At a Glance

In thirty years of private practice, Gordon has extensive experience in all aspects of patents, trademarks, and licensing as well as trade secrets and related employment issues. Gordon also has extensive litigation experience. He has handled litigation in Ohio trial and appellate courts; in U.S. District Courts (New York, Boston, Cleveland, Los Angeles, and Houston, among others) and in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He has represented clients before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and has handled domain name registrations and UDRP arbitrations. Gordon has represented clients in matters involving patent infringement, copyright infringement, theft of trade secrets, breach of employment contract, and trademark infringement and product disparagement.

Gordon has worked on matters involving a wide range of technologies, including:

Fuel injection and emission control systems; gear designs for rack and pinion steering; power steering pumps (rotary vane impeller pumps); turbochargers; axial flow and radial flow water pumps; and diaphragm pumps.

PET scan imaging equipment; orthodontic appliances; gastrostomy buttons; and wheelchairs.

Extruders; injection molds and injection molded products; die casting equipment and products; window crank mechanisms and hardware; industrial fasteners.

Folding cardboard boxes; floral shipping containers and retail floral packaging; dunnage forming and dispensing machines; containers for shipping nuclear materials.

Artillery shell fins; radar antennae; paint spraying equipment; machines for opening trash bags; floating docks; fruit harvesting machines; sewer lining machines; printing presses and xerographic process machines.

Practices/Industries
Business
Intellectual Property & Technology

Technology
Intellectual Property/Licensing
Intellectual Property/Litigation
Patents
Trademarks/Copyrights

Areas of Concentration
  • Patent Prosecution
  • Trademark Registration
  • Licensing
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
Education
Case Institute of Technology (BSME with Honors, 1973)

Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 1977)
Representative Experience
  • Has handled patent and trademark matters for numerous Fortune 500 companies as well as for privately held businesses and startups.
  • Represented a manufacturer of commercial electrical fasteners against a new competitor that was using his client’s part numbers on inferior products.  The infringement was stopped prior to trial. 
  • Obtained patents for a client in the marine accessories business, then prosecuted a series of infringement actions against imitators, preserving his client’s market dominance. 
  • Obtained a patent for a manufacturer of containers used for international shipping of liquids under pressure.  The improvement decreased the tare weight of the container, and immediately gained wide market acceptance.  Because all such containers must be able to move freely in international commerce (including the U.S.), the U.S. patent alone has proven sufficient to protect the world wide market in such containers.
Honors/Distinctions
AV Rated - Martindale-Hubbell
Professional Affiliations
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association

Federal Circuit Bar Association
Community Involvement
Cleveland Museum of Natural History (Member, Board of Trustees)

Three Corner Round Pack Outfit, Inc. (Member, Board of Trustees and Vice President)
Admissions
Supreme Court of Ohio
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court, Eastern Division of Wisconsin
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
United States Patent and Trademark Office