Atty. Michael T. Griggs
My practice focuses on litigation relating to all areas of intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. I have experience litigating cases in federal district courts, state courts, the U.S.
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Michael T. Griggs is an Associate based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, practicing at Boyle Fredrickson, S.C.. They have 23+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2003. Their practice focuses on patent, trademark, copyright, ip, and trade secrets. Admitted to practice in Illinois (2003) and Wisconsin U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit U.S. District Court, West (2003). Educated at University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., 2003) and University of Notre Dame (B.S. Mechanical, 2000). Serands clients in Milwaukee, WI and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- My practice focuses on litigation relating to all areas of intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets
- I have experience litigating cases in federal district courts, state courts, the U.S
- Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (e.g., inter partes review proceedings) at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the U.S
- International Trade Commission
- I take a practical approach to dispute resolution when counseling my clients, offering an objective view of the facts (both good and bad), the applicable law, potential liability, and possible business ramifications resulting from litigation
- I joined Boyle Fredrickson in 2007 and I am a shareholder at the firm
- I currently serve on the Board of Directors as Vice President of the firm
- Representative Patents • Latch Assembly Patent Number: 8,783,075 Noteworthy Cases In National Graphics, Inc. v
- Dynamic Drinkware, LLC, for which I was lead counsel representing National Graphics, we successfully defended an inter partes review of my client’s patent relating to molding lenticular lenses into plastic cups
- The Board’s decision was appealed to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, where we successfully defended the appeal, resulting in the published opinion Dynamic Drinkware, LLC v
- Nat’l Graphics, Inc., 800 F.3d 1375 (Fed
- Cir. 2015) upholding the Board’s decision
- In the district court, we secured summary judgment as to patent infringement, as set forth in Nat’l Graphics, Inc. v
- Brax Ltd, 151 F. Supp. 3d 903 (E.D
- Wis. 2015), resulting in settlement of the case
- In Metalcraft of Mayville, Inc. v
- Toro Company, I worked as co-lead counsel with Adam Brookman representing Metalcraft of Mayville (d/b/a/ Scag) to enforce its patent relating to a suspension system for a riding lawnmower
- We secured a preliminary injunction from the district court, as set forth in Metalcraft of Mayville, Inc. v
- Toro Co., 2016 WL 4076894, (E.D
- Wis
- Aug. 1, 2016)
- The decision was appealed to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, where I presented oral argument and we successfully defended the appeal, reflected in Metalcraft of Mayville, Inc. v
- The Toro Co., 848 F.3d 1358 (Fed
- Cir. 2017)
- The case subsequently settled
- In Arctic Cat v
- GEP Power Products, I served as lead counsel on behalf of our client, GEP Power Products, in defense of a claim of patent infringement relating to a power distribution module for all terrain vehicles
- We filed a petition for inter partes review where we secured a final decision from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board finding all of the challenged claims unpatentable
- The decision was appealed to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, where I presented oral argument and we successfully defended the appeal, as reflected in Arctic Cat Inc. v
- GEP Power Prod., Inc., 919 F.3d 1320 (Fed
- Cir. 2019)
- The case was remanded to the Board, which upheld its prior decision finding the claims unpatentable
- Experience • Beem Patent Law Firm, Associate Attorney • Krohn & Moss, Associate Attorney Awards & Recognitions • Ideas to Profits Conference, UW-Whitewater, presenter • Alverno College, guest lecturer on protecting innovation • U.S
- Army, instructor for engineers, invention disclosure and patent application
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IP attorneys protect inventions, brands, and creative work through patent prosecution, trademark registration, copyright, and trade-secret enforcement.
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Practicing law in Wisconsin. Legal matters in Wisconsin are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Milwaukee are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Wisconsin state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Wisconsin brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Wisconsin courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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