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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Stephen E. Bondura

Stephen E. Bondura

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Representative Practice Areas:

  • Coordinating all aspects of extensive and complex patent portfolios for international corporate clients.
  • Rendering patent related opinions, including validity, infringement, and right to practice opinions.
  • Performing intellectual property due diligence investigations, and advising on intellectual property aspects of acquisitions and mergers.
  • Prosecuting and managing U.S. and international patent applications.

Experience:

  • Steve has been a Shareholder with Dority & Manning since 1992.
  • Steve is currently Chairman of the firm’s Executive Committee.
  • Steve is familiar with a vast array of mechanical and mechanical/electrical technologies, with particular experience in power generation and control systems, mechanical and electrical control systems, medical devices, nonwovens, pulp and paper making machines and processes, textile machines, consumer articles, reactor operations, nuclear instrumentation, radiological controls, waste management, poultry processing machines, and gaming and lottery systems.
  • After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy, Steve completed the U.S. Navy’s intensive Nuclear Propulsion program and served as an engineering officer and weapons officer on a Navy Ballistic Missile Submarine until entering law school.

Professional Background:

  • Education: U.S. Naval Academy (B.S., with distinction, 1983); U.S. Navy Nuclear Engineering Program; University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1991).
  • Admitted to Practice: South Carolina; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. District Court of South Carolina; U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Member: Federal Circuit Bar Association; American Bar Association; Carolina Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law Association; Lifetime member of Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference.
  • Honors: AV Rating by Martindale-Hubbell; Law Review; Order of the Coif; Wig and Robe; Phi Alpha Theta.





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