Martin, Gregory M.

Erick Wolf is a patent attorney registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office who focuses primarily on patent litigation, patent prosecution, and complex business litigation. Over the past 8 years as Of Counsel in WHGC's patent litigation practice, Mr. Wolf has been extensively involved in all aspects of litigation, including pre-litigation counseling, discovery, summary judgment, and trial preparation, argument and examination. He has been counsel in numerous patent infringement actions in federal district courts, and has successfully argued motions in district courts across the United States.

Mr. Wolf has litigated and prosecuted patents in a wide variety of technical areas with particular focus on mechanical and electrical technologies. In particular, he has handled and been involved with numerous litigation and other matters involving mobile phones, video adapters, digital cameras, optical lenses, storage routers, paper shredders, and medical devices. He is adept at dealing with the complex and dynamic interplay of issues that arise in patent litigation including those involving multiple defendants, indemnity, and foreign client and patent-related matters. Mr. Wolf has also prepared numerous patent application including applications for medical devices, automotive accessories, industrial equipment, optical lenses, and food-processing equipment.

In a survey of his peers published in Super Lawyer magazine, Mr. Wolf was named one of Southern California's "Rising Stars" in intellectual property law in 2009 and 2010.

Litigation & Prosecution:
Mr. Wolf has enjoyed considerable success on both the litigation and prosecution sides of IP law. For instance, Mr. Wolf successfully argued a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction in a heated copyright dispute over medical coders. In that litigation, the court dismissed the case from Pennsylvania, allowing WHGC's client to file in California. After further litigation, the client ended up settling on favorable terms. Similarly, on the patent front, Mr. Wolf recently authored a food processing patent application involving a new type of vegetable cutting apparatus that was successfully licensed. The licensed device is now in widespread use in the food processing industry.

Prior to joining WHGC, Mr. Wolf worked for one of Los Angeles' premier intellectual property law firms where he gathered an extensive amount of experience in both patent prosecution and litigation. During that time, Mr. Wolf drafted numerous patent applications and participated in patent litigation involving Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Wolf also draws from his civil litigation expertise stemming from a significant amount of experience acquired during his time at one of Southern California's leading automotive defense firms.

Intellectual Property Litigation
Patent Law
Trademark Law
Copyright Law