Jeffery Grinde is an associate and intellectual property litigator with Foley & Lardner LLP. He counsels clients on issues concerning the protection of valuable intellectual property assets, including patent infringement, trademark, privacy, and general litigation. He began at Foley as a summer associate.
During law school, he was a judicial intern at the Wisconsin Supreme Court, taught at the Wisconsin School of Business and the Integrated Liberal Studies Program, and was the Michael P. Kohler Legal Summer Extern at Advocate Aurora Health. Before law school, Jeffrey served as a high school chemistry teacher with the Peace Corps in Mozambique and consulted in New York.
Community Involvement
- Alumni Board Member, Ripon College
Federal Circuit Applies Safe Harbor to Imported Medical Device Samples
In a recent decision, a majority panel of the Federal Circuit held that the importation of medical devices to support efforts to recruit investigators for a clinical trial was shielded by the safe harbor.
Foley Attorneys Author Article on ITC Automaker and Supplier Investigations
Foley & Lardner LLP partners David Hickerson and Spencer Montei and associate Jeffrey Grinde authored an article for the World IP Review.
USPTO Director Uses New Review Process to Order Independent Rehearing of PTAB Institution Decision
Last week marked the first time that USPTO Director Vidal acted under the Revised Interim Director Review Process to order a Delegated Rehearing Panel to review a decision denying institution of inter partes review.