DLA Piper (San Diego-based Gray Cary Ware & Friedenrich LLP). Subsequently, as an attorney at DLA, Adam gained extensive experience with various types of intellectual property matters. Adam later joined the firm Gazdzinski & Associates, PC - a boutique intellectual property firm in San Diego. As a shareholder at Gazdzinski & Associates, Adam developed his own dynamic practice focusing on patent infringement litigation, trademark prosecution and enforcement, intellectual property licensing and trade secret counseling and litigation.
Adam received his Bachelor’s degree from Pomona College in Claremont, California and his Juris Doctor degree from Tulane University School of Law in New Orleans, Louisiana summa cum laude.
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Bar & Community
Adam is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in California, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, DC, and has handled numerous cases in other jurisdictions and abroad.
Adam is on the Board of Directors of the ALS Association Greater San Diego Chapter and is the past chairman of that board. Adam is also on the National ALS Association’s Board of Representatives. Adam was previously a board member of the Anti-Defamation League and the chair of its Civil Rights Committee.
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Personal
Adam resides in Coronado, California with his wife and two children. His hobbies include coaching youth sports, golf, camping, fishing, music, travel and spending time with his family and friends.
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Representation of patent owner in patent infringement litigation against a foreign defendant involving RJ-45 integrated connector module technology in the Southern District of California and Patent Trial and Appeals Board for inter partes review proceedings.
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Representation of accused infringer in a patent infringement action concerning automotive racing safety equipment in the Southern District of California.
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Representation of on-line retailer accused of trademark and copyright infringement in the Southern District of California.
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Representation of departing employees in a misappropriation of trade secrets action involving advanced underwater acoustic technology in San Diego Superior Court.
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Representation of inventor and patent owner in patent infringement actions concerning computer application programs useful for providing location-based services in the District of Delaware.
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Representation of computer manufacturer in multi-jurisdictional patent dispute in the International Trade Commission, Eastern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas, Western District of Wisconsin and Southern District of California.
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Representation of wireless communication technology company in multi-jurisdictional patent litigation in the International Trade Commission, Central District of California and Southern District of California.
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Representation of patent owner in patent infringement action concerning automotive racing safety equipment in the District of Oregon.
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Representation of accused infringer in a patent infringement lawsuit involving laser micro-inscription technology in the Southern District of New York.
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Representation of patent owner in patent infringement litigation concerning less-than-lethal weapons utilizing projectiles containing a strong irritant in the Southern District of California.
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Representation of hard disk drive manufacturers in accused of patent infringement in multi-district, multi-party litigation consolidated in the Eastern District of Louisiana.
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Representation of e-commerce entities accused of patent infringement involving technology related to electronic catalogs in the Eastern District of Texas.
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Adam has also counseled numerous clients in trademark strategy, intellectual property licensing, and trade secret matters.
PETER J. GUTIERREZ III
Legal Experience & Education
Peter’s legal career began in 2005 at the firm Gazdzinski & Associates, PC (a boutique intellectual property firm located in San Diego, CA), where he later became a shareholder in 2011. While at Gazdzinski & Associates, Peter concentrated his practice on patent prosecution, post-issuance reexamination practice (including Inter Partes review), and portfolio mining.
Peter is registered to practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office, and has been admitted to the State Bar of California. Peter has a Juris Doctor degree from the University of San Diego School of Law, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California.
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Personal
Peter resides in the South Park neighborhood of San Diego with his wife and two dogs (Biggs and Burt). His hobbies include coaching little league, golf, flag football, fishing, travel, and spending time with his family and friends.
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Prosecuted hundreds of patent applications, both foreign and domestic, in various technological areas including wireless communication protocols such as cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Near-Field Communication (NFC); wired communication protocols such as Ethernet, Universal Serial Bus (USB), DisplayPort, High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI); inter-processor communication; image signal processing including panoramic (e.g., 360°) image processing; machine learning/neural network technologies; integrated connector modules (ICM’s); and discrete electronics packaging.
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Representation of patent owners in multimillion-dollar licensing campaigns, including identification, prosecution and assertion of high-value intellectual property assets.
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Representation of patent owners in various ex parte re-examination proceedings before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI).
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Representation of patent owners in inter partes review (IPR) before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
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Assisted representation of accused infringer in a patent infringement action concerning automotive racing safety equipment in the Southern District of California.
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Assisted representation of patent owner in patent infringement action concerning automotive racing safety equipment in the District of Oregon.
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Assisted representation of patent owner in patent infringement litigation against a Taiwanese corporation concerning RJ-45 integrated connector modules in the Southern District of California.
Garson & Gutierrez, PC
600 B Street, Suite 300, San Diego, California 92101
ADAM GARSON
619.343.3984
adam.garson@garsongutierrez.com
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PETER GUTIERREZ, III
619.324.3198
peter.gutierrez@garsongutierrez.com
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