About Geoff Gerber

Geoff Gerber keeps waiting for his superpowers to materialize. In the meantime, he uses his lawyer-powers to litigate intellectual property disputes in administrative proceedings, trial courts, and on appeal. As a result, he also spends a chunk of his time counseling clients on safely protecting and using different types of intellectual property. After a decade in the large-law-firm setting, he co-founded The BrickHouse Law Group with AnchorPlate co-blogger Pete Salsich to deliver these services with a greater degree of collaboration, flexibility, and critical attention to technology. From his secret lair in St. Louis, Geoff thinks and writes about how to improve and protect branding and trade identity. This involves copyright, trademark, unfair competition, and libel law. He has a special interest in character copyright, fair use and first amendment issues. Geoff also tries to cast a critical eye on how to deliver all of these legal services. 

Practice Areas

  • Intellectual Property Litigation and Counseling
  • Media and Entertainment Litigation and Counseling
  • Alternative Fee Structures and Legal Practice Management

Professional Associations

  • American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section (Unfair Competition, Trade Identity Subcommittee) and Litigation Section (Intellectual Property, Copyright Subcommittee)
  • Missouri Bar Association
  • Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Appellate Practice Committee

Education

  • University of Chicago/BA, Political Science/1990
  • George Warren Brown School of Social Work/MSW, Research Specialization/1997
  • Washington University School of Law/JD/19976
  • Judicial Clerkship, Office of Staff Attorneys, United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit for the Honorable James B. Loken, 1997-1999
  • Judicial Clerkship, , United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri for the Honorable Rodney W. Sippel, 2001-2002

Bar Admissions

  • Missouri, 1997
  • United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1998
  • United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 2000
  • United States District Court, Western District of Missouri, 2007
  • United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 2008