Scott R. Powell

Scott advises on patent preparation and prosecution, clearance and invalidity studies, and inter partes review. His practice also includes matters related to trademark, copyright, and internet law, as well as contractual matters involving intellectual property. Scott’s background in multiple areas of IP helps him provide multifaceted solutions to businesses.

With over a decade of experience, Scott has prosecuted patent applications in the fields of software, semiconductors, optics, and electrical and mechanical systems, including electrical and mechanical subsystems in automobiles. Scott’s deep experience in preparing and prosecuting patents enables him to position inventor ideas to avoid the legal obstacles common to such inventions.

Additionally, Scott assists clients in lowering their risks when entering a new product space by identifying and analyzing existing patents in that space and helping clients redesign their products to avoid patent infringement. He also prepares defenses against claims of patent infringement.

Speeches

• “The First Sale Doctrine and the Grey Market,” Pennsylvania Intellectual Property Forum (June 2009)
• “Waiving State Sovereign Immunity for Patent Infringement,” Benjamin Franklin American Inn  of Court (March 2009)

Publications

• Author, “Privacy Concerns in Genome-Wide Association Studies,” Biotechnology Law Report Vol. 30, No. 1 (February 2012)
• Author, “Trademark Infringement: Is There An App For That?” World Trademark Review, July 2010
• Author, “ACLU Takes On Patent Office & Myriad Genetics,” Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Vol. 30, No. 4 (March 1, 2010)
• Author, “ACLU Lawyers Face Off Against the U.S. Patent Office and Myriad Genetics,” Biotechnology Law Report Vol. 29, No. 1 (February 2010)
• Author, “Getting Beyond the ACLU and Public Patent Foundation’s Anti-Gene-Patent Grandstanding,” Biotechnology Law Report Vol. 29, No. 1 (February 2010)