Mr. Berger’s practice focuses on prosecuting and defending commercial litigation matters, and emphasizes intellectual property litigation, including patent, trademark, trade dress, copyright, and trade secret litigation. He assists a wide variety of local, regional, and national businesses in protecting and enforcing their intellectual property rights. Among other representations, Mr. Berger served as the lead intellectual property enforcement counsel for the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. Mr. Berger has assisted clients in matters involving medical and electronic devices, software piracy, trademark counterfeiting, and Internet domain name disputes. He has also assisted clients in formulating and implementing brand protection strategies. Mr. Berger also regularly handles trademark opposition and cancellation matters before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Mr. Berger is recognized in Chambers USA in Intellectual Property Law and has been included on the list of The Best Lawyers in America in Intellectual Property Law and in Commercial Litigation. He maintains an “AV” rating with Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating awarded to attorneys for professional competence and ethics. Mr. Berger has also been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers in the category of Intellectual Property Litigation. He has been voted by his peers throughout the state as one of Utah’s “Legal Elite” in the category of Intellectual Property (as published in Utah Business Magazine). Mr. Berger served as chair of the firm's Associates' Committee from 2000 to 2008. He currently serves on the firm's Finance Committee.

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EDUCATION

• Editor-in-Chief, Utah Law Review

• Minor: Philosophy
• Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honor Society

PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Law Clerk to the Honorable David K. Winder, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Utah 1994

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

• Utah State Bar
• United States District Court for the District of Utah
• United States District Court for the District of Colorado
• United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

• American Bar Association, Litigation and Intellectual Property Sections
• Utah State Bar, Litigation and Intellectual Property Sections
• International Trademark Association

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

• Arbitrating Domain Name Disputes Before WIPO, presented to the Utah State Bar Cyberlaw Section, April 10, 2008
• Brand Protection, a panel discussion presented at The Outdoor Retailer Trade Show, January 23, 2008
• Obtaining or Avoiding Personal Jurisdiction in Utah Based on Internet Activity, a panel discussion presented to the Cyberlaw Section of the Utah State Bar, May 25, 2005.
• Law Firm Economics, a panel discussion presented at the annual meeting of the Young Lawyers' Division of the American Bar Association, February 11, 2005
• Injunctive Relief Strategies for IP Matters, a panel discussion presented at the Utah State Bar Intellectual Property Section's Annual Utah IP Summit, February 20, 2004
• Protecting Your Agency’s Intellectual Property: What You Should Know About Trademark and Copyright Law and Why You Should Care, presented at the annual convention of the Alliance of Information and Referral Systems Convention, June 4, 2002
• IP Lessons from the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games, presented to the Utah State Bar Intellectual Property Section, April 23, 2002
• Considerations in Protecting Brand Identity, presented at the Lawyer’s Rocky Mountain Regional Conference, March 9, 2002
• The Attorney-Client Relationship, presented at a Utah State Bar Ethics Seminar/Fundraiser for the Bar’s equal access to justice campaign, January 11, 2002
• Forming and Terminating the Attorney-Client Relationship in Utah, presented at Lorman Education Services Seminar, "Legal Ethics in Utah," December 2000
• Note, Wilson v. Seiter: An Unsatisfying Attempt at Resolving the Imbroglio of Eighth Amendment Prisoners' Rights Standards, 1992 Utah L. Rev. 565
• Development, Right to Privacy in Bank Records Under the Search and Seizure Provision of the Utah Constitution, 1992 Utah L. Rev. 201

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES

• Chair, Ethics and Discipline Committee of the Utah Supreme Court, 2006 - 2009
• Chair, Utah State Bar Intellectual Property Section, 2002 - 2003
• Pro Bono Representation, Landlord-Tenant Possession Bond Project, Legal Services, Inc., 1997 - 2003
• Small Claims Judge Pro Tempore, 1996 - 2000
• Board of Trustees, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Utah Chapter 1993-1996
• Advisory Committee, Utah Law Review, 1994 - 1995