Attorneys

Of Counsel
Los Angeles Office

Tel: 213.625.5992
Fax: 213.625.5993
GWood@FeldmanGale.com

COURT ADMISSIONS

• U.S. Supreme Court
• Supreme Court, State of California
• Ninth and Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuits
• U.S. District Court Central, Southern, Northern and Eastern districts of California
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin and District of Nebraska
• U.S. Patent Office

EDUCATION

• J.D., with honors, University of La Verne College of Law
• M.S., Control Systems Engineering, The University of California at Los Angeles
• B.S., Electronic Engineering, The University of California at Los Angeles

GREGORY BYRON WOOD became Of Counsel to Feldman Gale PA in 2011. Greg focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation, electronic information management and e-discovery matters, and licensing and business negotiations related to intellectual property. Greg is also active in alternative dispute resolution counseling and strategies and serves as a mediator particularly focusing on disputes involving intellectual property issues.

Greg's over 35 years of experience in the practice of law related to intellectual property includes: Patent, trademark and copyright infringement; misappropriation of trade secrets and publicity rights; intellectual property agreement enforcement and litigation; domain name disputes; arbitration and mediation; and, business negotiations, licensing and transactional matters related to intellectual property rights. Specific areas of expertise include: Technology and telecommunications; medical devices; E-discovery; appeals; copyright protection of software and architectural works; and, trademark infringement and anti-counterfeiting.

He has handled hundreds of contested matters and has represent clients in court and jury trials, appeals, mediations, arbitrations, claim construction hearings, preliminary injunction and summary judgment proceedings. Greg has also served as a mediator in approximately 100 matters and as an arbitrator (sole, panel member and panel chair) in approximately 25 intellectual property involved disputes. Greg also assists and counsels clients in protecting, acquiring and asserting intellectual property assets, in counseling and representing clients in electronic discovery and records management matters and in evaluating all dispute resolution options and developing optimal dispute resolution and settlement strategies.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

Trademark Disputes:

• Famous author and innovator in the field of dietary supplements in an arbitration matter involving the unauthorized commercial exploitation of his name and likeness
• Winery business in a trademark dispute before Bankruptcy Court regarding ownership and rights to the wine label trademarks
• An iPhone application creator in a trademark dispute with an internet publisher related to the name used for the iPhone application 
• Foundation in connection with dispute related to copyright ownership claims by contract architect, in unrelated trademark disputes and in connection with rights to commercially exploit celebrity name and likeness
• Non-profit entity in connection with resolution of contract dispute and trademark ownership dispute
• Commercial kitchen equipment importer and distributor in connection with dispute with importer and seller of counterfeit products
• Cosmetic/pharmaceutical manufacturer in trademark counterfeit product seizure orders, preliminary injunctions and settlements•Importer of products in trademark infringement and antitrust matter and in related appeal

SPEECHES

• “E-Discovery for the Corporate Market,” Executive Counsel Institute, March 2011.
• “Intellectual Property Protection in International Commercial Transactions,” Conference on Future Trends in Exporting and Importing, sponsored by the Foreign Trade Association, February 17, 2011.
• "Controlling Your E-Discovery Destiny," E-Discovery for the Corporate Market Conference, Executive Counsel, Los Angeles, CA, December 14-15, 2010
• "Getting your IM/RM House in Order," Thomson Reuters, 14th Annual Electronic Discovery and Records Retention Conference: Achieving Practical Proportionality, Los Angeles, CA, September 14-15, 2010
• "The Electronic Information Juggernaut: Taking Aim At ADR," American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution, San Francisco, CA, April 7-10, 2010
• "Electronic Discovery and Records Retention Conference: Beyond Faith Based Electronic Discovery," West Legal Works, Los Angeles, CA, February 26-27, 2009
• "Intellectual Property: Hidden Corporate Assets," Financial Executives International Los Angeles Chapter, November 20, 2008
• "Some Words On E-Discovery," Bridgeport Continuing Education: Trial Preparation for Employment Litigation, Los Angeles, CA, April 18, 2008
• "Electronic Discovery and the Amended Rules after a Year…What's New? What's Next?," West Legalworks™ in cooperation with the Daily Journal Corporation, February 26, 2007
• "The Legal Hold: Trigger and Process," The Sedona Conference Voices from the Desert Webinar Series, December 19, 2007
• "Superman Returns: Preparing the IT Witness for 30(b)(6) Deposition," 2007 E-Solutions Web Seminar Series: Tools for Today's E-Discovery World, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., November 29, 2007
• "Planning for E-Discovery," Financial Executives International Los Angeles Chapter, September 20, 2007
• "Preservation of Ephemeral Data - Part II," The Sedona Conference Audio Update Webinar, September 12, 2007
• "Wireless Electronic Devices in the Courtroom," Ninth Circuit Technology Users Group, August 14, 2007
• "Roping the Wind: Preserving and Producing Ephemeral Data," The Sedona Conference Audio Update Series, July 26, 2007
• Getting Ahead of the Game: Planning for E-Discovery Before it Happens, 2007
• Sedona Panel on Litigation Holds, 2007
• Presentation on e-discovery at Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 2006
• Sedona Panel on Reasonable Anticipation of Litigation, 2006
• Central District of California Judicial Conference Presentation: E-Discovery – Keeping up with the Times, the Aftermath of Zubulake and New Rules, 2006
• FIOS Web Seminar presentation of Records Management and the Proposed Federal Rules, 2005
• ARMA presentation on the proposed New Federal Rules Regarding e-Discovery, 2005
• ABTL and Federal Bar Association Panel On E-Discovery and the New Federal Rules, 2005
• Presentation on e-Discovery issue to Central District Magistrates Conference, 2004
• e-Discovery presentation to Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 2004
• Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California – Architecture and the Arts: Leicester v. Warner Bros., 2004
• PLI presenter regarding Markman hearings, 2001 - 2004
• Patent Resources Group, Los Angeles Patent Review Course – Instructor, 1992 - 1999
• Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, California, 1985
• Adjunct professor teaching patent procedure, 1982 - 1983 •Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, Adjunct professor teaching copyright and intellectual property law courses American Patent Institute, Los Angeles, California - Instructor, 1978 – 1980

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