Joerg-Uwe has nearly 40 years of global experience in litigation, prosecution, opinion work, and licensing of patent, trademark, and copyright cases. Specifically, he represents clients in diverse technologies, such as computer software, electronics, physics, chemistry and polymer science, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, automobile technology, and consumer products. 

Before joining Merchant & Gould, Joerg-Uwe was the president and owner of his own IP law firm, Griffin and Szipl PC.  Prior to that, he was an associate with Cushman, Darby and Cushman in Washington, D.C., and a consultant with Nakamura and Partners in Tokyo, Japan.