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Steven A. Gibson, Esq.
Managing Partner
Mr. Gibson is one of the premier business and intellectual property attorneys practicing in Las Vegas. Not only is Mr. Gibson one of the most experienced attorneys in Nevada practicing in intellectual property and business areas, Mr. Gibson’s practice in Tokyo with one of the nation’s largest law firms as well as in Chicago with a major, international Chicago-based law firm provides a level of experience very few, if any, attorneys in Las Vegas can claim is comparable.
Indeed, Mr. Gibson’s experience as an attorney spans nearly twenty-five years and is international in scope. Ranging from years of in-country practice experience in Japan to years of practice in his hometown of Chicago, Mr. Gibson’s experience is hardly only Nevada-based. That having been said, Mr. Gibson’s experience spanning well over a decade as an attorney in Las Vegas has made him well aware of the unique issues faced by companies doing business in or with respect to Nevada.
Practice Scope
Mr. Gibson focuses his practice in the areas of intellectual property and representation of business clients with respect to contracts, entity formation and commercial litigation.
With respect to intellectual property, Mr. Gibson has counseled clients with respect to thousands of trademarks and service marks, has prosecuted hundreds of trademarks to registration and has engaged in numerous trademark litigation cases. Mr. Gibson also drafted hundreds of contracts involving intellectual property assets, protecting the full range of such assets, such as patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights and other intangible assets. Mr. Gibson has also been, and continues to be, the primary attorney in a range of cases involving disputes regarding patent infringement, trademark infringement, copyright infringement, trade secret infringement and the misappropriation of other intangible assets.
Client Relationships
Mr. Gibson’s representation has included some of Nevada’s largest companies and through the years, his representation has included some of the world’s largest companies. Indeed, Mr. Gibson feels very fortunate to have maintained representation relationships with large media companies, large gaming/casino companies, large software development companies and a range of companies in a wide array of industries. Mr. Gibson’s client relationships range across the country and around the world.
Educational Background
Mr. Gibson graduated cum laude from the Chicago-Kent College of Law, cum laude (with special honors) from the University of Louisville where he was on the national debate team winning many national honors, studied in Osaka, Japan for one year at Kansai Gaidai University of Foreign Studies focusing on Japanese language, economics and management and speaks conversational Japanese.
Publications/Speaking Engagements
Mr. Gibson has published frequently through the years on the subject of intellectual property and speaks with regularity at seminars focused on intellectual property.