Jeffrey M. Karmilovich
Representative Practice Areas:
- Managing intellectual property portfolios, and related prosecution and counseling.
- Negotiating and drafting intellectual property licenses and other agreements.
- Providing right-to-practice, validity, and infringement opinions.
- Handling contested administrative proceedings such as trademark oppositions and cancellations.
Experience:
- Jeff has been a Shareholder with Dority & Manning since 1999.
- Jeff has worked with technologies such as automotive components; fiber optics, and related tools and connectors; complex machinery; telephony and communications systems; shape memory alloys and related micro-actuators and devices; and product handling, packaging and shipping devices.
- His litigation experience spans from pre-litigation investigation, through filing, written and deposition discovery, motion practice, trial, and appeal.
- Before joining the firm, he worked as an associate for five years with Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner in Washington, D.C.
Professional Background:
- Education: Clemson University (B.S. 1987, Mechanical Engineering, cum laude); George Washington University (J.D. 1991).
- Admitted to Practice: South Carolina; District of Columbia; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. District Courts of South Carolina and the District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Federal, 1st, 4th, and 5th Circuits.
- Member: American Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Carolina Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law Association; Federal Circuit Bar Association; American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Society of Automotive Engineers; Society of Manufacturing Engineers.
- Honors: Law Journal; Tau Beta Pi and Pi Tau Sigma engineering honor societies.