Gregory D. Leibold,  Attorney
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Education

Duke University
B.S., Electrical Engineering and English, 1991

University of Colorado
J.D., 1996
Order of the Coif
West Book Award Winner
University of Colorado Law Review, Articles Editor, 1994-1996

Law Clerk for the Honorable Lewis T. Babcock, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Colorado

Former United States Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Art Unit 2312

Bar Admissions

Colorado State Bar, 1996
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, 1998
United States Patent & Trademark Office, 1992

Professional Affiliations

Licensing Executives Society
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Association of Corporate Counsel, Former Director, Colorado Chapter

Publications & Presentations

"New Patent Rules are Coming," co-author, Law Week Coloroado (October 2007).

"Provisional Patent Rights in the United States," presentation at Licensing Executives Society Annual Meeting, Vancouver, B.C. (October 2007).

"Recent Decisions Affecting Licensing," Merchant & Gould Boardroom (March 2008).

"In Juries We Do Not Trust: Appellate Review of Patent Infringement Litigation," 67 U. Colo. L. Rev. 623 (1996).

Representative Projects

• Negotiate sale of private Internet-telephony company and all intellectual property into international, publicly traded equipment provider.
  
• Negotiate high-value enterprise-software licenses, maintenance agreements, and professional services contracts with leading financial services companies.
  
• Manage prosecution of large portfolio of strategically important patent applications for leading software provider.
  
• Perform due diligence and evaluate impact of acquiring a company that distributes open-source code.
  
• Settle potential patent litigation with negotiated license for document-recognition technology.
  
• Manage defense of "bet-the-company" litigation relating to IP transfer and professional services, resulting in win on all claims and counterclaims.
  
• Perform IP audits and increase internal patent disclosures through patent-incentive programs.
  

Greg's practice is focused on counseling clients to protect and leverage their investment in innovation. Greg has prosecuted patents and negotiated agreements relating to a variety of technologies, including: software, internet telephony, telecommunications, mechanical and sports inventions, and financial services systems.

Prior to joining the Merchant & Gould, Greg spent six years as General Counsel - first for an internet teleconferencing company and then for an enterprise software firm. In addition to drafting and prosecuting patent applications, Greg counseled both firms on how to protect and leverage their technologies by negotiating license, maintenance, collaboration, consulting, outsourcing, and other agreements. Greg is also experienced in patent, trademark, and trade secret litigation, patent and trademark prosecution, validity and infringement opinions, and due diligence.

Greg started his career as a patent examiner in the USPTO, and he worked as a patent agent before and during law school. After graduating from law school, Greg clerked for the Honorable Lewis T. Babcock, United States District Court for the District of Colorado.

Greg is an avid golfer, fly fisherman, and attendee at his two sons' various sporting events.