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Mitchell Brook advises clients on intellectual property (IP) strategy directed towards growing and monetizing an IP portfolio and reputation management, both business and personal.  His approach to business conflicts first is to consider negotiated solutions as a less expensive and quicker alternative.  However, given the state of business in the 2020s, the reality is that the correct approach is not necessarily negotiation, or continued negotiation, but a litigation strategy, 

“After years as partner in the largest, most prestigious law firms, finally I decided to start this eponymous firm, Brook Law Group, P.C.  In doing so, my primary goal has been the creation of sustainable value in every project undertaken.”

Mr. Brook is a graduate of MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and University of Pennsylvania Law School.  Between college and law school he worked as a systems engineer at Rockwell International on the Space Shuttle.  Then, after law school, he joined a prestigious business litigation firm in New York.  His law school patent law professor, Herbert Schwartz, was a partner in that firm, and became his mentor early in his career.  Schwartz was known for his thorough, careful but aggressive approach to patent litigation – principles carried on in Mr. Brook’s work.  At that firm, Mr. Brook joined the team handling the largest patent litigation, the billion dollar dispute between Polaroid and Eastman Kodak over Kodak’s infringement on Edwin Land’s pioneering patents in the fields of thin film coating, and instant photography.  

“It was a great opportunity to be on the Polaroid litigation team that won the largest damages award in the field of intellectual property.  It had a revolutionary impact on the growth of technology, as business leaders then recognized that investments in technology could be monetized via a strong patent and trademark strategy. This landmark case was a leading factor setting the stage for the Internet and tech boom of the 1990s-2000s.”