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
2 Union Square Suite 1000
Chattanooga, TN 37402
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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

Patent Attorney Merges Science Background with Law

By Brittany Sims on Fri, 12/21/2012 - 4:32pm

After obtaining his undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering, Hermant Gupta prepared for a promising career in medical research until he met a patent lawyer. Instead of completing his master degree as he originally intended, Gupta entered the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. He is now one of a handful of patent lawyers in private practice in Memphis. The Memphis Daily News has more in its Law Talk column. 

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Court Asked to Review Landmark File-Sharing Case

By Stacey Shrader ... on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 3:43pm

Infamous file-sharer Jammie Thomas-Rasset asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to review a jury’s conclusion that she pay the recording industry $222,000 for downloading and sharing two dozen copyrighted songs on the now-defunct file-sharing service Kazaa. Thomas-Rasset, the first person to defend herself against a file-sharing case, said the damages were unconstitutionally excessive and were not rationally related to the harm she caused to the labels. The court previously declined two other file-sharing cases brought before it. Learn more about the case on Wired.com

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