James L. Ewing, IV

James L. Ewing, IV

Jim Ewing focuses his legal practice on intellectual property strategy, patent litigation and patent portfolio prosecution and management. Fields of technology in which he has direct and current experience include medical devices, electronic commerce, telecommunications and software technologies, carpet and textile products and equipment, and counseling and representation of technology-based start-up companies.

Selected Experience

· Responsible for patent portfolio/procurement and development issues, strategy and management efforts for major financial institution.

· Responsible for building patent portfolio covering interactive video functionality for major telecoms provider.

· Extensively involved in writing patents, prosecuting them, leveraging them, strategy, management and licensing in orthopedic implant structures and processes, surgical navigation systems, wound management products, information technology and wireless fields, including fiber optics, radio-frequency modulation and encoding, encryption, security and privacy related systems and processes, wireless network systems and network theory.

· Advised major wireless telecommunications company and distributor of Blackberry products in connection with the Supreme Court NTP v. RIM litigation.

· Advises investors in connection with current 3G wireless telecommunications litigation.

· Represents Norwegian supplier of glucan products current in clinical trials in patent infringement litigation in D. Minnesota.

· Represents major ISP and major cable MSO who are defendants in Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing multi-district patent infringement litigation.

· Acted as special master in N.D. Ga. patent litigation involving fiber optics products.

· Member of N.D. Ga. Local Patent Rules Committee.

· Represents major U.K. medical prosthetics and implant company in patent litigation and prosecution matters.

Background

· Organizations and associations include the Patent Bar of the United States, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia, and the Atlanta Bar Association; Practicing Law Institute Annual Program on Patent Litigation (co-chair); Federalist Society's IP Subcommittee on Patents (chair).

· Writing and speaking credits include American Law Media's Patent Strategist (Board of Editors); authored "Patent Litigation: Strategic Planning" chapter in Aspen Publishing Company's new book on patent litigation.

· Named to the International Who's Who of Patent Lawyers 2007.

· Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® and listed in the 2006-2007 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers for Intellectual Property Law.

· Recognized as one of Atlanta's "Legal Elite" in the December 2006 issue of Georgia Trend Magazine.

· Listed in 2007 edition of Georgia Super Lawyers.

· AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell.