Intellectual Property
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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
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 handled patent and trademark prosecution work for Novocure. The lawyers also advised the company on overall strategy and IP diligence work.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Ballard Spahr demonstrates impressive knowledge of our business and what is important to us, and continues to produce high-quality work."
"Ballard Spahr demonstrates impressive knowledge of our business and what is important to us, and continues to produce high-quality work."
Notable Practitioners
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.
"Brian is known as a specialist in prosecution for chemical and mechanical-related inventions."
"He is awesome with inventors."
Richard Miller maintains a broad disputes-focused IP practice, frequently litigating complex patent infringement disputes on behalf of clients in highly technical industries.
"Richard Miller is an outstanding litigator. He understands the law and is able to think creatively in terms of negotiation."
"Richard speaks the same language as our business. When we have him as our counsel, the other side gets nervous."
Ranked Lawyers at
Ballard Spahr LLP
Georgia
Members
Provided by Ballard Spahr LLP
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.