Cary W. Brooks.

Sixteen years inside General Motors. A career devoted to intellectual property.

Cary W. Brooks founded the BrooksGroup in January 2012. Mr. Brooks has extensive experience in both prosecution and litigation of intellectual property matters. He was a shareholder in a midsize law firm prior to starting the BrooksGroup, and worked for 16 years as a patent attorney for General Motors Corporation, where his responsibilities included patent preparation and prosecution, infringement opinions, licensing, acquisitions and divestitures, and major litigation.

He served as an instructor for four and a half years in a nationally renowned seminar, teaching his peers techniques and strategies for crafting and drafting winning patents. Mr. Brooks was voted by his peers as one of the top lawyers in intellectual property law in the Metro Detroit Area in both 2012 and 2013 (dBusiness Journal November/December 2011 and November/December 2012).

Mr. Brooks has been a serious student of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit throughout his career, and uses the knowledge gained thereby to provide exceptional service to clients and seminars to a variety of select audiences, including corporations, general practice firms, CPA firms, business and professional groups, and foreign associates.

His professional experience also includes positions as patent counsel at BASF Corporation’s Coating and Inks Division and Chemical Division, and as an associate with Barnes, Kisselle, Raisch, Choate, Whittemore & Hulbert.

A published voice in patent law.

Mr. Brooks has authored numerous articles and made numerous presentations to his peers, including:

• Patent Law Day, Michigan State University 2004 — “Alarming Number of Ways to Create Prosecution History Estoppel and Prosecution Disclaimer”

• Instructor – Patent Resources Group, Inc., “Drafting and Prosecuting Winning Patents Workshop,” 2001–2004

• “Overview of Noninfringement Opinions,” Michigan State Bar Journal, August 2004

• “Recent Developments in Intellectual Property Law – 1997,” State Bar of Michigan/ICLE

• “Preparing Patent Opinions,” Michigan State Bar Intellectual Property Law Section Annual Seminar, 1994

• “More on Equivalents,” 76 JPTOS 620–621, August 1994

• “Equitable Triggers for Invoking the Doctrine of Equivalents,” 76 JPTOS 220–228, March 1994

• “Product-by-Process Claims in Light of Recent Court Decisions,” Michigan State Bar Intellectual Property Law Section Spring Seminar, 1993

• “Comment: In re Dillon en Banc,” 32 IDEA No. 3, 229–308 (1992)

• “Comment: Rehearing of In re Dillon in Banc,” 72 JPTOS 1044 (Nov. 1990)

• “Corning Glass Works, Functional Limitations, and the All Elements Rule,” 71 JPTOS 889 (Nov. 1989)