Jason T. Gaskill joined Adams and Reese in 2010 following the firm's expansion into Sarasota. He is a member of the firm's Litigation Practice Group and Intellectual Property and Technology Team. Jason also serves as the Partner in Charge of the Sarasota office.
Jason handles a variety of commercial litigation matters, including construction litigation, intellectual property litigation, non-compete litigation and real property litigation. He also counsels his clients in various transactional matters involving the procurement and protection of intellectual property assets.
His recent representative experience includes:
- Preparing and prosecuting patent applications in the biomedical and chemical sciences.
- Preparing and prosecuting trademark/service mark applications.
- Handling a variety of litigation matters involving title curative work.
- Developing and negotiating software development agreements, license agreements, distribution agreements, and other transactions involving intellectual property.
- Assisting clients with their software development agreements and protection of existing intellectual properties.
- Representing clients in intellectual property infringement actions both as claimant and in defense.
- Handling commercial litigation matters in federal and state courts.
He is admitted to practice in Florida, New Mexico and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as well as the United States District Courts in Middle, Northern and Southern District of Florida, the United States District Court of New Mexico, the United States Tax Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Jason currently serves as Past-President of the Young Lawyers Division of the Sarasota County Bar Association. He is also Chair of the Website Committee of the Sarasota County Bar.
Jason received his J.D. from the University of Arizona College of Law in 2002, and earned his B.S. in Biology and B.A. in Chemistry from the University of South Florida in 1999.
Jason is a graduate of the 2011 Class of Leadership Sarasota, a program developed to encourage continuing stewardship and oversight of the Sarasota County Community. He serves on the Board of Directors for Save Our Seabirds, Inc. a non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating seabirds and the education of the public regarding adverse impacts of human activities on wildlife. He sits on the advisory board of Gulfcoast Wonder & Imagination Zone (G.WIZ) science museum, Sarasota's world-class, science and technology center.
In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his two children, playing golf and going to the gym.
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