Geoffrey K. Gavin

Geoffrey K. Gavin

Geoffrey Gavin practices with the Intellectual Property Department, focusing 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, communications, paper products, carpet, and logistics equipment and processes.

Selected Experience

· Represented adidas and obtained a claim construction ruling that led to a judgment of noninfringement as to Nike's allegations that adidas infringed Nike's Shox patent. Nike, Inc. v. adidas America, Inc., et al., No. 9:06-cv-43-RHC, 2006 WL 3751181 (E.D. Tex. Dec. 18, 2006); see also 479 F. Supp. 2d 664 (E.D. Tex. 2007).

· Secured and defended on appeal a favorable claim construction order and judgment of noninfringement for our client, Knapp Logistics & Automation, on a patent related to automated prescription vial filling systems. AutoMed Technologies, Inc. v. Knapp Logistics & Automation, Inc., et al., No. 1:04-cv-1152-WSD, 2006 WL 1626912 (N.D. Ga. June 6, 2006), aff'd 236 Fed. Appx. 604 (Fed. Cir. 2007). Other decisions in this case are reported at 382 F. Supp. 2d 1368 (N.D. Ga. 2005) and 382 F. Supp. 2d 1372 (N.D. Ga. 2005).

· Represented plaintiffs, subsidiaries of Georgia-Pacific Corporation, in asserting two patents directed to three-layer composite food wrap materials. We obtained a positive claim construction order that led to a favorable settlement of the case for our clients. Fort James Corporation, et al. v. J.H. McNairn, Ltd., et al., No. 1:04-cv-3000-CAP, 2006 WL 1468008 (N.D. Ga. May 25, 2006).

· Represented Interface, the largest carpet tile manufacturer in the world, who obtained a jury verdict of both noninfringement and invalidity of two patents on cushion-backed carpet tiles asserted by plaintiff. Milliken & Company v. Interface, Inc., et al. (D.S.C.).

Background

· Geoffrey K. Gavin and Matthew Warenzak, Disputed Claim Constructions, Patent World, Issue # 210; March 2009.

· While in law school, Mr. Gavin served as an editor of the Alabama Law Review and earned the Dean M. Leigh Harrison Award.

· Mr. Gavin is also a member of the Order of the Coif.