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Overview
Womble Bond Dickinson’s Intellectual Property Practice Group – Key Facts:
- Womble Bond Dickinson’s IP Practice is comprised of 120+ lawyers and patent agents with experience in patent, trademark and copyright procurement, counseling and litigation; trade secrets; IP strategy and consulting; complex IP licensing and technology transactions; and data security and privacy.
- We manage worldwide portfolios for numerous global companies, such as Bank of America, Remington Outdoor, BASF, Graphic Packaging International, and others. We currently perform patent and trademark prosecution for over 2,100 clients and handle over 28,000 active records.
- Our Patent Prosecution Team includes more than 70 attorneys and agents who practice in the broad disciplines of chemical engineering, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology; electrical and computer technology; energy; and mechanical engineering and materials science. Many of our attorneys were practicing research scientists and engineers, and several are former patent examiners with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
- We prepare and file nearly 2,000 patent applications per year for our clients, including over 1,000 foreign patent applications.
Members
Vaughan, James (Head of Department)
Heard, Preston
Kees, Laura
Sudderth, D. Scott
Clients
BNC Bancorp and BNC Bank/Bank of North Carolina
Card-Monroe Corp.
Central Garden and Pet Company/Pennington Seed, Inc.
ChemFree Corporation
Consolidated Engineering Company
Dematic Group
Driven Brands, Inc.
DynaEnergetics US, Inc.; DynaEnergetics GmbH
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Geeknet, Inc. (a subsidiary of GameStop)
Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
Omix-ADA, Inc.
Performance Contracting, Inc.
Rack Room Shoes, Inc.
Remington Outdoor Company
SecureWorks, Inc.
Snyder’s-Lance
Tandus Centiva, Inc.
Valve Solutions, Inc.
YP, LLC (also known as Yellow Pages)
Industries
Aerospace & Defense
Automobiles & Parts
Chemicals
Construction & Materials
Consumer Product Manufacturing
Education
Energy
Financial Services
Food & Drink Producers
Health Care
Industrial Engineering
Media
Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences
Retail
Software & Computer Services
Technology, Hardware & Electronics