Griffith B. Price Jr.

Senior Counsel

Griff Price has been involved in commercial litigation, focusing on intellectual property trials and appeals, for more than 35 years.  He has an extensive background in the procedural and substantive aspects of IP litigation in the federal courts, as well as federal and state appellate courts.  Mr. Price has served as lead counsel and/or otherwise participated in trials of dozens of patent, trademark, trade secret, unfair competition, antitrust, and related cases.  His current practice focuses on patent, trade secret, and trademark infringement litigation including litigating unfair competition and false advertising, for clients in a variety of industries and technical fields.  He also counsels clients on prosecuting trademarks and trademark and trade secret protection and enforcement.  He has experience in the field of damages analysis and damages litigation in IP cases.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Price was a partner at a New York City firm, where he had an active trademark and trade secret practice.  He was also extensively involved in IP and general commercial litigation, and participated in a large number of jury and nonjury trials and appeals involving trademark infringement, false advertising, trade secret, antitrust, and unfair competition claims.

Mr. Price writes and lectures on a variety of intellectual property topics.  He has spoken on panels for the Practicing Law Institute; American Law Institute of the American Bar Association (ALI-ABA); the International Trademark Association (INTA): Licensing Executives Society (LES); the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA); the DC Bar Association; and other bar and industry groups.

Highlights

• Participated in drafting and lobbying for enactment of the 1984 Trademark Anti-Counterfeiting Act, a federal statute which provides for civil remedies and criminal penalties for trademark counterfeiting.  Testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on behalf of the United States Trademark Association (USTA, predecessor of INTA) in support of that legislation.
• Lectured on U.S. trademark law as an adjunct professor at George Washington University Law School, 1989-1993.
• Represented AIPLA at meetings of the Standing Committee on Trademarks, World Intellectual Property Organization, in negotiations relating to the international Trademark Law Treaty, 1998-1999.
• Participated on behalf of AIPLA in negotiations relating to provisions of proposed legislation to amend the Federal Trademark Dilution Act.

Professional Recognition

• Ranked among top U.S. trademark lawyers in Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading Trademark Law Practitioners, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012.
• Ranked among the top four U.S. trademark litigators in Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Top Trademark Litigators, 1999.
• AV^® rated by Martindale-Hubbell for more than 20 years.
• AIPLA Fellow, 2005.

Professional Activities

• AIPLA (chair, Trademark Committee and Trademark Law Committee, 1997-2001; various committees and legislative task forces, 1998-2001; Board of Directors, 2001-2004; fellow, 2005; Amicus Committee, 2007)
• INTA and USTA (chair, Committee on Federal Legislation, 1981-1983; chair, Committee on Commercial Counterfeiting, 1983-1985; Board of Directors, 1983-1985)
• The Trademark Reporter (member, Board of Editors, 2005)
• United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) (member of statutory Public Advisory Committee on Trademarks, appointed by secretary of commerce, Clinton Administration and reappointed by secretary of commerce, Bush Administration, 1998-2002)

Select Publications

• Coauthor. "Taking Steps Toward Trade Secret Reform," Law360, Jan. 18, 2012.
• Coauthor. "Injunctions in Trade Secret Cases: What Does a Trade Secret Owner Have to Prove to Get Injunctive Relief . . . And Is the Doctrine of Inevitable Disclosure Still Alive and Well?" IP Litigator, Sept.-Oct. 2010.
• "Patent Versus Trade Secret Protection: Which Is Better for You?" ACS Patent Watch, Nov. 30, 2009.
• "Phoenix of Broward, Inc. v. McDonald's Corporation: Judicious Application of the Doctrine of Prudential Standing, or Unjustified Abstention from the Proper Exercise of Jurisdiction?" The Trademark Reporter, Nov.-Dec. 2007.
• "What Does "Willfulness' Mean in the Trademark Context?" And Why Does It Matter?" AIPLA Annual Meeting Papers, Oct. 2006.
• "Recent Developments Under Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act Relevant To The Computer Industry," Protection of Computer Software Products Under Principles Of Copyright And Trademark Law, D.C. Bar Computer Law Section, 1992.
• "New Ways to Violate the Federal Trademark Laws," The Licensing Book, March 1991.
• "Remedies When Planning Fails: Trademark Infringement, Lanham Act Section 43(a), Anti-Counterfeiting Act of 1984, Customs Service Remedies, And ITC Proceedings," The Commerce Department Speaks, PLI, 1987.