Mr. Grossman works with multinational companies, small businesses, and universities to help them manage global patent and trademark portfolios. He has designed and implemented strategic programs for companies and universities to help them control, manage, and even reduce the costs to obtain, maintain and defend patents and trademarks throughout the world.

Mr. Grossman counsels clients on IP issues in mergers and acquisitions. He has helped clients resolve complex legal and business issues in deals where the primary issue was an allocation of international trademark rights. He also has helped clients in business deals involving hundreds of international patents and trademarks on complex technologies.

Mr. Grossman has successfully represented clients in trials and appeals throughout the country. These cases have involved products ranging from truck clutches and athletic shoes to medical products and computer chips. Mr. Grossman is often retained by other lawyers to serve as a legal expert witness in IP law suits.

The governments of Saudi Arabia and Turkey have sought Mr. Grossman's advice on patent matters. He advised the government of Saudi Arabia on the development and implementation of a patent system. Mr. Grossman also advised the Turkish government on the use of patents as a tool for technological development of Turkish industry.

Mr. Grossman is a frequent speaker at bar association programs on patent litigation. He has held a number of leadership positions in the Section of Intellectual Property Law of the American Bar Association. Currently, he is co-chair of the Section of IP Law of the Milwaukee Bar Association. He is a member emeritus and past president of the Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of BNA's Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Journal.

In 1996 and 1997, Mr. Grossman was an adjunct professor of law at George Mason University Law School, where he taught a course in international protection of intellectual property.

Mr. Grossman is a graduate of the University of Virginia (B.S., aerospace engineering, 1970), and American University (J.D., 1974). He earned his law degree while working at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Grossman is a member of the Wisconsin, Virginia and District of Columbia bars. He also is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Grossman is one of the editors-in-chief of the Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook, published by the ABA and the Bureau of National Affairs.

Representative Publications:

• "Patents as Advertising Tool? An Age-Old Technique," The National Law Journal, Oct. 27, 2003 
• "Patents Now Play Important Role In Financial Industry," American Banker, The Financial Services Daily 
• "A Copy Machine Can Be Your Worst Enemy," Small Business Times, March 01, 2002 
• Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook, Barry L. Grossman and Gary M. Hoffman, eds., Bureau of National Affairs 
• "Good Ideas Are Worth Protecting From Would-be Thieves," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 15, 1999 
• "Use Foreign Patents to Protect Overseas Marketing, Manufacturing," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 11, 1999 
• "Do You Have an Effective Corporate Intellectual Property Program?," Intellectual Property Law Newsletter, American Bar Association Section, Winter 1998 
• "Patents Can Protect Investment in Technology," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 14, 1998

Representative Presentations: 

• "The Use and Abuse of Trademarks by Distributors and Franchisees," Foley & Lardner LLP Product Distribution and Franchise Seminar
• "Litigating Damages In Trademark Infringement Matters," American Bar Association IP Roundtable
• "New Frontier Of IP In The Financial Services Industry," Foley & Lardner LLP Financial Services Seminar
• "Legal Ethics for Patent Practitioners," American Bar Association 18th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference 
• "Opinions, Privilege and Evidence – Defending Against An Allegation Of Willful Patent Infringement," Wisconsin Intellectual Property Association 
• "Doctrine of Equivalents – Past, Present and Future," Wisconsin Intellectual Property Law Association 
• "Patent Law Protection for E-Commerce Assets," Northwestern University's 15th Annual Symposium on Intellectual Property Law 
• "China – IP Issues of Olympic Proportions," American Bar Association Annual 2002 Program, Program Chair
• "Criminal Enforcement and Extraordinary Remedies In Intellectual Property Cases," American Bar Association 2001 Annual Meeting 
• "Effectively Advising Your Business Clients: Key Issues With Protecting Intellectual Property Aspects Of E-Commerce," State Bar of Wisconsin 
• "Intellectual Property Aspects Of E-Commerce," Wisconsin State Bar Annual Convention, Business Law Section 
• "There Is Madness to This Method: Patent Protection for Methods of Doing Business," Milwaukee Bar Association, Corporate, Banking & Business Section
• "Patents, Trade Secrets, and the Economic Espionage Act," National Inventors Hall of Fame