Representative technologies include plasma arc cutting and welding, high speed cartoning machines, laser sorting equipment, soil treatment systems, tire technologies, refrigeration equipment, footwear and apparel, textile machinery, and lighting systems.
Experience:
Tim is a chemical engineering graduate with extensive litigation and trial experience.
He has represented clients in various intellectual property disputes, including cases of alleged patent, trademark, and copyright infringement.
Tim’s practice at Dority & Manning, P.A. also includes preparation and drafting of infringement and noninfringement opinions, clearance opinions, and the prosecution of patent and trademark applications. Representation in these matters has included areas such as athletic wear, electroplating solutions, automated control systems, hydraulic power and control systems, paper manufacturing, plasma arc torches, product metering devices, sports equipment, tire systems, waste treatment, water filtration, and tire technologies.
Prior to joining Dority & Manning, P.A., Tim represented clients in both state and federal court in matters that included products liability, insurance defense, personal injury, breach of contract, and bad faith insurance claims.
Representative Cases include ASICS Corp. v. Target Corp., No. 03-3486, 2003 WL 21804877 (D. Minn. 2003); Riverwood Int'l Corp. v. R.A. Jones & Co., Inc. 324 F.3d 1346 (Fed. Cir. 2003)
Member: Federal Circuit Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Carolina Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Association (Board of Directors, President 2005-2006)
Education: Clemson University (B.S., Chemical Engineering, magna cum laude); University of Texas, Ph.D. candidate Chemical Engineering (research of polymeric impregnation with supercritical fluids); University of South Carolina (J.D., cum laude)
Admitted to Practice: South Carolina; U.S. District Court of South Carolina; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Published Works: "When Copying Becomes Criminal: The Stiff Criminal Penalties for Copyright Infringement", South Carolina Lawyer, May 2003, at 32.
Honors: American Institute of Chemical Engineers Academic Achievement Award; Order of the Coif; Order of the Wig and Robe; Editor-in-Chief, South Carolina Law Review 1993-1994
