John's emphasis on litigating intellectual property disputes and background in engineering makes him an asset to his clients.
Overview
John litigates high-stakes technology and intellectual property disputes. With a background in chemical engineering, management experience in industry, and extensive experience litigating complex disputes, John seeks custom solutions for his clients’ disputes.
John has litigated patent, trademark, and trade secret disputes in Missouri state court and U.S. district courts throughout the country. John is especially skilled at challenging and defending the validity of patents in Inter Parte Review (IPR) and Post Grant Review (PGR) proceedings before the USPTO. John further has considerable experience in appellate practice before the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.
In addition to litigating disputes, John assists clients with a variety of other intellectual property matters, including patent counseling, patentability and non-infringement opinions, due diligence, and licensing.
Representative technologies that John has practiced in include: bio-energy, carbon capture, electroplating, metallurgical processing, plastics and materials, paints and coatings, light emitting diodes (LED), and mechanical/electro-mechanical devices.
Prior to law school, John gained invaluable technical and managerial experience working as a manufacturing and process engineer for General Motors.
Experience
John has extensive experience practicing before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the USPTO. John has successfully helped his clients overcome numerous Inter Parte Review (IPR) and Post Grant Review (PGR) petitions to invalidate their patents. John has also successfully invalidated numerous patents asserted against his clients through IPR. He has also successfully appealed an IPR decision to Federal Circuit.
John has also successfully litigated complex matters in U.S. district courts through trial and appeal to the Federal Circuit, obtaining favorable outcomes for his clients. John has helped his clients achieve eight-figure settlements.
News & Insights
News
Speaking Engagements
2020 PTAB Year in Review, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Feb. 2021
2022 PTAB Practice Update, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, June 2022
Publications
"2006-2016: A Decade of Contracting Patent Rights," The St. Louis Bar Journal, Vol. 63, No. 4, 2017
Recognitions
Recognitions
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® list, 2024, 2025
Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers© Rising Star, 2014-2020
Professional & Civic Activities
Professional & Civic Activities
Missouri Bar Association
Illinois Bar Association
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- Patent, Trademark & Copyright Section, Former Chair
- Motion for Kids Committee, Former Subcommittee Chair
American Bar Association
Practices & Industries
Admissions
- Missouri, 2010
- Illinois, 2011
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2008
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, 2011
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2016
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, 2022
Education
St. Louis University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2010
- Order of the Woolsack
Washington University in St. Louis, M.B.A., 2005
University of Missouri-Rolla, B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1999
