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Steve Stark concentrates his area of practice on patents, trademarks, copyrights and litigation matters. He has prosecuted well over a hundred U.S. and foreign patent applications which span a wide landscape of technologies, including various mechanical, electrical, chemical and business method inventions. Much of his patent work has been focused in the carpet, consumer product, packaging, transportation and medical instrument industries. Additionally, he has assisted clients in obtaining and maintaining hundreds of trademark registrations. He has extensive experience negotiating agreements related to technology. He has been actively involved in the enforcement of clients' intellectual property rights in some situations, as well as defending clients from allegations of misappropriation in other situations. Practice Groups Technology and Licensing Intellectual Property International Litigation Education J.D., University of Georgia School of Law, 1998 B.S.M.E., with honors, United States Naval Academy, 1990 Representative Cases/Engagements Patent, Trademark and Copyright prosecution and consultation for local, national, and internationally focused companies Perry v. Herd, (M.D.Tenn. 2006, unpublished) successfully assisted in obtaining 16 counts of willful copyright infringement against defendant Bar Admissions Georgia Tennessee Court Admissions Hamilton County Courts Northern District of Georgia Middle District of Tennessee Tennessee Supreme Court Georgia Supreme Court Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Professional Memberships Georgia Bar Association Chattanooga Bar Association Tennessee Bar Association American Bar Association American Intellectual Property Law Association Past President, Tennessee Intellectual Property Law Association Treasurer, Chattanooga Engineers Club U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Publications Legal Protection for Intellectual Properties, Commercial Network Magazine, (February, 2006) Owners of Business Method Patents Filing Claim Notices, Co-author with Carlos Smith, TVPPA News, (September - October, 2006) Presentations Recent Developments in Patent Law, Tennessee Intellectual Property Law Association, Fall Symposium, November, 2006 Civic and Charitable Activities Downtown Kiwanis Former President, Epilepsy Foundation of Southeast Tennessee Other Professional Accomplishments Registered Professional Engineer, Virginia Registered Professional Engineer, Georgia Submarine Qualification, U.S. Navy Submarine Engineer Qualification, U.S. Navy. | 