Professionals

Scott M. Gettleson has a full-service patent practice with extensive experience preparing and prosecuting U.S. and foreign patent applications involving a broad range of computer, electrical, and mechanical technologies and e-commerce and business-method innovations.  He also has extensive experience handling patent litigation, as well as litigating trademark, copyright, and trade secret disputes.  In addition, Mr. Gettleson handles licensing matters, performs due-diligence for transactions involving intellectual property assets, and prepares opinions on patent infringement and validity issues.  He has successfully represented clients before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and litigated utility and design patent cases in U.S. District Courts throughout the country.  He also counsels clients on intellectual property procurement and enforcement strategies and a host of other intellectual property issues.

Some products and technologies for which he has secured patent rights for clients include:

• Computer systems, hardware, and software
• Satellite television and communication systems
• Text and graphics processing systems
• Position tracking systems
• Audio mixing equipment
• Motor control systems
• Industrial process control systems
• Mechanical, electromechanical, and medical devices
• Electronic circuitry
• Liquid-crystal displays
• Valves and fuel injectors
• Thermoplastic extrusion equipment
• Home appliances and garden tools
• Business methods

Mr. Gettleson received his B.S. E. in Computer Engineering, magna cum laude, from the University of Michigan in 1989 and his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1992.  While at the University of Michigan, he was a member of the Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society and the Eta Kappa Nu electrical and computer engineering honor society.  Mr. Gettleson later completed an intensive certificate program in Microsoft Windows Software Development at the Institute for Professional Development of the DePaul University School of Computer Science in 2000.  He also has served as an instructor in patent claim drafting for a nationally recognized review course for the patent bar examination.

MEMBERSHIPS

• Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Chicago Bar Association