Susan G. L. Glovsky

Susan Glovsky is a trial attorney who has devoted much of her career to litigating complex trademark, trade dress, copyright, and patent conflicts, patent interferences, and trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings. In addition to litigation, her practice includes experience in patent and trademark prosecution in the United States and internationally.

Susan’s patent litigation and patent interference experience covers a broad spectrum of technologies and industries, including biotechnology, chemistry, electrical, mechanical, e-commerce, and consumer products. She has tried cases to juries, judges, and arbitrators and is a member of the American Arbitration Association's National Roster of Neutrals.

Susan served as a lead attorney on a litigation team whose victory was named among the “State’s Ten Most Important Opinions of 2006” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Gather Inc. v. Gatheroo, LLC et al.).

Recognized by the Boston intellectual property law community, Susan was elected to serve as President of the Boston Patent Law Association. She is the founder of the organization’s Litigation Committee and is a founding member and current Co-Chair of the group’s Committee on Contested Matters.

A former Adjunct Professor of Law at Suffolk University Law, Susan is a recognized speaker and moderator for various organizations on topics including interference law and practice, the employee inventor, opinions of Counsel, willfulness, strategy and tactics of pretrial motions, jury selection, and achieving trademark litigation goals, to name a few.

Publications

• It's Time For a Reliable System to Determine Who Owns a U.S. Patent, March 2012
• Post-Recession Planning for Your IP: Rescuing Your Company's IP Value from the Budget Hatchet , May 2009
• Federal Circuit Changes Law on Willfulness, August 2007
• Supreme Court Removes Barrier To Attack On Licensed Patent, MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., January 2007
• It's Never Too Late To Arbitrate a Patent Case, New England In-House, July 2006

Professional Associations

• Boston Bar Association
• Boston Patent Law Association, Past President

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court
• New York
• Various federal trial and appellate courts around the country