Of Counsel
kgermain@whepatent.com

Ken Germain has more than 30 years of varied experience in the trademark/unfair competition field and is a former full-time law professor. He focuses his practice on trademark counseling, consulting and litigation. He is often retained as an expert witness on issues relating to trademarks and unfair competition, working on cases involving some of the nation's largest companies in high-stakes, cutting-edge cases.

For many years, Ken has been an active speaker on trademarks and unfair competition, lecturing at national, regional and local conferences more than 200 times. In addition, he is founder and chairman of the All Ohio Annual Institute On Intellectual Property seminar that held its 19th statewide program in 2009. For many years, he served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, teaching trademark/unfair competition courses. He now serves as Distinguished Professorial Practitioner in the University of Dayton Law School's Program in Law and Technology.

Education
- J.D., New York University School of Law, 1969, Associate Editor of the N.Y.U. Law Review
- A.B., magna cum laude; elected to Membership in Phi Beta Kappa, Rutgers College, 1966


Admitted to Practice
- Ohio, 1989
- California [inactive], 1970