Anthony Wingrove

Anthony’s practice focuses on all aspects of intellectual property across a wide variety of technologies, both domestically and internationally. His practice includes portfolio management and patent prosecution for technologies including electric vehicles, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, search engines, e-commerce, health care IT, mobile communications, social media, cloud computing, data centers, multimedia content, jury assessment and big data analytics. 

In addition to drafting over 500 patent applications, Anthony’s experience includes conducting patent forwarding and harvesting sessions; performing due diligence assessments of patent portfolios; drafting and negotiating license agreements; preparing trademarkability and patentability opinions; prosecuting trademark applications; communicating cease and desist letters involving trademark and copyright infringement; writing patentability, validity and non-infringement analyses and opinions; and supervising and training junior attorneys and staff.

Anthony volunteers for a number of pro bono projects including abuse and neglect cases, adoption hearings, and gender-marker amendments and name changes. Anthony has successfully represented a family of eight seeking asylum in the U.S., including guiding the family through the application process including many hours with an interpreter, preparing a brief on behalf of the family, and attending a hearing before an immigration judge.  

In a landmark moment for indigenous peoples worldwide, on behalf of the National Native American Bar Association (NNABA) and 574 American Indian tribes and Alaska Native entities, and as one of only six known native attorneys in the U.S. qualified to do so, Anthony prepared comments in response to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Notice of Tribal Consultation published on October 24, 2023, regarding World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) negotiations. Anthony’s experience and dedication enabled NNABA to engage effectively with the USPTO and contribute meaningful and thoughtful comments on critical issues relating to patent law and indigenous human rights. These contributions were pivotal during the consultative process and significantly shaped the discussions during two invite-only meetings with USPTO staff. As a result of these efforts, NNABA was able to influence the U.S. positions in the negotiations of the genetic resources treaty at the WIPO diplomatic conference in Geneva earlier this year. The outcomes of these negotiations, culminating in a treaty that the U.S. delegation has agreed to, mark a historic step in the evolution of international intellectual property law and the recognition of indigenous peoples’ rights.

Before and during law school, Anthony worked for seven years as a systems engineer and project manager at a St. Louis-based cloud services provider. His responsibilities included implementing and managing the enterprise-wide disaster recovery program and monitoring and reporting environment, organizing and managing project teams, and serving as the primary contact and project lead for many clients.