LAWYERS

GRANT E. POLLACK

Partner

Chair, IP & Technology Law Practice Group

Grant Pollack brings to Ballon Stoll P.C. over 30 years of experience representing organizations, ranging from large corporations and government institutions to start-up ventures and individuals, in intellectual property (IP), data protection, related litigation and transactions.  Grant has handled thousands of IP matters, including Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets, for clients throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.  He leverages his technical background, and his extensive cross-disciplinary legal experience, to add value and better protect IP assets.  His technical experience spans cybersecurity and telecommunications, climate technology, aerospace, artificial intelligence and robotics as well as healthcare related technologies.

Grant has lectured extensively on intellectual property topics, including “Doing Business in the U.S. - IP Considerations and Tactics for Foreign Companies", "IP Considerations in Exporting", "Patents, Trade Secrets & Privacy Law", "Legal Issues Confronting Entrepreneurs", "Patent Law and its Business Applications", and the "Law of the Internet in New York".  Organizations such as the American Bar Association, New York University's Stern School of Business Administration, the New York State Bar Association, Binghamton University's Center for International Business Advancement, and the American Corporate Counsel Association have sought Grant for his candor and unique comprehensive approach to IP practice and policy.  His analytical rigor has led to his testimony as a Patent Law Expert in high profile cases such as Monec Holding AG v. Apple Inc. (E.D. Virginia).

Grant is admitted to the Bars of New York, Pennsylvania, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and numerous Federal District Courts.

EDUCATION

• Case Western Reserve University, School of Law (JD, 1987)

• Yale University (MS, Mechanical Engineering, 1983)

• Vanderbilt University (BE, Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1982)

PRACTICE AREAS

• Intellectual Property

• Artificial Intelligence

• Privacy & Data Protection