Gwendolyn Tawresey

Gwen works with companies to identify, manage, and assert their key intellectual property assets, including trade secrets and patents. Understanding that a trial is rarely the goal, her approach combines strategic prosecution and portfolio management with forward-thinking positioning to help drive optimal outcomes. She has obtained millions of dollars in damages for her patent-owner clients and secured injunctions to prevent competitors from using their technologies. She has also successfully defended companies accused of patent infringement, both in court and in securing low-dollar settlements.

As co-chair of the firm’s Corporate Espionage Response Team, Gwen leads a multidisciplinary group of attorneys with extensive experience regarding corporate espionage matters. Together with a team of attorneys and technical experts, they leverage their deep experience with digital forensic investigations to ensure that clients’ matters are handled using the most cutting-edge forensic technology available. Gwen and her team handle these matters throughout the United States.

As a mechanical engineer, Gwen applies a thorough understanding of technology and the law to help clients unlock the full potential of their innovations. She is particularly experienced in medical devices, semiconductors, image sensors, and software, and works well with her clients’ research and development teams. Gwen excels at simplifying and explaining the most complex innovations to decision-makers and arbiters, including judges and juries.

Gwen leads lean trial teams that consistently deliver outsized results with maximum efficiency. Her proven track record includes securing favorable settlements and verdicts in the International Trade Commission (ITC), district courts, and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Gwen has achieved favorable decisions for her clients at the Federal Circuit, including the affirmance of district court injunctions and obtaining rare reversals of Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decisions.

Gwen is a sought-after speaker and author on IP issues. She frequently speaks, including at the Federal Circuit Bar Association’s Bench and Bar Conference and the International Association of Defense Counsel, and has published numerous articles on topics such as the impact of non-patent Supreme Court decisions on the ITC and PTAB, autonomous vehicles, and process patents at the ITC.

• Defended a designer and manufacturer of GPS products against claims of patent infringement, resulting in a $0 walk-away settlement.
• Obtained a favorable jury verdict on behalf of a startup and a university against a large foreign company, including finding of willful infringement, injunctions, change of inventorship of patents filed by the foreign company, and transfer of ownership of patents as a contract remedy.
• Represented the complainant in several Section 337 ITC investigations involving semiconductor design; investigations terminated on favorable settlements.
• Obtained a finding of violation on behalf of the complainant in a Section 337 initial determination before an ITC administrative law judge in an investigation involving imaging devices.
• Represented a university and a startup as patent owners in several inter partes review proceedings, in which the Patent Trial and Appeal Board found several claims not invalid.

• Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch: Litigation – Intellectual Property (2025)
• IAM Patent 1000: Individuals: Litigation: Bronze (2023-2025)