Sean Garrison

SEAN GARRISON brings over 30 years of experience counseling and representing clients in numerous areas of Intellectual Property, in both litigation and in general counseling. His practice focuses in the areas of trademark prosecution and portfolio management, trademark oppositions and cancellations, copyright, IP licensing, and related litigation. Mr. Garrison has represented plaintiffs and defendants in Intellectual Property litigation in state and federal courts throughout the country. Mr. Garrison has experience in trade secret disputes, as well as in drafting and negotiating confidentiality and IP rights agreements to try to preserve the rights of clients in confidential and other business information.

International Trademark Association

American Intellectual Property Law Association - Former Chair of Trademark Law and Trademark Litigation Committees

Mr. Garrison's representative litigation matters with opinions/decisions include:

H-D Michigan, Inc. and Harley Davidson Motor Company v. Bikers Dream, Inc. et al., 48 U.S.P.Q.2d 1108 (C.D. Cal. 1998), aff'd 230 F.3d 1366 (9th Cir. 2000)

Syntek Semiconductor Co. Ltd v. Microchip Technology, Inc., 307 F.3d 775 (9th Cir. 2002)

Superior Edge, Inc. v. Maricopa County Community College Dist., 2007 WL 1101185 (D. Minn. 2007)

United States Postal Service v. RPost International Limited, 2013 WL 5407282 (TTAB 2013)

Life Enhancement Center v. CR License, LLC, 2014 WL 3976455 (TTAB 2014)

IOW, LLC v. Breus, 425 F. Supp. 3d 1175, 1183 (D. Ariz. 2019)

Flowerchild Holding Co., LLC v. Flour Power LLC, 2024 WL 4133075 (TTAB Aug. 29, 2024)

Med. Sec. Card Co., LLC v. Scriptwell, Inc., 2024 WL 5697438 (D. Del. Oct. 29, 2024)

Columbia University

J.D.

1989 - 1992

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

B.A., with distinction

1985 - 1989