Bio

Luke Meriwether is a partner in the firm's Kansas City office where he focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation. Luke has extensive experience litigating high-stakes patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret disputes (both enforcement and defense) in federal courts throughout the United States, as well as the U.S. International Trade Commission and Patent Trial and Appeal Board. His practice also includes significant experience litigating false advertising, reputation and brand disparagement, and unfair competition cases. Luke has successfully represented leading companies in a diverse set of industries, including agribusiness, shipping and transportation, film and television production, software, consumer electronics, financial institutions, life sciences, probiotics, healthcare, construction, architecture, and manufacturing, as well as retail and consumer products. In addition to his vast litigation experience, Luke’s practice also involves providing clients with IP business counseling and strategy, as well as risk management guidance. This includes licensing, IP purchase and development agreements, trademark and copyright monitoring and enforcement strategies, copyright fair use analysis, noninfringement and freedom to operate opinions, creation of non-practicing entity risk management strategies, and company-wide trade secret protection programs. Luke has represented and advocated for clients in intellectual property disputes before the International Trade Commission (ITC); U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; Central District of California; Southern District of California; District of Connecticut; District of Delaware; Northern District of Illinois; Central District of Illinois; Middle District of Florida; Southern District of Florida; District of Kansas; District of Maryland; Western District of Missouri; Eastern District of Missouri; Northern District of New York; Southern District of New York; Northern District of Ohio; Eastern District of Texas; Western District of Texas; Eastern District of Virginia; Western District of Washington; and Eastern District of Wisconsin. Luke is a former judicial law clerk to the late Honorable Scott O. Wright at the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.