Profile
Bryan Harrison is a member of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice in Greenberg Traurig’s Boston office, focusing on trade secrets. He represents plaintiffs and defendants in trade secret litigation across the country in both federal and state courts. He contributed to the trade secret section of PLI’s 2025 Employment Law Yearbook and has written on trade secret related topics.
In addition to his trade secret work, Bryan has litigated patent, copyright, trademark matters, as well as commercial disputes involving breaches of contract, franchise disputes, payor-payee conflicts, post-sale breach of warranty issues, and financial litigation. He is experienced in managing all phases of litigation, including drafting complaints, conducting and defending depositions, managing e-discovery, trial and post-trial briefings. He has deep experience in both federal and state courts, as well as in arbitration across the country and internationally.
Bryan obtained an undergraduate degree in biochemistry. Before law school, he worked in a clinical genetics lab at Massachusetts General Hospital developing genetic tests to diagnose cardiomyopathy and hearing loss.
Capabilities
Experience
- Represented leading nutritional supplement company in 3-day ICC Arbitration regarding breach of supply contract with European distributor.
- Represent financial service companies in consumer disputes in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
- Represented mining company in an ICSID arbitration against sovereign nation for violation of bilateral investment treaty. Second-chaired eight-day arbitration and defeated motion for security for costs.°
- Represented magazine company in data privacy lawsuit concerning Michigan’s Video Rental Privacy Act. Obtained settlement through early mediation.°
- Represented franchisee in dispute with franchisor over expansion in foreign country. Defeated motion to strike jury demand and deposed general counsel of franchisor.°
- Represented seller in a post-sale dispute arising out of an alleged breach of warranty.°
- Represented groups of pathologists and emergency medicine doctors against insurers that denied claims for work performed or down-coded services performed. Obtained settlements in all cases.°
- Represented national trucking company against claims of negligence. Obtain dismissal of negligence and M.G.L. c. 93A claim at the motion to dismiss stage.°
- Represented state university in an appeal of the dismissal of a negligence claim. Obtained dismissal of the appeal on the papers.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Harrison prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
- Represent SAAS real estate company and defeated a preliminary injunction seeking to enjoin use of the alleged trade secrets. We also obtained dismissal of 10 of the 13 causes of action and 5 of the 7 defendants through motions to dismiss.
- Represent publicly traded financial analysis company against claims of trade secret misappropriation.
- Represent franchised trucking company in suit against former employee and competitor over theft of trade secrets.
- Obtained verdict for leading designer of reticles, grayscale masks, and optical gratings in trade secret matter against former employee in 5-day jury trial. In post-trial briefing, obtained a permanent injunction and attorneys’ fees.°
- Represented medical device company in a patent infringement matter. Successfully invalidated patent on § 101 grounds and participated in four-day jury trial.°
- Represented plant nutrition company in a trade secret and false advertising lawsuit against a former employee. Defeated former employee’s motion for summary judgment in which he argued the alleged secrets entered the public domain through a patent application.°
- Represented numerous businesses in trademark opposition and cancellation actions before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.°
- Defended shoe manufacturer against claims of copyright infringement, obtaining pre-suit settlement.°
- Defended freight forwarding company in lawsuit asserting copyright infringement arising from allegedly counterfeit textbooks.°
Recognition & Leadership
- Listed, Super Lawyers, Massachusetts Super Lawyers “Rising Stars,” 2019-2024
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, “Ones to Watch,” Litigation - Intellectual Property, 2024-2026
- Co-Chair, BIPLA Giles S. Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition, 2021-2024
- Member, Boston Bar Association, 2016-Present
Credentials
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J.D., Boston College Law School, 2016
- Staff Editor, Intellectual Property & Technology Forum
- B.S., Bates College, 2011
- Massachusetts
- New Hampshire