George G. Matava, Attorney

George G. Matava is a partner in Merchant & Gould's Denver office. Previously, he had led the intellectual property and litigation practices of major international and Colorado firms. George has extensive experience in all facets of intellectual property litigation, including patent, trademark, copyright, e-commerce, trade secret and antitrust related claims. While he began his career as a general litigator in 1978, he has focused exclusively on intellectual property litigation for the last twenty years. George has litigated or tried patent cases in the fields of automotive products, biomedical devices, computer hardware and software, telecommunications, cable and satellite television, and biodegradable plastics, among others. In the trademark and copyright fields, George has litigated in the areas of brewing, real estate franchising, telecommunications, and consumer products.

George has recently begun a mediation practice in all fields of intellectual property law, including patent, trademark and copyright as well as related antitrust and contract claims. As a mediator, he will generally take a proactive approach and provide substantive feedback. Over the last twenty-three years, he has played a leading role as an advocate in approximately seventy mediations and settlement conferences and has a reputation for finding practical business solutions for legal disputes. George is also available for arbitrations.

George began his legal career in the Honor Law Graduate Program as a trial attorney for the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. working primarily on espionage cases.