{"id":468,"date":"2016-01-27T21:02:40","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T04:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?page_id=468"},"modified":"2022-09-27T18:04:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T00:04:14","slug":"l-grant-foster-esq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?page_id=468","title":{"rendered":"L. Grant Foster, Esq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1046\" src=\"http:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/foster.jpg\" alt=\"Grant Foster\" width=\"261\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/foster.jpg 261w, https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/foster-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/>With 26 years\u2019 practicing law in Washington and Utah in all areas of intellectual property, Mr. Foster brings a wealth of IP experience into the mediation and arbitration arena.\u00a0 As a mediator, Mr. Foster is committed to the effective resolution of IP disputes through a no-nonsense, cut-to-the-chase approach.\u00a0 Because of his experience, Mr. Foster has the ability to understand the issues quickly, both from a legal and technological standpoint, and apply his IP experience to narrow the issues and help the parties reach agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Foster, as a registered patent attorney, has focused his practice on patent prosecution in a diverse array of technologies from mechanical devices to software.\u00a0 Mr. Foster has also handled trademark matters during his entire career.\u00a0 Perhaps as important as anything, Mr. Foster has actively been involved in IP litigation during his career, including having personally tried IP cases and participated as litigant in numerous mediations.\u00a0 This combination of IP experience is a skillset very rare among IP practitioners, and one Mr. Foster believes gives him a significant edge in gaining a very fast understanding IP cases with an effort to resolve them.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Foster is qualified and willing to mediate cases covering:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Patent Infringement<\/li>\n<li>Trademark Infringement<\/li>\n<li>Copyright Infringement<\/li>\n<li>Trade Secret Misappropriation<\/li>\n<li>IP Licensing Disputes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Honors and Awards<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>The Best Lawyers in America<\/i> \u00a9 (2013-present)<\/li>\n<li><i>IAM Patent 1000,<\/i> the only \u201cHighly Recommended\u201d individual listed for Utah: Individuals \u2013 Prosecution (2015)<\/li>\n<li>Martindale-Hubbell\u00ae, AV Preeminent\u00ae Rating (1996-present)<\/li>\n<li><i>Utah Business Magazine,<\/i> Utah Legal Elite, Intellectual Property (2004-present)<\/li>\n<li>Mountain States Super Lawyers\u00ae, Top 100 Lawyers (of all ranked attorneys in Nevada, Utah, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming) (2012-present)<\/li>\n<li>Mountain States Super Lawyers\u00ae, Intellectual Property (2007, 2008, 2010-present)<\/li>\n<li><i>Chambers USA, America&#8217;s Leading Lawyers for Business, <\/i>Intellectual Property (2008-present)<\/li>\n<li><i>Managing Intellectual Property, <\/i>IP Star (2013-present)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Memberships and Affiliations<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Member, Utah Bar Association<\/li>\n<li>Member, Washington State Bar Association<\/li>\n<li>Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office<\/li>\n<li>Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association<\/li>\n<li>Master, David K. Winder IP Inn of Court<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Biography<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>B.S., Mining Engineering, University of Utah (1986)<\/li>\n<li>J.D., Northwestern School of Law of Lewis &amp; Clark College (1989)<\/li>\n<li>AAA Mediation Training Completed (2015)<\/li>\n<li>IP Partner at Holland &amp; Hart LLP (2001 \u2013 2018)<\/li>\n<li>IP Partner at Dorsey &amp; Whitney, LLP (2018-Present)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With 26 years\u2019 practicing law in Washington and Utah in all areas of intellectual property, Mr. Foster brings a wealth of IP experience into the mediation and arbitration arena.\u00a0 As a mediator, Mr. Foster is committed to the effective resolution of IP disputes through a no-nonsense, cut-to-the-chase approach.\u00a0 Because of his experience, Mr. Foster has <a href=\"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?page_id=468\" class=\"read-more inline\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-468","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>L. 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