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Bridgette Gershoni is a skilled intellectual property litigator and counselor with a particular emphasis on brand protection, strategy, and enforcement. Bridgette advises and handles complex issues for industry-leading clients, including some of the world’s most famous brands, across a broad range of technologies involving utility patents, design patents, trademarks, dilution, trade dress, trade secrets, and unfair competition claims. She has obtained favorable outcomes for her clients in federal district courts across the country and at the International Trade Commission, with victories affirmed at the Federal Circuit. 

Bridgette utilizes her broad IP experience to apply a holistic approach to her client’s needs. Her recent successes include expeditiously obtaining a temporary restraining order (TRO) to halt the distribution of knockoff products, crafting and implementing enforcement plans targeting sellers of counterfeit goods, and formulating policies to curb and address infringement.

Bridgette also advises clients on IP issues related to emerging technologies such as blockchain, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and metaverse-related applications and products. Her experience in this area includes advising clients on crypto-based IP assets, analyzing infringement by NFTs, and keeping clients up-to-date on emerging trends and utility cases in the NFT market.

Bridgette is also a contributing author of the Patent Litigation and Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook.

Recognition

Best Lawyers
"Ones to Watch" Intellectual Property Law (Washington, D.C.) (2023-2025)
"Ones to Watch" Litigation: Intellectual Property (Washington, D.C.) (2023-2025)

Credentials

Education

  • J.D., The George Washington University Law School, 2016
  • B.A., Political Science & Economics, West Virginia University, 2013, magna cum laude

Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • California
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • Supreme Court of the United States

Activities

  • Member, Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court
  • Member, ChIPS Women in IP
  • Vice Chair, Trademark Treaties and International Law, AIPLA
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