Jason L. Budd

Partner

ABOUT JASON

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Julie Raleigh Porter

Jason Budd has been with Price Heneveld since 2005, with the exception of an interim period of several years as an independent business owner.  Jason’s current practice is focused on the procurement of patents in the mechanical, chemical, biochemical, and material science arts.  Further, Jason provides general intellectual property counseling to large foreign and domestic business concerns.  His other core competencies include patentability opinions, freedom-to-operate opinions, invalidity opinions, and licensing agreements.

In addition to having vast patent procurement experience, Jason has years of general and intellectual property litigation experience.  Prior to joining the law firm, Jason was a judicial law clerk, a research attorney for the State of Michigan Court of Appeals, and a general litigation attorney at a National Law Journal 500 law firm.  After joining the law firm, Jason handled all aspects of litigation, including trial and appellate practice, in patent, trademark, and trade dress disputes.

EDUCATION

University of Illinois, J.D., 2002
Michigan State University, B.S., with high honor, Chemical Engineering, 1999

PRACTICE AREAS

Patents
Trademarks
Litigation
Trade Dress and Unfair Competition
Intellectual Property Licensing Agreements

ADMISSIONS

Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, 2009
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2008
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2005
U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, 2003
State Bar of Michigan, 2003

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS

Tennis, golf, history

REPRESENTATIVE CASES
  • T. Marzetti Co. v. Roskam Baking Co., 680 F.3d 629 (6th Cir. 2012) (affirming district court judgment);
  • T. Marzetti Co. v. Roskam Baking Co., 2:09-CV-584 (S.D. Ohio) (trademark, bench trial win);
  • Herman Miller v. Zio Modern, CV-10-1608-CRB (N.D. Calif.) (trade dress, settlement);
  • Johnson & Johnson v. Perrigo Co., Case No. 1:06-cv-7198 (S.D.N.Y. 2006) (trade dress, settlement); and
  • Geocel, LLC v. Chem Link Inc., 3:10-CV-474-TLS (N.D. Ind.) (patent, summary judgment win).