Warner Norcross adds experienced IP attorneys
Catherine S. Collins will join Warner Norcross and Judd’s Grand Rapids office as a partner, and Matthew L. Goska will join as senior counsel. Both are registered patent attorneys with the US Patent and Trademark office, and both join WNJ’s Technology and Intellectual Property Practice Group from the Grand Rapids boutique IP firm VanDyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart.
“We are incredibly pleased to welcome Catherine and Matt,” said Douglas E. Wagner, managing partner. “They both have strong skills, excellent backgrounds and broad experience in the intellectual property area. They will be able to make immediate contributions to our Technology and Intellectual Property practice.”
A former patent examiner with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Collins brings more than 18 years of counseling, procuring and protecting intellectual property rights in the United States and abroad to her new role. She has extensive experience in litigation support and procurement of mechanical, electromechanical, medical devices, medical equipment, semi-conductor manufacturing equipment, clean technology, business method and software patents, in addition to trademarks. Collins also has extensive experience in intellectual property due diligence reviews for mergers and acquisitions.
Collins spent eight years as an engineer and supervisor in the nuclear engineering and construction industries, focusing on power plant piping and seismic evaluations, gaining hands-on experience in these growing areas.
A native of London, England, Collins holds a bachelor of science in civil engineering from George Washington University and a J.D. from Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
Goska concentrates his practice on U.S. and foreign patent prosecution, patent evaluation and portfolio management. He regularly works with Fortune 500 companies on complex intellectual property issues, from magnetic resonance imaging to border gateway protocols. His experience focuses on software, business method, electronics, mechanical and electromechanical patents for the avionics, material handling, semiconductors, medical equipment and other industries.
Goska is licensed to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Goska holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Northwestern University and a doctor of jurisprudence from the University of Wisconsin.
A native of Green Bay, he now resides in Cascade Township with his wife, Janel.
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