Grantland G. Drutchas - Lawyer in Chicago, IL

Grantland G., founder and former managing partner of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP.Drutchas has 25 years of practice in intellectual property law with a particular emphasis on litigation, licensing, and client counseling. Drutchas chairs the company's PTAB Exam Practice Group, and chairs the company's licensing Practice Group. His trial experience includes both jury trials and bench trials, as well as claiming appeals before the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. His litigation and client counseling experience encompasses training ranging from medical devices and diagnostics, recombinant DNA technology, cellular signaling, pharmaceuticals and biosimilars to software, telecom transmission systems, conference telephones, light poles and injection molds.

He has also filed trademark and trade dress infringement lawsuits. Drutchas has been involved in many cases that set notable precedents. In one, he got the largest jury verdict ever awarded in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He also had extensive experience in drafting licenses and litigating license disputes.