Bruce M. Gagala

Of Counsel

Bruce M. Gagala

Overview

Mr. Gagala practices in all aspects of domestic and international patent law, with primary emphasis on litigation, dispute resolution, licensing, counseling, and inter partes and ex parte matters before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Mr. Gagala has sweeping experience in contested proceedings. He has represented plaintiffs and defendants as lead counsel in trials and appeals in matters involving patents, trade secrets, and trademarks in United States District Courts and in the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board, in arbitration, and in mediation.  Mr. Gagala’s experience includes widespread litigation under the Hatch Waxman Act, biosimilars litigation under the BPCIA, interferences involving inventions in biotechnology and chemistry, and litigation in the chemical, medical device, and mechanical arts.

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Mr. Gagala counsels and advises numerous domestic and international clients on patent validity, infringement, licensing matters, and post-grant proceedings in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as well as general trademark matters. He has prepared and prosecuted patents for domestic and international clients in a variety of technical fields, especially relating to chemistry, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and food science. Mr. Gagala frequently counsels clients on the patentability of their inventions, and on the validity, infringement, and design-around opportunities relating to third party patents, with emphasis on the pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnical, medical device, and mechanical arts.

Education

  • Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., with honors, 1977
  • Drake University, B.A. in Chemistry, 1973
  • Member of Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions

  • Illinois, 1977
  • Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Courts

  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Member, Trial Bar)
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Honors

  • AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated (Highest Rating) – Martindale-Hubbell
  • Selected as a “Life Sciences Star” – LMG Life Sciences (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
  • Named as one of “The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners” – Intellectual Asset Management’s IAM 1000
  • Named as one of “The World’s Leading Patent Litigators” – Intellectual Asset Management’s IAM Patent Litigation 250
  • Named as one of “The World’s Leading Life Sciences Patent Litigators” – Intellectual Asset Management’s IAM Life Sciences 250
  • Selected by peers as a Leading Lawyer in Intellectual Property Law – Leading Lawyers Network
  • Listed among the Top Lawyers in Illinois in Intellectual Property Law – Chicago Lawyer
  • Named in the Illinois Super Lawyers list, Intellectual Property Litigation, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Named as “IP Star” – Managing Intellectual Property™

Professional Affiliations

  • Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)
  • American Bar Association
  • Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago

Education

  • Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., with honors, 1977
  • Drake University, B.A. in Chemistry, 1973
  • Member of Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions

  • Illinois, 1977
  • Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Courts

  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Member, Trial Bar)
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit