John Gary Maynard
Co-Chair IP Practice Group at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
- Role
- Co-chair Ip Practice Group at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
- Location
- Richmond, VA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About John Gary Maynard
John Gary is co-head of Hunton\'s intellectual property practice. He has 30 years of…
Experience
Co-chair Ip Practice Group
Apr 2018 — Present · Washington, DC, US
John Gary counsels the world’s leading companies on how to protect their brands-he advises on trademark and design matters; copyright issues, including in the context of AI; online enforcement, including domain name counseling and litigation under the UDRP; trade secret protection; IP asset licensing; and litigation. He also has significant experience helping both licensees and licensors manage software audits, disputes, and license compliance reviews. His experience includes- Developing, implementing, and managing global trademark prosecution, maintenance, and enforcement programs—including social media strategy—for Fortune companies- Representing Fortune companies in brand protection disputes, including trials in federal court, injunction hearings, mediations, and proceedings before the TTAB- Regularly counseling clients on proactive and reactive trade secret and other IP protection- Regularly counseling clients on advertising issues- Counseling clients in software license audits and software litigation resulting in savings of more than $150M from initial compliance demands, e.g, settling a $12.5M claim for over-deployment of OpenText connectivity software for less than 30 cents on the dollar by identifying ambiguity in license language and exploiting the vendor’s year-end revenue deadline and negotiating a 50% reduction in an IBM compliance demand where IT staff did not properly uninstall e-commerce software after transitioning to another platform- Favorably settling litigation for a major retailer related to claims of copyright infringement and breach of contract arising from a software audit- Obtaining a favorable jury verdict after a 3-week trial for a major gaming software vendor in a copyright infringement and breach of contract matter.Attorney advertising. For informational purposes only and not legal advice.
Skills
- Litigation
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