Jon Gordon, Esq.

About The Lecturer

Jon Gordon is a partner in the New York office of Haug Partners. He has extensive experience practicing patent law, with particular expertise in prosecuting patents related to computers, networks, telecommunications, medical information systems, financial applications, and blockchains.

In his practice, Jon takes advantage of his broad and deep technical expertise. He taught himself to program at age 12 and went on to earn a degree in computer science. He spent several years actively developing, maintaining, and extending multi-tiered intranet and Internet applications. His work experience also includes time as a trader on a derivatives floor.

Jon is involved in all aspects of patent practice for both foreign and domestic clients, including patent litigation, patent prosecution, due diligence, client counseling, and providing opinions of counsel.

Publications

Gordon, Jon, and Ben Natter. “U.S. Department of the Treasury Issues Update to IP-related Transactions in Russia.” Haug Partners, 6 May, 2022.

Wallach, Eric. “Jon Gordon (YC 90), Advisor on Blockchain Patent Prosecution for Haug Partners.” The Politic, 1 Aug. 2019.

Gordon, Jon. “Can You Patent the Blockchain? It Depends.”, Legaltech News, 30 July 2018.

Gordon, Jon. “How the Federal Circuit Is Returning Certainty to the Law of Patentability.” IAM, IAM Yearbook 2018, 27 Nov. 2017.

Education

M.S., Computer Science, New York University

J.D., Duke University

B.S., Physics & Philosophy, Yale University