Dawson Gershuny

Associate | He/Him/His

Overview

Dawson is an associate at Crowell & Moring’s Chicago office, focusing on patent litigation. As a valued member of Crowell’s IP team, he has assisted clients in a variety of matters involving patent infringement, patent prosecution, trademark infringement, and copyright infringement. His practice covers matters from quantum particles to pizza.

Dawson has also helped litigate multiple appeals, and he is on the Young Professionals Board of the Public Interest Law Initiative.

Career & Education

    • University of Michigan Law School, J.D., Certificate of Merit in Early American Legal History, 2024
    • DePaul University, B.S., magna cum laude, physics, 2021
    • University of Michigan Law School, J.D., Certificate of Merit in Early American Legal History, 2024
    • DePaul University, B.S., magna cum laude, physics, 2021
    • Illinois
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
    • Illinois
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Dawson's Insights

Client Alert | 3 min read | 10.30.25

Is Course Hero Heading to Summer School After Summary Judgment Loss?

On September 23, Judge Vernon D. Oliver partially granted and partially denied the defendant’s motion for summary judgment in Post University Inc. v. Learneo, Inc., 3:21-cv-1242 (VDO) (D. Del. Sept. 23, 2025). For background, the defendant in this case, Learneo, Inc. (commonly known as Course Hero), is an online platform for college, trade, and high school students that provides access to user-submitted documents via a paid subscription. Course Hero allows users to search the documents that have been uploaded by school, textbook, book title, and subject, but only users with a subscription can view the documents. Users without a subscription may access a preview version of the document, consisting of a blurred and truncated version created by Course Hero. Course Hero users have uploaded documents to the platform for many thousands of colleges, grad schools, high schools, and trade schools....

Dawson's Insights

Client Alert | 3 min read | 10.30.25

Is Course Hero Heading to Summer School After Summary Judgment Loss?

On September 23, Judge Vernon D. Oliver partially granted and partially denied the defendant’s motion for summary judgment in Post University Inc. v. Learneo, Inc., 3:21-cv-1242 (VDO) (D. Del. Sept. 23, 2025). For background, the defendant in this case, Learneo, Inc. (commonly known as Course Hero), is an online platform for college, trade, and high school students that provides access to user-submitted documents via a paid subscription. Course Hero allows users to search the documents that have been uploaded by school, textbook, book title, and subject, but only users with a subscription can view the documents. Users without a subscription may access a preview version of the document, consisting of a blurred and truncated version created by Course Hero. Course Hero users have uploaded documents to the platform for many thousands of colleges, grad schools, high schools, and trade schools....