Al Gess' practice is concentrated in litigation and transactional work in the areas of patent, trademark, trade secret, unfair competition, copyright, and related contract law.
Representative Litigation
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Representative Cases
- California Irrigation Service, Inc. v. Bartron Corp., 9 USPQ 2d 1059 (CD Cal. 1988)
Education
- American University, Washington College of Law (J.D., 1971)
- University of Detroit (BEE, 1966)
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of California
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
Professional Memberships & Activities
- State Bar of California
- American Bar Association
- Patent Enforcement Section
- Patent Trademark and Copyright Law Section
- Federal Bar Association
- Orange County Bar Association
- Orange County Patent Law Association, President (1990)
- Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Licensing Executive Society
- International Trademark Association
Representative Presentations & Publications
- Prosecuting the Patent Application: Responding to Office Actions, Arguing Obviousness Rejections, Conducting Interviews, Speaker, Patent Prosecution Fundamentals From The Experts, Orange County Bar Association and Los Angeles County Bar Association, Orange, CA (April 2011)
- Model Jury Instructions: Copyright, Trademark and Trade Secret Litigation, Contributing Author, ABA Section of Litigation (May 2008)
- Basics of Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Chapter in the Balanced Engineer, Technomic Publishing (1998)
- Competitive Product Design in the Face of Valid Patents, New Matter, Vol. 20, No. 1, Intellectual Property Section, California Bar Association (Spring 1995)
Professional Recognition & Awards
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Intellectual Property Law (2007-2011)
- Southern California Super Lawyers®, Intellectual Property (2004, 2007-2012)
- Super Lawyers®, Intellectual Property - Business Edition (2011)
- Super Lawyers®, Intellectual Property - Corporate Counsel Edition (2008-2010)
- Who's Who Worldwide®
- Fellow, Institute for the Advancement of Engineering
- IEEE Third Millennium Medal
Community Involvement
- Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Senior Lifetime Member
- Orange County Section, Chair (1994-1996), Treasurer (2000)
- Los Angeles Council, Board Member (1995-1997)
- Orange County Computer Society Chapter, Treasurer (1998-1999)
- University of Detroit Mercy
- College of Engineering & Science, Board of Advisors
- American University, Washington College of Law
- John Sherman Myers Society
- Canyon Acres Children and Family Services, Board Member
Other Professional Experience
- Price and Gess, Founding Partner
- Jackson, Jones & Price, Partner
- Burroughs Corporation, Senior Patent Attorney
- Office of Naval Research, Patent Advisor
- United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Examiner
