He has also been involved in the negotiation and preparation of intellectual property license agreements, opinions relating to patent infringement, non-infringement and patent validity, and he has participated as an arbitrator and as a mediator in major patent and IP disputes.

Mr. Vuksinick has also served on the firm’s board of directors.

Primary Practice Focus

• Complex IP Litigation, Inter Partes Conflicts & Mediation and Arbitration
  • Patent Infringement
  • Trademark Infringement
  • Unfair Business Practices

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

Other Practice Experience

• International Prosecution of IP
  • Licensing of Intellectual Property Rights, Including Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets, and Know How
  • International Patent Prosecution

• Licensing, Other Transactional Work & Client Counseling
  • Employment Agreements & Invention Ownership
  • Non-Competition Covenants
    
  • Non-Disclosure Agreements
    
  • Assignments of Intellectual Property Rights
    
  • Patentability Opinions
    
  • Patent Infringement Opinions
    
  • Defensive Opinions of Non-infringement and Design Around Strategies

Professional Accomplishments of Note

• Free Motion Fitness, Inc. v. Cybex Int’l, Inc., 423 F.3d 1343 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (vacating grant of summary judgment of noninfringement).
  
  
• Ultradent Products, Inc. v. Life-Like Cosmetics, Inc., 127 F.3d 1065 (Fed. Cir. 1997) (affirming findings of infringement).
  
  
• The Nautilus Group, Inc. f/k/a Direct Focus, Inc. v. ICON HEALTH & FITNESS, INC., United States District Court for the Western District of Washington at Seattle, Civil No. C-02-2420-RSM (summary judgment dismissing patent infringement claims).
  
  
• Leisa Hancock v. Richard Paul Evans, United States District Court for the District of Utah, Civil No. 1:99CV-0068DB (summary judgment dismissing copyright infringement claims).
  
  
• ICON HEALTH & FITNESS, INC. v. Bodyflex Manufacturing Group, United States District Court for the District of Utah, Civil No. 95:CV-0121G (preliminary injunction enjoining trade dress infringement).
  

Education

• J.D., J. Reuben Clark Law School, magna cum laude, Brigham Young University, 1979
• B.S., Brigham Young University, 1975

Professional Admissions and Associations

• Utah State Bar
• American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
• American Bar Association

Other Information of Interest

Law school

• J. Reuben Clark Scholar
• Associate Editor of the Law Review
• Legal Writing Instructor at the J. Reuben Clark Law School, BYU