Geoffrey Gavin focuses his practice on patent litigation, counseling, and prosecution. Mr. Gavin has experience in patent litigation and prosecution with various technologies, including athletic footwear and equipment, medical devices, software, telecommunications, paper products, carpet, and logistics equipment and processes.

While in law school, Mr. Gavin served as an editor of the Alabama Law Review and earned the Dean M. Leigh Harrison Award. He was recognized in 2010 and 2011 as a Georgia "Rising Star" in the area of Intellectual Property Litigation by SuperLawyers magazine.

Education

  • University of Alabama School of Law, J.D. (1999)
    summa cum laude, Order of the Coif
  • Duke University, B.S., Mechanical Engineering (1996)

Bar Admissions

  • Georgia (2001)
  • Alabama (1999)

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Who We Are

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Doing whatever it takes to help our clients accomplish their goals.

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Geoffrey K. Gavin

Experience Highlights

Patent litigation for provider of automatic order fulfillment systems
The firm served as lead counsel on behalf of a provider of automatic order fulfillment systems in a patent infringement suit brought by a pharmacy more
Nike Inc. v. adidas America Inc.
Lead counsel defending adidas in a patent infringement suit brought by Nike in the Eastern District of Texas more
Con Pac S., Inc. v. Weyerhaeuser Co.
Served as lead counsel on behalf of Weyerhaeuser Company, a major U.S. forest products manufacturer, in a patent infringement suit relating to more
Fort James Corp. & Fort James Operating Co. v. J.H. McNairn, Ltd., et al.
The firm served as lead counsel on behalf of Georgia-Pacific LLC’s subsidiaries in a patent infringement suit against two competitors in the Northern more