Greer Shaw is a trial attorney specializing in patent litigation. He has litigated patent infringement matters involving a wide variety of technologies, including internet postage systems and methods, network monitoring methods, transportation devices, medical devices and therapies, portable digital audio devices, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, chip packaging technologies, flooring products and data storage devices, among others.
Greer has also represented companies in various other complex commercial litigation matters, including cases involving trademark infringement, unfair competition, misappropriation of trade secrets, breaches of contract and business torts. He has represented individuals and major corporate clients in state and federal trial and appellate courts, as well as before the International Trade Commission.
Education
- Boston University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1997)
- Managing Editor, Boston University Law Review
- University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1993)
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of California
- Supreme Court of Massachusetts
- United States District Court, All Districts of California
- United States District Court, District of Massachusetts
- United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Professional Memberships & Activities
- Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association
- The Judge Paul R. Michel Intellectual Property American Inn of Court
Representative Presentations & Publications
- Washington in the West Conference, Chairperson, sponsored by Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association (February 14, 2012)
- Dual Actor Infringement: Drafting and Enforcing Telecommunication and Computer Science Claims Following BMC, Muniauction, SiRF, and Akamai, Panelist, Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association, 2011 Spring Seminar (June 4, 2011)
- IP Law – Where Do I Fit In?, Panelist, Sponsored by The Palmer Center, the Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association, and the Pepperdine University Career Development Office (October 28, 2008)
- Patents & The Supreme Court, Moderator, Panel presentation of the 10th Annual “Washington in the West” Conference presented by the Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association (January 31, 2007)
- Recent Developments In False Designation of Origin and Willful Patent Infringement, Panelist, Fifth Annual Technology Law Conference, Pepperdine University School of Law, Sponsored by the Association of Corporate Counsel (June 25, 2004)
Other Professional Experience
- Graves & Shaw LLP (fka Graves & Walton LLP), Partner (2009-2011)
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Partner (2004-2009)
- Goodwin Procter LLP, Associate (1998-2003)
- U.S.Court of Appeals, First Circuit, Law Clerk to Hon. Bailey Aldrich (1997-1998)
