experience
Strengths Snapshot
- Patent counseling
- Patent preparation and prosecution
- Chemical arts
- Electrical arts
- Mechanical arts
- Structural arts
- Portfolio management
- Patent litigation
- Trademark searching
- Trademark risk assessment
- Trademark prosecution
- IP Cease and Desist letters
- Trademark litigation
- Copyright litigation
- Trade secret litigation
- Post-Grant Proceedings
- Patentability, Freedom to Operate, Non-Infringement and Validity Opinions
- IP Licensing, Agreement and Monetization Programs
- Trademark consent and co-existence agreements
- Co-branding
- Royalty agreements
- IP Audits and Due Diligence
- Trademarks, Trade dress and Brand Management
- Advertising
- Publicity rights
- Copyrights
- Domain names
- Automotive IP issues
- IP issues arising in supply chain agreements
- The internet of things (IoT)
- Artificial intelligence
- Software
- The Cutting Edge: Warner’s Emerging Media and Technologies Industry UpdateThe Cutting Edge: Warner’s Emerging Media and Technologies Industry Update
- Software Supplier Alert: Beware of Ford’s New Terms & ConditionsAhead of the Curve Auto Supplier
- Website Owners Beware — Ignoring This Rule Could Leave You on the Hook for Someone Else’s Copyright InfringementAugmented Legality
- Cannabis Law Seminar – Industry Insights and Trends From the Legal Perspective
- Webinar: Back to School–Preparing for Legal Challenges in Higher Education
- Industry 4.0 – Security in a Tech and Data-Driven Age
- Innovation Lunch-and-Learn Series
- Emerging Intellectual Property Legal Trends for 2017 and Beyond
- Brian D. Wassom Accepted to American Arbitration Association Panel
- 21 Warner Attorneys Rated 2022 Top Lawyer by DBusiness
- What’s the Difference Between a Hut and a Yurt? Not Much, Warner Partners Prove in Trademark Case
- Three Warner IP Attorneys Appointed to INTA Committees
- Warner Welcomes Three New Attorneys
- Warner Attorney Chuck Burpee Volunteers at the Grand Rapids Expungement Fair
- 105 Warner Attorneys Rated Best Lawyers in America©
- 35 Warner Attorneys Rated 2020 Top Lawyers by Grand Rapids Magazine
- 102 Warner Attorneys Rated 2021 Best Lawyers in America
- Gerville-Réache and Azzi Secure Patent Win for Stride Rite Children’s Group LLC
- Mary Bonnema and Brian Wassom Provide Insight into Finding Opportunities Amid Chaos in the IP World
- DBusiness Features Warner’s IP Power Pause Report
- Warner Names Six Attorneys as Partners
- Brian Wassom Named Chair of AIPLA Copyright Law Committee
- Michael Brady Discusses Employee Agreements in Crain’s Detroit Business
- Warner Team Members to Participate in Leadership Programs
- Experienced IP Attorney Mary C. Bonnema Joins Warner
- 17 Warner Attorneys Rated 2019 Top Lawyer by DBusiness
- One Hundred Warner Attorneys Rated Best Lawyers in America
- Warner Patent Attorney Ciaravino Advises Tech Companies How To Deal With Automakers
- Angel Fund, Trivalent MSP, Cybersecurity Threats, IP and Patent Law For Tech Companies
- Warner Partner Elected to Grand Rapids Public Library Foundation Board
- Warner Partner Randall J. Peck Named to Elite 40 Under 40 List
- Warner Partner Peck Describes the Autonomous Vehicle Patent Race
- Warner Ranked Top-Tier Law Firm by Best Lawyers, U.S. News & World Report
- Brian Wassom Named Vice Chair of AIPLA Copyright Committee
- Warner Partner Vito A. Ciaravino Honored by Michigan Lawyers Weekly
- Warner Attorneys to Participate in Leadership Programs
- Warner and Candy Lab AR Earn Big Win for Augmented Reality
- Warner Partners Named Trademark IP Stars by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine
- Warner Partners Named IP Stars by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine
- Warner Representing Candy Lab AR in Landmark Augmented Reality Lawsuit
- Randall J. Peck Receives Client Choice Award in Recognition of Excellence in Client Service
- Warner Names Five Attorneys as Partners
- Brian Wassom Appointed to AIPLA Editorial Board
- A Ban on Pokémon is Impossible
- Pokémon Go tests global property laws
- Get off my lawn! Pokémon Go tests global property laws
- Brian Wassom Joins Warner
- Fourteen Warner Attorneys Named Lawyers of the Year
- With world as its playground, Pokémon Go pushes legal, ethical bounds
- Warner Attorneys to Participate in Executive Leadership Programs
- Warner Partners Named IP Stars by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine
- The Internet of Medical Things, Part 3: Safety First
- Pokémon Go spurs lawyers to stop and consider legal issues
- Warner Offers Legal Briefing on Cloud Agreements
- Warner Names Three Attorneys as Partners
- Warner Client GeekMyTree Featured on Shark Tank
- Charles E. Burpee Elected Chair of Grand Rapids Civic Theatre Board
- Warner and OESA Teaming Up for Seminar on Managing and Protecting Emerging Technologies
- Macomb Community College’s First-Ever Student Pitch Competition Awards More Than $9,000 To Aspiring Entrepreneurs
- Warner Names Practice and Industry Group Chairs
- The Cutting Edge: Warner’s Emerging Media and Technologies Industry Update
- Metaverse: A Trademark Owner’s Meccaverse
- Warner OESA Legal Corner Article: Ford’s New PPGTC Muddies the Water for Suppliers That Manufacture Software-Related Parts and Products
- Will Google’s Fair Use Victory Be Computer Programmers’ Loss?
- Defending Trademarks on Amazon: Raising the Bar for Brands
- Defending Patents on Amazon Just Got Easier
- Michigan Student Athletes May Now Commercialize Themselves, But the Scope of Their Rights Remains Unclear
- Congress Delivers a Sleigh Full of Gifts for Intellectual Property Owners
- Trademark Rights Fully Available for Domain Names, Supreme Court Rules
- USPTO Issues Third Extension for Certain Filing Deadlines
- Supreme Court Redraws the Boundaries of Copyright Law for State Governments and Agencies
- Infringers Beware – Supreme Court Holds Willfulness Not a Precondition for Awarding Lost Profit Damages in Trademark Infringement Actions
- USPTO Again Extends Certain Filing Deadlines
- The CARES Act Cares for IP Owners Too
- The IP Power Pause: Finding Opportunities Amidst the Chaos
- Owner Email Addresses Required for U.S. Trademark Filings Beginning February 15, 2020
- Dirty Words® May Now Be Registered Trademarks
- Update Your Contact Person Designation Under the DMCA by December 31, 2017
- The Brexit Effect on the UK Patent and Trademark Environment
- Ahead of the Curve – Winter 2017
- New “Patent-Agent Privilege” Addition to List of Non-Attorney Privilege Claims
- New IP Strategies for Automotive Suppliers: Leveraging the America Invents Act
- Ahead of the Curve – Summer 2016
- What Does the New Federal Trade Secret Law Mean for Your Business?
- Autonomous Vehicles—Safety vs. Privacy
- Ahead of the Curve – Winter 2016
- Warner Client Geek My Tree Featured on Shark Tank
- Avoiding the Collision at the Crossroads of Intellectual Property and Antitrust Laws
- Will Software Copyright Protection Control the Future Development of Vehicles?
- Collaborating on Engineering is Key, but Presents IP Ownership Issues
- Intellectual Property Licenses in Mergers and Reorganizations – Don’t Pay For Your Software Twice