Intellectual Property Section

This section provides a resource for lawyers who practice in intellectual property or have an interest in building an intellectual property practice. The practice areas of trademark, copyright, trade secret and patent law fall within this section.

Intellectual Property Leadership

Chair
Alicia Oliver
Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel PC
605 Chestnut Street, Suite 1700
Chattanooga, TN 37450
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aoliver@cbslawfirm.com
(423)757-0206
Immediate Past Chair
Sam Miller
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell...
211 Commerce St Ste 800
Nashville, TN 37201
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smiller@bakerdonelson.com
(615)726-5594
Vice-Chair
Hemant Gupta
Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens...
P.O. Box 171443
Memphis, TN 38187
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hemant.gupta@butlersnow.com
(901)680-7333

Intellectual Property News

'To Kill a Mockingbird' Author Sues Literary Agent for Royalties

By Brittany Sims on Thu, 05/09/2013 - 4:35pm

Acclaimed author Harper Lee is suing her literary agent Samuel Pinkus, alleging that he tricked her into signing a document transferring the royalties from her 1960 novel “To Kill A Mockingbird.” The 87-year-old was recovering from a stroke and says she did not understand what she was doing. “Pinkus knew that Harper Lee was an elderly woman with physical infirmities that made it difficult for her to read and see,” her lawyer, Gloria Phares, wrote in the suit. “Harper Lee had no idea she had assigned her copyright.” The ABA Journal has the story.

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Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Tim McGraw-Curb Case

By Brittany Sims on Wed, 02/20/2013 - 3:54pm

The Tennessee Supreme Court has refused to hear Curb Record’s appeal of a lower court’s ruling that Tim McGraw was free to record with whomever he wished while his legal fight with his longtime label continued through the court system, the Tennessean's music blog reports. McGraw recently released “Two Lanes of Freedom” with Big Machine Records, the first album of his career not to be released on Curb.

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