Areas Of Expertise
Intellectual Property and Related Litigation
Our multiple-award-winning team has been recognized for its creativity, talent, and ability to resolve complex disputes quickly and efficiently. Gardella Grace P.A. is known for its innovative legal strategies involving patents, trademark, copyright, unfair competition, and business litigation. Our lawyers have regularly notched victories for clients in bet-the-company matters having stakes ranging from millions to billions of dollars.
Intellectual Property Procurement and Transactions
Gardella Grace’s transactional group specializes in the procurement of patents, trademarks and copyrights on behalf of a wide array of clients, from major international corporations to tech start-ups. We have scores of years of collective experience prosecuting, or obtaining, intellectual property in the biotech, chemical, industrial, medical devices, financial, energy, materials, communication and technology sectors. Our team can handle virtually any technology. Our lawyers also architect, negotiate and draft agreements across these sectors.
Post-Grant and other Administrative Proceedings
Our team has handled some of the highest stakes post-grant matters ever adjudicated by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, having served as lead counsel for both challengers and IP owners in well over one hundred proceedings. Gardella Grace’s breadth of experience across litigation and prosecution matters is a particularly valuable asset in these matters, which involve hybrid administrative proceedings that have aspects in common with both litigation and prosecution.
The Gardella Grace team combines uncommonly broad intellectual property expertise with unparalleled technical ability.
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Industry Recognition
"The 'phenomenal' Greg H. Gardella is 'extremely experienced in the post-grant space and a dynamic all-round patent consultant.'"
Legal Industry Survey and Peer Review Ranking | Quoting Client
"He is able to synthesise legal solutions for his clients from all angles – anyone who knows Greg knows he is wicked smart."
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"Greg H. Gardella has taken the lead on many of the higher-profile inter partes reviews. A former Irell, Fish and Oblon lawyer, he 'has real pedigree and an incredible depth of knowledge.'"
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"His intellect and working knowledge are phenomenal and it is a pleasure working with him." "He is a huge benefit to anyone who has him in their corner. His deep knowledge of post-grant USPTO trials is second to none."
Legal Industry Survey and Peer Review Ranking | Quoting Client
“Informed by well-rounded litigation, post-grant and prosecution expertise, Greg Gardella’s strategic advice is like gold dust. Hailed for his intellectual processing power, he can unravel a complex patent problem and solve it in the blink of an eye.”
Legal Industry Survey and Peer Review Ranking | 2021
News and Events
Gardella Grace Principal, Cook Alciati, Recommended by IAM Strategy 300
Gardella Grace is proud to announce that Cook Alciati has been included in the 2023 edition of IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists. Their annual publication identifies the individuals who are leading the way in the development and implementation of strategies that maximize the value of IP portfolios. Principal Cook Alciati specializes […]
continue reading >>Gardella Grace Principals Greg Gardella, Cook Alciati and Michael Dorfman Recognized in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®
Gardella Grace is proud to announce that Greg Gardella, Cook Alciati and Michael Dorfman have been recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Best Lawyers recognizes the top legal talent in the country based entirely on peer review. Principal, Cook Alciati, has been recognized for his work […]
continue reading >>IAM Patent 1000 Recognizes Principal Cook Alciati
IAM recently unveiled its 2023 edition of IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals. Now in its 12th year, the IAM Patent 1000 is commonly regarded as the definitive ‘go-to’ resource for those seeking to identify world-class, private practice patent expertise. Congratulations to our Principal Cook Alciati for being recognized this year. IAM […]
continue reading >>Gardella Grace Live/On-Demand CLE Webinar Series | A Look at 2022 Copyright and Trademark Rulings and What is on the Horizon in 2023
Webinar date and time: Wednesday, March 1, 1:00PM – 2:00PM ET. On March 1, 2023, please join Cook Alciati, Michael Dorfman, and James Harris for the second of two webinars that review significant developments in the intellectual property field that occurred in 2022 and major cases that will be heard in 2023. Our webinar […]
continue reading >>Gardella Grace Live/On-Demand CLE Webinar Series | 2022 Patent Year in Review
Webinar date and time: Wednesday, January 25, 1:00PM – 2:00PM ET. On January 25, 2023, please join Cook Alciati, Michael Dorfman, and James Harris for the first of two webinars that will review significant developments in the intellectual property field that occurred in 2022 and that are on the horizon for 2023. Our webinar […]
continue reading >>Gardella Grace Live/On-Demand CLE Webinar Series | Patentable Subject Matter: Seeking Certainty in Uncertain Times
Webinar date and time: Tuesday, October 25, 1:00PM – 2:00PM ET. On Tuesday, October 25, 2022, please join Cook Alciati and Michael Dorfman for “Patentable Subject Matter: Seeking Certainty in Uncertain Times.” Despite the Supreme Court and Federal Circuit offering guidance throughout the last decade since the Supreme Court’s Mayo decision, many parties and […]
continue reading >>Cook Alciati Selected as Managing IP’s 2022 Rising Star in IP
This week, Managing IP released 2022’s Rising Stars in IP list that recognizes some of the best up-and-coming IP practitioners. Congratulations to our Principal Cook Alciati for being selected this year. Managing IP selects individuals that have contributed to the success of their firms and client and displays marked expertise in their field. Mr. […]
continue reading >>GG Live and On-Demand CLE Video Webinar Series | Willful Infringement and Enhanced Damages: Litigation Takeaways in an Evolving Landscape
Webinar date and time: Wednesday, August 24, 1:00PM – 2:00PM ET. On Wednesday, August 24, 2022, please join Cook Alciati and Michael Dorfman for “Willful Infringement and Enhanced Damages: Litigation Takeaways in an Evolving Landscape.” Parties often wonder what is required to form the basis for an allegation of willful infringement, including whether […]
continue reading >>IP Insights
Administrative Patent Judges Should Not Need to Search for Arguments in IPR: Split Panel Affirms Decisions Finding Claims Not Unpatentable
In an October 25, 2023 precedential opinion in Netflix, Inc. v. DivX, LLC (available here), the Federal Circuit affirmed two final written decisions finding claims of two patents directed to adaptive bitrate streaming not unpatentable. In so doing, the Federal Circuit rejected Netflix’s argument that the Board failed to consider all of its arguments. […]
continue reading >>Cellect Has Four Patents Retroactively Invalidated Based on Other Patent Family Members
In the precedential case In re: Cellect, LLC, Docket Nos. 2022-1293, 1294, 1295, and 1296 (Fed. Cir., Aug. 28, 2023), the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s invalidation of four expired Cellect patents during ex parte reexamination. Even though the four patents were expired, they were still within a back damages period, and Cellect had sued […]
continue reading >>Arguments in Reply on IPR Remand Were Not New Theories and Could be Considered
In an August 11, 2023 precedential opinion in Rembrandt Diagnostics, LP v. Alere, Inc. (available here), the Federal Circuit affirmed a final written decision finding claims of a patent directed to testing biological fluids unpatentable for obviousness. In so doing, the Federal Circuit found that Alere, Inc. (“Alere”) did not offer new theories in its […]
continue reading >>Lacks Family Achieves Settlement Over Matriarch’s Genetic Legacy, the HeLa Cell Line
Arguably the most famous genetic material in the world, the HeLa cell line, propagated using a tissue sample obtained from a tumor growing in Henrietta Lacks’ cervix in 1951, provided researchers with a tool that propelled cellular research into the future and continues to enable countless medical advances. HeLa, named from the first two letters […]
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