Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Mr. Garrison is an intellectual property attorney whose practice focuses on defending clients' rights through litigation and alternative dispute resolution, as well as counseling clients on a wide variety of intellectual property and technology issues. His litigation practice has included patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret litigation in various federal and state courts throughout the nation, as well as both domestic and international arbitration forums. His business counseling practice has included assisting a wide range of intellectual property, manufacturing, entertainment, internet, marketing and media clients on diverse matters such as identification and valuation of intellectual property portfolios, licensing of intellectual property, resolution of domain name disputes, trademark and copyright prosecution, risk management, noninfringement opinions, and technological and operational issues.

Significant Accomplishments

• Led successful prosecution of trademark infringement and dilution claims in dispute over rights to 14 federal trademark registrations, resulting in temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction and permanent injunction against defendant and recovery of all rights asserted by our client. 
• Second chaired successful defense of complex patent, trademark, unfair competition and antitrust case in the Middle District of Florida including "bet the company" injunction proceeding. 
• Second chaired successful defense of potential nine-figure patent case in the District of New Hampshire against prominent national IP firm resulting in multiple favorable Markman rulings and ultimately summary judgment on all claims.
• Led multiple successful UDRP and Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act actions recovering infringing domain names from bad faith users. 
• Led successful declaratory judgment action resulting in opposing party, who’s federally registered trademark has been in use for over 80 years, agreeing to a Co-existence Agreement allowing our client to continue use of its 8-year-old mark. 
• Second chaired successful defense of misappropriation of likeness claim in Texas state court against prominent plaintiff's firm.

Areas of Practice

• Patents
• Intellectual Property
• Licensing
• Copyright
• Risk Management
• Licensing and Preserving Ownership of Data Rights
• Trademarks
• Technology Transfer and Licensing
• Corporate Transactions
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Business Litigation
• Internet Litigation

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Copyrights, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation & Appeals, Technology Licensing

Bar Admissions

• Kansas, 2003
• Missouri, 2002
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
• U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Board of Directors, Lawyers Association of Kansas City - Young Lawyers Section, 2006-Present
• Board of Directors, Kansas City Young Audiences, 2004-2008
• Board of Directors, Washington & Lee Alumni Association's Kansas City Chapter, 2003-2006
• Donations Committee, Rose Brooks Center, 2003-2004
• Chairman, Barrister Bowl Planning Committee, American Cancer Society, 2004-2005
• The Missouri Bar
• Kansas Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association

Honors and Awards

• Selected for Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers "Rising Stars" - 2009

Education

• Washington and Lee University School of Law, 2002
  J.D.
• University of Virginia, 1996
  B.A., Government; B.A., History

Published Works

• Lathrop & Gage Hosts Santa Snow Ball for LAKC, 2008

Address

2345 Grand Blvd.
Suite 2800
Kansas City, MO 64108

Phones

(816) 460-5566 (Business Phone)

Faxes

(816) 292-2001 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.lathropgage.com/