Neil M. Batavia

Representative Practice Areas:

• Managing client intellectual property portfolios and related prosecution, opinion work, and counseling.
• Litigating all aspects of intellectual property law issues.
• Drafting and negotiating license agreements, collaboration agreements, software development/maintenance agreements, confidentiality agreements, and other agreements involving intellectual property issues.

Experience:

• Neil is a Principal at the firm.
• He concentrates his practice on electrical and computer-implemented subject matter but has experience in many different fields of technology.
• He has drafted and prosecuted numerous U.S. and international patent applications.
• Neil also has extensive experience managing trademark portfolios.
• He is adept at resolving domain name disputes, including arbitration complaints filed under ICANN’s Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).
• While at Clemson, Neil did research on the implementation of Kaleidaseq DNA sequencing software at the Clemson University Genomics institute and also worked as a DNA tracking technician.

Professional Background:

• Education: Clemson University (B.S., Biochemistry; Minor, Computer Science, 2000); University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2003).
• Admissions: U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
• Civic and Community Service: Greenville Chamber of Commerce (Vice-Chair, Talent Development, Board of Directors), YouthBase (Board of Directors); Greenville B-Cycle (Chairman of Steering Committee); Intellectual Property and Unfair Trade Practice Committee for the South Carolina Bar (Chair, 2006-2008); American Bar Association; Carolina Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law Association.
• Achievements and Honors: Top Attorney Vote, Legal Elite of the Upstate, Super Lawyers, Best and Brightest 35 and Under, Leadership Greenville (Class 37); Editor, South Carolina Law Review; President, University of South Carolina Intellectual Property Law Society; AV Rating by Martindale-Hubbell.
• Publications: “That Which We Call a Domain by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet: The Overbroad Protection of Trademark Law as Applies to Domain Names on the Internet”, S.C. L. Rev., 461-486 (2002); “When Copying Becomes Criminal – The Stiff Penalties for Copyright Infringement”, South Carolina Lawyer, May 2003.

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