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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Wellington M. Manning, Jr.

Wellington M. Manning, Jr.

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Representative Practice Areas:

  • Prosecuting numerous patent, trademark, and copyright applications.
  • Rendering opinions as to infringement or validity of patents, and as to rights in trademarks and copyrights.
  • Litigating patent, trademark and copyright matters.

Experience:

  • Mackie, one of the founders of Dority and Manning in 1984, has practiced intellectual property law since 1965 in private practice and corporate environs, in all areas of intellectual property.
  • He has familiarity with technologies such as chemistry, chemical processes, plastic injection, shoes, packaging equipment, medical devices and processes, textile machinery, textile processes, agricultural equipment, building structures, plasma technology, forestry harvesting equipment, dye tubes, tobacco harvesting and processing equipment, biomass handling equipment and processes, dyeing equipment and processes, cookware, hosiery processing equipment and processes, polishing systems for semi-conductor materials, automotives, fastening systems, furniture, fabric handling systems, video games, water craft, games, electrical monitoring systems, conspicuity systems for motorcycles, clothing and processes for manufacture of clothing, and miscellaneous others.
  • He has also served as an expert witness in numerous patent infringement actions and is a qualified mediator in intellectual property matters.
  • After receiving his degree in chemical engineering he worked as an engineer in synthetic fiber technology for three years before attending law school.
  • After law school, he worked as a patent attorney for Monsanto Corporation in vinyl polymer, foam and packaging technologies and for Deering Milliken Research Corporation in various textile technologies before beginning his career in the private practice.

Professional Background:

  • Education: Clemson University (B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1958); Catholic University of America (LL.B., 1965).
  • Admitted to Practice: Massachusetts; South Carolina; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. District Court of South Carolina; U.S. Supreme Court; Federal Circuit Court of Appeals; Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
  • Member: American Bar Association; Carolina Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law Association.
  • Honors: AV Rating by Martindale-Hubbell; selected for The Best Lawyers in America annually since 1995.





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