FICPI // Focus 45 // World IP Day - IP in sports

Louis DiSanto is a partner at Banner & Witcoff in the USA. 

Louis DiSanto advises category-leading companies and globally recognized brand owners on the development and enforcement of intellectual property portfolios that drive business objectives. He directs cross-functional teams in architecting integrated portfolios spanning patents, trademarks, trade dress, copyrights, and trade secrets, and provides senior-level guidance on risk positioning and key decision points. His approach emphasizes building layered, complementary rights that create meaningful competitive advantage while maintaining cost efficiency.

Louis serves as lead counsel in complex intellectual property disputes across U.S. district courts, arbitration, and administrative proceedings, including before the Patent and Trademark Trial and Appeal Boards, and has secured successful affirmances before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He achieves business-critical outcomes through early-stage positioning and targeted enforcement.

Louis-Pierre Gravelle is Partner at Dipchand LLP in Canada and FICPI Deputy Secretary General.

He specialises in the drafting and prosecution of patent applications and providing patentability, validity, infringement and right to manufacture opinions in the fields of electricity, telecommunications, mechanical and information technology. He is a registered patent agent in Canada and in the United States (1998).

Louis-Pierre is involved in due diligence matters and managing patent portfolios. He is also involved in strategic counselling for start-ups, small, medium and large-sized businesses.

A member of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) and the Canadian Bar Association (CBA), Louis-Pierre was called to the Québec Bar in 1995. He is also a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ). Louis-Pierre Gravelle is past-chair of the Intellectual Property Section of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) and past co-president of the Joint Liaison Committee – Patents between the Patent office and IPIC. He is a Councillor for FICPI Canada.

He is listed in the IAM Patents 1000, and has been since 2012. Louis-Pierre is often called upon to speak on a variety of IP-related topics, at local and international conferences and events.