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Brent P. Lorimer
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Brent P. Lorimer

Brent Lorimer

Workman Nydegger
1000 Eagle Gate Tower, 60 East South Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Contact Contact Brent P. Lorimer
T: 801-533-9800
F: 801-328-1707

Visit: www.wnlaw.com
Practice areas: Intellectual Property Litigation (80%), Business Litigation (10%), Intellectual Property (10%)

Profile

Mr. Lorimer is a senior member of W | N's litigation practice group.  He practices in the areas of patent, trademark, copyright, licensing and trade secret disputes.  His emphasis is in the areas of patent and trademark infringement and related counseling.  Mr. Lorimer has successfully represented clients in state and federal courts from New York to California, as well as appearances before arbitration and mediation panels.  He has also participated in reexamination and reissue proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, interference litigation in federal district court, and has counseled clients in proceedings involving in partes proceedings before the European Patent Office. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Lorimer served his clients in complex commercial litigation.   Mr. Lorimer has experience in a wide variety of technologies, including radar traffic sensors, exercise equipment, dental bleaching compositions, bridge and router hardware, dialysis catheters, blood pressure transducers, heart valves, endoluminal grafting technology and related stent methods and materials, and methods, thin film optics, nutritional supplements and industrial wastewater treatment, among others.                                                                Mr. Lorimer has successfully handled trials and appeals in state and federal courts across the nation.  He is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Utah, as well as many federal district and appellate courts throughout the U.S.  Mr. Lorimer is included in the Best Lawyers in America publication, and was recently honored in the debut issue of Mountain States Super Lawyers.  Mr. Lorimer is a frequent lecturer on topics of interest to the local and national patent bar.  Mr. Lorimer has also served as an adjunct professor of law at the J. Reuben Clark Law School, located at Brigham Young University, where he has taught courses in intellectual property litigation and counseling.

Selected to Super Lawyers

Mountain States Super Lawyers 2008
Mountain States Super Lawyers 2007

About Brent Lorimer

Admitted: 1982, Utah

Honors and Awards: Mr. Lorimer is listed in Best Lawyers in America, as one of the premier intellectual property lawyers in the U.S. He has also been listed in Mountain States Super Lawyers since its inception, and is a perennial selection in the list of Utah Legal Elite published by Utah Business Magazine.
Bar/Professional Activity: Mr. Lorimer has served on a variety of bar committees, including the Utah Judicial Selection Committee of the Utah State Bar and the Jury Instruction Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association.Mr. Lorimer has also served as an adjunct professor of law at the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, teaching classes on patent litigation and client counseling
Verdicts and Settlements: Ultradent Products, Inc. v. The Procter & Gamble Co., Civil Action No.   2:07-cv-00107-TS-PMW (D. UT) (Successful prosecution of action against Procter & Gamble related to patents for dental bleaching composition, whereby P&G took license under patents)Ultradent Products, Inc. v. Robert G. Hayman, et al. (Civil Action No.: 00-13402 MRP (CTx) (Successful prosecution of infringer of patents related to dental bleaching compositions and methods, and trays for use in bleaching.  Defeated six motions for summary judgment, negotiated large settlement in favor of patent owner)The Nautilus Group, Inc. v. ICON Health & Fitness, Inc., Civil Action No. C-02-2420-RSM (W.D. Wash) (Action by manufacturer of Bowflex exercise equipment for patent infringement, claiming over $140 million in damages.  Defeated Nautilus' motion for preliminary injunction on patent claim, which was reversed on appeal.  Subsequently obtained summary judgment of non-infringement which was affirmed per curiam on appeal.)The Nautilus Group, Inc. v. ICON Health & Fitness, Inc., Civil Action No. C-02-2420-RSM (W.D. Wash) (Action by manufacturer of Bowflex exercise equipment for trademark infringement for $65 million in damages.  Overcame preliminary injunction in favor of plaintiff to settle on terms favorable to client)3Com Corp. v. Xircom, Inc., Civil Action No. 2:00CV 0436C (D. UT) (preliminary injunction in action related to Type III PCMCIA cards, resulting in $15 million dollar settlement)Lifetime Products, Inc. v. GSC Technology Corp., 97 Fed. Appx. 327 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (Case involving blow molding technology.  Obtained preliminary injunction, affirmed on appeal).Warminster Fiberglass Co. v. Delta Fiberglass Structures, Inc. 42 USPQ2d 1154, 1155 (Fed. Cir. 1996) (Case involving wastewater treatment equipment.  Obtained defense judgment at trial, judgment reversed on appeal on claim construction, and prevailed for defense on remand) Baxter Healthcare v. Spectramed, Inc., Case no. 2:91-cv-00288-LGB (C. D. Cal.) (jury verdict resulting in multi-million dollar settlement of action relating to blood pressure transducers on behalf of patent owner)
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