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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Jeffrey M. Karmilovich

Jeffrey M. Karmilovich


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Phone: (864) 271-1592

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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.