The Intellectual Property Section of the Georgia Bar was founded in 1964 to provide information about intellectual property law to its members and to the community. Today the Section continues those goals and now boasts over 1000 members. The Section’s educational events, which are open to Section members as well as non-members, provide timely legal updates regarding copyright, patents, trademarks, and intellectual property licensing and litigation. The Section also provides newsletters, networking opportunities, and podcasts of educational materials. The Intellectual Property Section is considered one of the most active sections of the Georgia Bar. The State Bar has recognized the Intellectual Property Section as Section of the Year for 2012-2013, 2013-2014, and three other times in the past (2003; 2006, jointly with Family Law Section). The Section has also received three Achievement Awards (2002; 2004; and 2007).
Section By-laws

A Special Thanks to the 2020 IP Section Sponsors:

DIAMOND
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP

GOLD
Ballard Spahr, LLP

SILVER
Alston & Bird, LLP | Fish & Richardson PC | King & Spalding LLP

BRONZE
Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health | Coresearch | Dority & Manning PA | Hill Kertscher & Wharton LLP | Kent & Risley LLC | Lee & Hayes, PC | Meunier Carlin & Curfman, LLC | Murgitroyd | Pabst Patent Group LLP | Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs, LLP | Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP | Taylor English Duma, LLP

Become an IP Section 2021 Sponsor! Click here for details on annual sponsorship levels and benefits.

Section Officers 2020-2021

Rich Miller – Chair
Ballard Spahr LLP
millerrw@ballardspahr.com
Chris Curfman – Chair-Elect
Meunier Carline & Curfman
ccurfman@mcciplaw.com
Clark Wilson — Vice Chair
NeoMed Inc
cwilson@neomedinc.com
Chris Lightner — Secretary
Alston & Bird
chris.lightner@alston.com
Katie Bates — Treasurer
Meunier Carline & Curfman
kbates@mcciplaw.com
Mary Jo Sullivan — Sections Director
State Bar of Georgia
maryjos@gabar.org

Section Committees 2020-2021

Liz Wheeler — Copyright, Co-Chair
WarnerMedia
Liz.Wheeler@turner.com
Rachel Geist — Copyright, Co-Chair
Chick-fil-A, Inc.
rachel.geist@cfacorp.com
Andrew Strickland — Patent, Chair
Lee & Hayes
andrew.strickland@leehayes.com
Josh Curry — Patent, Vice Chair
Lewis Brisbois
josh.curry@lewisbrisbois.com
Auma Reggy — Trademark, Chair
McKesson
auma.reggy@mckesson.com
Jason Rosenberg — Trademark, Vice Chair
Alston & Bird
jason.rosenberg@alston.com
Matthew P. Warenzak — Community Outreach, Chair
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
mwarenzak@sgrlaw.com
 
Michael Cicero — Trade Secrets, Chair
Taylor English Duma LLP
mcicero@taylorenglish.com
Neal Weinrich — Trade Secrets, Vice Chair
Berman Fink Van Horn PC
nweinrich@bfvlaw.com
Kaitlyn Haase — Communications, Chair
Ernst & Young LLP
Kaitlyn.a.haase@ey.com
 
Alison Danaceau — In-House, Chair
Avolin
alison.danaceau@avolin.com
Joe Staley — In-House, Vice Chair
Lingomod | Recorders.com
joestaley@gmail.com
Jason Cooper – Young Lawyers Division, Co-Chair
The Sladkus Law Group
jason@sladlaw.com
Amy Lester-Drew –Young Lawyers Division, Co- Chair
The Sladkus Law Group
alester-drew@sladlaw.com

 

Click here for a list of Section Chairs 1964-2014

See the podcasts below for an introduction to IP law:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSyhWPwJ3zU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUFUnZQnxEY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnxcQTbd0jw&t=39s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr1xAHJtAoc&t=1s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJN1VKflm9U&t=2s