Practice Areas
Education
- J.D., cum laude, 1980, Villanova University School of Law
- Staff Member, 1978-1979 and Editor, 1979-1980, Villanova Law Review
- B.B.A., 1977, University of Notre Dame
Clerkships
- Law Clerk to The Honorable William Duffy, Delaware Supreme Court
Admissions to Practice
- Delaware, 1980
- Pennsylvania, 1981
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Tom is a member of the Intellectual Property and Corporate and Business Litigation Groups. He is an experienced trial lawyer, with a practice concentrated in the areas of intellectual property and general business litigation.
Tom has represented predominately corporate clients, including in recent years Georgia-Pacific, QUALCOMM, Sony, Honeywell, Ameritech, Visteon, Advanced Energy, and Youbet.com in diverse areas of litigation, including complex contract and other commercial disputes, as well as patents and trademarks. For example, as lead counsel, Tom represented QUALCOMM against Texas Instruments in a breach of patent license dispute, Ameritech in a cellular partnership dispute, and Advanced Energy in a patent infringement suit. With over twenty years of trial experience in the Delaware courts, Tom has been involved in nearly thirty trials, including ten jury trials. His most recent trials resulted in successful results for the defendants in these patent jury trials:
- Finjan v. Websense, Inc., C.A. No. 10-593 (GMS) Trial 11/30/12 –12/20/12
- Solvay S.A. v. Honeywell International Inc., C.A. No. 06-557 (SLR) Trial 09/21/2011- 09/27/2011
- Kenexa BrassRing Inc. v. Taleo Corporation, C.A. No. 07-521 (SLR) Trial 06/27/2011- 06/28/2011
Professional and Community Activities
- Member of the Board of Directors, Special Olympics Delaware
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Delaware State Bar Association
- Volunteer Guardian Ad Litem, Office of the Child Advocate
Noteworthy
- Best Lawyers in America 2010-2013
- Chambers USA: Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2006-2013
Representative Matters
- Georgia-Pacific
- QUALCOMM
- Sony
- Honeywell
- Websense
- Visteon
- Advanced Energy
- Youbet.com
News
- 28 Morris Nichols Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2013
28 Morris Nichols attorneys have been named to The Best Lawyers in America 2013 in twenty two practice areas. - Chambers USA 2012 Names Twenty Morris Nichols Attorneys and Four Practice Groups as Best In Delaware
The 2012 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business today ranked twenty Morris Nichols’ attorneys and four practice groups as best in Delaware. - 25 Morris Nichols Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2012
25 Morris Nichols attorneys have been named to The Best Lawyers in America 2012 in twenty practice areas. - Chambers USA 2011 Names Twenty Morris Nichols Attorneys and Four Practice Groups as Best In Delaware
The 2011 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business today ranked twenty Morris Nichols’ attorneys and four practice groups as best in Delaware. - 26 Morris Nichols Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2011; Firm is Top-Listed in Eight Categories in Delaware
26 Morris Nichols attorneys have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2011. The firm was also “Top-Listed in Delaware” in eight practice areas. - Chambers USA 2010 Names Twenty Morris Nichols Attorneys as Leading Lawyers
The 2010 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business today ranked twenty Morris Nichols attorneys and four practice groups as among the best in Delaware.
Notable Publications and Presentations
- Thomas C. Grimm, Julia Heaney, Karen Jacobs Louden, Trademarks in Cyberspace, (Delaware Lawyer, Vol. 18, No. 4, Winter 2000-2001)
- Eugene L. Grimm, Thomas C. Grimm, Trademarks: How to Get Them, Keep Them, and Enforce Them, Delaware Lawyer (March 1989)