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Tony Gutowski focuses on client counseling, patent procurement, and patent enforcement. He advises clients ranging from large, international corporations to smaller companies on patent matters relating to infringement, validity, due diligence, and licensing. He also focuses his practice on strategic patent portfolio growth, management, and utilization.
Recognized by The Legal 500 U.S.for patent portfolio management and licensing, Tony has prepared and prosecuted over a thousand patent applications to patent issuance and has significant experience in securing patent protection outside the United States. He has developed vast experience in complex U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) proceedings such as inter partes reviews (IPRs), interferences, appeals, reissues, and reexaminations. He has been lead counsel in several complex IPRs and reexamination proceedings, in addition to taking a lead role in patent litigations. Tony previously led the firm's mechanical practice.
Tony's technical background spans a wide array of subjects primarily in the mechanical, electro-mechanical, and communications fields. He frequently represents clients in the automotive, medical device, construction equipment, sporting goods, electronics, and consumer products industries, where solid patent positions form a critical foundation for meeting business goals. Tony handles a substantial amount of intellectual property work for one of the world's largest automakers; matters have involved utility and design patent preparation and prosecution, strategic growth and management of a significant patent portfolio, and counseling. Tony has represented one of the world's leading manufacturers of construction equipment and diesel engines in IP matters, including several very complicated IPRs, due diligence, patent portfolio development, and counseling. He also has represented clients in several due diligence investigations relating to a number of different technologies, including medical devices, sports-related items, and electronics.
For several years, Tony has been a faculty member of the Patent Resources Group, teaching a multi-day advanced course on intellectual property issues in due diligence investigations. He is also an instructor for Strafford Publications, in addition to being a lecturer for AIPLA and IPO's IP Chat Channel. He frequently lectures at seminars in the United States, Japan, and Europe on all aspects of U.S. patent law.
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Drafting and Prosecuting Patent Applications to Withstand PTAB Scrutiny Drafting and Prosecuting Patent Applications to Withstand PTAB Scrutiny
July 15, 2024
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Challenging Pending Patent Applications: When, Where, and What Type Challenging Pending Patent Applications: When, Where, and What Type
November 13, 2023
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Relying on the POSITA in Patent Prosecution: Impact of General Knowledge on Patentability/Validity Relying on the POSITA in Patent Prosecution: Impact of General Knowledge on Patentability/Validity
May 23, 2023
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At the PTAB Blog
Bringing Down the IPR Petition: Lack of Specification Citations Proves Fatal in Addressing Means-Plus-Function Claims Bringing Down the IPR Petition: Lack of Specification Citations Proves Fatal in Addressing Means-Plus-Function Claims
May 2, 2023
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Patent Claim and Specification Drafting and Prosecution Patent Claim and Specification Drafting and Prosecution
March 11, 2021
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