Featured Practice Areas

Electrical Engineering – Electronic component designs, circuitry, metering devices, optical and electro-optical devices

Computing and Information Analysis – Software and business methods, RFID technologies and applications, internet and e-commerce

Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical – Pharmaceuticals, assay systems, anti-microbials, life sciences

Chemical Engineering and Materials – Films, polymer science, electrical component materials, textile chemistry, nanoparticles, carbon dots

Gaming and Entertainment – Lottery and card games, materials for games of chance, sporting goods

Mechanical Engineering – Vehicle components and hardware, ordnance and projectiles, printing materials, medical devices

Textile and Manufacturing – Woven and non-woven textiles, conveyors, accumulators and complex machinery, textile chemistry

Complex Patent Prosecution – Preparing, prosecuting, managing, and consolidating worldwide patents and applications, using cutting edge electronic infrastructure

Litigation and Dispute Resolution – Enforcing and defending intellectual property rights in Courts, counseling on pre-litigation strategies and/or avoidance, and negotiating settlement of disputes

Trademarks, Copyrights and Designs – Protecting, transferring, and defending trademarks, service marks, trade dress, copyrights, and patented designs

E-Commerce and E-Business – Advising on internet and electronic business issues, such as domain name registrations, meta tags, cybersquating, licensed use of materials, and business method and e-commerce patents

Intellectual Property Counseling – Managing and advising on all facets of intellectual property practice faced by in-house attorneys and other decision makers

 
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11/16/2009
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Alan R. Marshall

Alan R. Marshall


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Representative Practice Areas:


  • Managing patent and trademark portfolios, and providing related counseling.
  • Drafting and prosecuting U.S. and international patent, trademark, and copyright applications.
  • Providing written opinions on patent validity, infringement and right-to-practice issues.

Experience:


  • Alan has been with Dority & Manning since 2004.
  • Alan has experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications in the chemical, biochemical, electrochemical, and mechanical arts, particularly in the areas of polymer processing and synthesis, organic chemistry, pharmaceutical and genetic biochemistry, semiconductor technologies, thin film photovoltaic devices, nanotechnologies, diagnostic assays and biosensors, film fabrication, paper making, and textile woven and nonwoven processing.
  • Alan was published four times in leading Chemical Journals for his undergraduate research on organic polymers, specifically, applications involving the use of poly(p-phenyleneethynylene) in light emitting diodes (LEDs).

Professional Background:


  • Education: University of South Carolina (B.S., Chemistry, magna cum laude, with Honors from the South Carolina Honors College, 2001); University of South Carolina (J.D., cum laude, 2004).
  • Admitted to Practice: South Carolina; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. District Court of South Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal and Fourth Circuits.
  • Member: Vice-President (2010-current), Board of Directors (2006-2009), Carolina Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association;  Chair (2008-current) Intellectual Property and Unfair Trade Practice Committee for the South Carolina Bar;
  • Honors: Southeastern Environmental Law Journal; President, University of South Carolina Intellectual Property Law Society (2003-2004); Phi Beta Kappa; Order of Omega.
  • Publications: “Synthesis and Characterization of Poly[1,5-(3,7-ditert-butyl)naphtyleneethynylene] by Alkyne Metathesis”, Macromol.Rapid.Commun.,21 493 (2000); “Blue Solid-State Photoluminescence and Electroluminescence from Novel Poly(para-phenyleneethynylene) Copolymers”, Chem.Mater,13 2691-2696 (2001); “Alkyne-Bridged Polymers as Platform for Novel Macromolecular Materials: Catalytic Hydrogenation of Poly[(p-dialkylphenylene)ethynylene]s”, Macromolecules 34 (14) 4688-4690 (2001); “Rod vs Coil: Molecular Weight Comparison of a Poly(dialkyl-p-phenyleneethynylene) with Its Reduced Poly(2,5-dialkyl-p-xylylene)” , Macromolecules, 36 (5), 1424-1425 (2003).