About

Provided by Ballard Spahr LLP

Ballard Spahr’s Intellectual Property Department provides a full range of services, from patent prosecution and trademark clearance to strategic IP counseling and full-scale litigation. Our Atlanta-based team helps some of the best-known businesses, universities, and research institutions develop, commercialize, enforce, and defend their intellectual property assets. Additionally, our attorneys were some of the first in the country to file Inter Partes Review (IPR) cases.

The capabilities and experience of our Atlanta-based team members are listed below.

  • Our IP litigators represent clients in every type of IP dispute, including patent, trademark, trade dress, domain name, copyright, trade secret, and right-of-publicity litigation. Our attorneys have litigated more than 100 complex matters in federal and state courts, the International Trade Commission, and the U.S. Patent Office Patent (PTAB) and Trademark (TTAB) Trial and Appeal Boards, as well as on appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
  • Our patent professionals, many of whom hold advanced degrees, are fluent in all aspects of U.S. and foreign patent prosecution. With emphasis in the chemical, biotechnology, electrical, mechanical technologies (including medical device and ornamental design), nanotechnology, pharmaceutical, and software areas, our patent practice has filed more than 6,000 patents in more than 80 countries since 2005.  


Our team also includes trademark and copyright attorneys.

Chambers Review

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Intellectual Property - Georgia

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Ballard Spahr is noted for advising on a range of issues including patent applications, patentability queries, trademark prosecution, freedom to operate questions and due diligence for IP rights transactions. The firm offers strength handling post-grant review proceedings, enforcement actions and disputes arising from allegations of trademark and patent infringement. It has notable capabilities in areas such as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and software. The lawyers work with higher education organizations, and hi-tech and life sciences companies.

Work Highlights

  • Ballard Spahr advised Smith & Wesson, handling the global preparation and prosecution of utility and design patents related to their firearm products.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Richard W Miller
3
Richard W Miller
3
Band 3
Richard Miller maintains a broad disputes-focused IP practice, frequently litigating complex patent infringement disputes on behalf of clients in highly technical industries.

Richard is a superstar patent litigator.

D. Brian Shortell
4
D. Brian Shortell
4
Band 4
Brian Shortell maintains a respected intellectual property law practice. He represents clients in patent and trademark prosecution matters and provides strategic IP counseling and freedom-to-operate analyses for his clients.

He has great technical expertise.

Brian has great communication skills and is able to quickly educate clients and inventors.

Scott D Marty
4
Scott D Marty
4
Band 4

Scott Marty is leader of the patent group's biotechnology team. He specializes in biotechnology patent matters, including patent counselling, licensing and prosecution. He represents a variety of clients from the biotechnological sector and supports his clients throughout all stages of the case.

Scott has a strong strategic mindset.

Joseph P. Anderson III
U
Joseph P. Anderson III
U
Up and Coming

Joseph Anderson focuses his practice on mechanical technologies patents and he specializes in infringement risks and design changes. He is experienced in client counselling and represents clients in both domestic and international matters.

Joe is timely and attentive.

Ranked Lawyers at
Ballard Spahr LLP

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Georgia

Intellectual Property

Richard W Miller
3
Richard W Miller
3
Band 3
D. Brian Shortell
4
D. Brian Shortell
4
Band 4
Scott D Marty
4
Scott D Marty
4
Band 4
Joseph P. Anderson III
U
Joseph P. Anderson III
U
Up and Coming

Members

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Brian D. Shortell, Ph.D.

Brian Meadows

Head of Department

Charley F. Brown

Jonas Jarvholm

Joseph P. Anderson III

Richard W. Miller

Scott D. Marty, Ph.D.