Attorneys

Juettner

Direct 312.987.4008

pjuettner@gbclaw.net

EDUCATION:

B.S., Civil Engineering

University of Illinois-Urbana

1977

 

J.D., with High Honors

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago-Kent College of Law

1981

Paul G. Juettner

Paul G. Juettner is a shareholder with Greer, Burns & Crain in Chicago, and is an intellectual property attorney with three decades of experience in all aspects of trademark, patent and copyright protection and enforcement.

 

Paul focuses his efforts primarily on international intellectual property portfolio creation and management, and he has consistently helped GBC clients grow their businesses and their IP portfolios domestically and internationally.

 

Paul’s practice at GBC covers the full range of intellectual property legal services including registering, maintaining and protecting trademarks; domain names; designs; inventions; and copyrightable works worldwide; intellectual property due diligence studies and audits; license, joint development and other intellectual property agreements; opinions; trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings; internet enforcement actions; intellectual property litigation in the federal courts throughout the country; and alternative dispute resolution.

 

Paul began his career as a civil engineer with Harza Engineering, having earned a civil engineering degree from the University of Illinois.

 

In 1981, Paul was awarded a Juris Doctor degree with High Honors from the Chicago Kent College of Law. Later that year he was admitted to practice law in Illinois and became a registered Patent Attorney before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

 

For 20 years Paul practiced all aspects of intellectual property law with his father, Thomas R. Juettner, at their firm Juettner, Pyle and Piontek, where Paul was the managing partner. In 2000 the Juettners joined GBC.

 

Paul is active in the Illinois Bar, IP law associations both in Chicago and internationally, and within the community.

 

He is an active member of the International Trademark Association where he serves on the INTA Panel of Neutrals. Paul is also a member of the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (Secretary 2003-2004 and Board of Managers 2001-2003) and Chicago Bar Association.

 

Paul has served on the National Committee of St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee since 2009.

 

He has also co-chaired the Parish Council — and currently co-chairs the building committee — at St. Mary of the Woods parish in Chicago.

 

He is an avid fan of baseball, barbeque and blues music.

 

Experience


  • Intellectual property portfolio management, including trademark, design and patent prosecution worldwide

  • Due diligence reviews and intellectual property audits

  • Intellectual property license, acquisition, joint development, non-disclosure and other agreements

  • Patent and trademark infringement and validity opinions; patent design around studies

  • Anti-counterfeiting and online intellectual property enforcement

  • Trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

  • Patent, design, trademark, copyright, trade secret and unfair competition litigation in the federal courts

  • Alternative dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration

 

Bar Memberships


  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, including Trial Bar

  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

  • U.S. District Court for Colorado

  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

  • Supreme Court of the State of Illinois

 

Example Technical Fields


  • Footwear Design and Technology

  • Apparel and Textiles

  • Pulp, Papermaking, Coating and Calendering

  • Containers and Packaging

  • Concrete Construction and Landscape Products

  • Civil Engineering Systems and Products

  • Filters and Evaporative Media