R. Gordon Wright

Gordon has experience with pre-litigation due diligence, discovery, depositions and motion practice, as well as with managing opposition and cancellation proceedings before the TTAB. His trademark prosecution and counseling practice includes advising clients as to the selection, maintenance, registration, enforcement, and portfolio management of trademarks in the United States and abroad. Leveraging his technical background and prior experience as a manufacturing engineer for a global security and aerospace company, Gordon also litigates and prosecutes patents related to software, wireless communications, image capture, consumer electronics, and exercise equipment.

While in law school, Gordon completed an externship with the University of Georgia (UGA) Office of Research, where he provided patentability assessments on faculty research and drafted invention summaries used to market university technology to potential licensees. He participated in the UGA Public Interest Practicum, assisting faculty in providing legal advice to underprivileged members of the Athens-Clarke County community. Gordon continues to give back to his community through his pro bono work at Finnegan, which includes representing individuals in records restriction, compassionate release, and veteran benefit denial appeals.