Lori Gordon is a partner in Goodwin’s Intellectual Property Litigation group. Her practice focuses intensively on inter partes matters, including more than 260 contested case proceedings in front of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Lori has been a leader in PTAB trials since their inception in 2012, and has participated in some of the very first such trials. In addition to her PTAB experience, Lori has handled more than a dozen district court litigations.
Lori represents clients in a broad range of industries, including data communications, semiconductor devices and fabrication, data security, machine learning, and electronic commerce. Her technology-centered work is informed by her previous professional experience as an engineer for Bell Communications Research (Bellcore).
Among her many professional awards, Lori has been recognized by the PTAB Bar Association as the top woman litigator since the PTAB’s founding based on a number of trials. In 2019 and 2017, Lori was named a finalist for Managing Intellectual Property’s PTAB Litigator of the Year. She has also been nominated to their Top 250 Women in IP list six times.
Professional Experience
Professional Activities
Credentials
Education
JD2003
Seton Hall University School of Law
MSElectrical Engineering1992
Pennsylvania State University
BSElectrical Engineering1990
Lafayette College
(cum laude, With Honors, Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society), Eta Kappa Nu (Electrical Engineering Honor Society))
Admissions
Bars
- District of Columbia
- Virginia
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Courts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Recognition & Awards
- Recognized as a Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers Magazine
- Listed under “Top 50 Women in PTAB Trials” by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Bar Association
- Recipient of Penn State Outstanding Engineering Alumni Award
- Listed under “Top 250 Women in IP” by Managing Intellectual Property
- Recognized as PTAB Litigator of the Year Finalist by Managing Intellectual Property
- Named IP Star by Managing Intellectual Property
- Recommended in Intellectual Asset Management Patent 1000 for Litigation and Post-Grant Procedures
- Received Women in Law Award – Intellectual Property Category from Lawyer Monthly
Publications
Presentations:
2023 Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) Bench & Bar Conference, 06/28/2023 – 07/01/2023
- Colorado Springs, CO
Tactics & Strategies: Crafting the IPR Petition, 01/31/2023
- IP Watchdog / Ashburn, VA
- The panel addressed questions and strategic decisions facing petitioners, discussing the pros and cons and what the various choices mean in the short term and long term.
Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Bar Association Thought Leadership Summit 2022, 11/09/2022
- Hosted at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Alexandria, VA
2022 FCBA Bench & Bar Conference, 06/15/2022 – 06/18/2022
- Hybrid, Sea Island, GA
PTAB and Post-Grant Review Year in Review, 05/09/2022
- Berkeley Center for Law & Technology / Berkeley, CA
- Lori presented a session providing a year-in-review report on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and post-grant proceedings during Berkeley IP & Tech Month. Berkeley Law and the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT) created Berkeley IP & Tech Month with more than 30 highly focused, year-in-review webinars for practitioners to focus on the precise legal issues that matter to their specific practice.
The PTAB Today: A Review of the PTAB Landscape and Important Rulings at Age 10, 01/24/2022
- IP Watchdog / Virtual
- Lori presented on a CLE panel for the PTAB Masters 2022 Conference. The panel discussed PTAB evolution through 2021 and what aspects of the Iancu legacy have aided patent owners.