West Branch Intellectual Property Lawyers

Our litigation experience covers all areas of intellectual property, including patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, and related causes of action. We provide skilled, aggressive, and cost-effective advocacy on behalf of our clients.

Dean has a passion for litigating complex intellectual property (IP) cases and protecting IP assets.

He has over twenty-five years’ experience as a litigator including seventeen years as a patent attorney focused on litigating IP disputes. He also prosecutes patent and trademark applications.

Dean has been lead litigator in patent, trademark and trade secret cases in multiple jurisdictions including U.S. District Courts, the International Trade Commission, the Trademark Trial and...

In the bustling heart of Michigan, where ventures rise and markets stir, there walks a counselor whose parchment bears the weight of enterprise and whose ink draws the lines of law with the care of a cartographer mapping the borders of empires. He is Victor Wandzel, founder of Wandzel Law PLLC—a firm forged not in haste but with vision, tempered by precision, and guided by a cause to serve the builders of commerce, from little startups to storied multinational enterprises. Victor’s path was not unlike that of old—beginning in the humble courts of contract and formation, wandering through the tangled woods...

Kenneth F. Brooks has over ten years of experience in the intellectual property law industry. Ken joined the BrooksGroup when it was formed in 2012 and was instrumental in the formation of the firm’s best practices and procedures including developing and documenting internal best practice documentation. Ken’s practice covers a variety of IP and IP-adjacent matters including patent application drafting & prosecution, patentability opinions, clearance searches, trademark matters, as well as contractual agreements, royalties, and licensing. Ken focuses on helping individuals and companies protect their IP through a variety of strategies and leading techniques. Before rejoining BrooksGroup in 2020, Ken served...