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Practice Areas

• Patent

• Trademark

• Copyright

• Trade Secret

• IP Litigation (especially appellate causes)

• IP Licensing/Sales

• Brand Creation and Selection (coining trademarks and services marks) 

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Technologies or Specialties

• Mechanical Arts

• Electrical Arts

• Materials Science

• Computer/Software

• Internet Technology

• Communications

• Business Methods

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Admissions

• State Bar of Georgia

• US Patent and Trademark Office

• US Supreme Court

• US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

• US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

• US Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

• US District Court, Northern District of Georgia

• Georgia Court of Appeals

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Education

• Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia

  • Juris Doctor, 1988​

• Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

  • Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, 1983​

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