Neil M. Batavia
Principal
- Greenville, SC
- (864) 271-1592
- nbatavia@dority-manning.com
What you should know about me:
I have been an intellectual property attorney at D&M for almost 20 years. My practice includes patent portfolio management and related prosecution, opinion work, and client counseling. I am motivated by the opportunity to partner with high-technology companies to develop innovative IP strategies.
- Known as the team’s creative thinker and ideator
- Neil serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations, and is particularly passionate about access to early childhood education
- Prior to law school, Neil designed and implemented a bioinformatics software for genetic sequencing
Neil’s Experience
Neil serves as a leader within D&M’s Electrical & Computer Science practice group. Neil’s practice is directed toward electrical and computer-implemented subject matter and his experience spans related technical areas including computer hardware and software, autonomous robotics, computer vision, wearable technologies, telecommunications (e.g., 4G/5G), AI/ML, and data compression/encoding, among others.
In addition to managing complex intellectual property portfolios, Neil also assists clients with licensing agreements, opinion work, infringement and validity matters, and various litigation services.
Background & Credentials
Education
- Clemson University (B.S., Biochemistry; Minor, Computer Science, 2000)
- University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2003)
Admissions
- South Carolina
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Professional Activities
- Intellectual Property Owners Association (Member, Software Related Inventions Committee)
- Greenville Chamber of Commerce (Board of Directors)
- A Child’s Haven (Board of Directors)
- Intellectual Property and Unfair Trade Practice Committee for the South Carolina Bar (Chair, 2006-2008)
- American Bar Association
- Carolina Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law Association
Honors
- AV Rating by Martindale-Hubbell
- Top Attorney Vote, Legal Elite of the Upstate
- Super Lawyers
- Best and Brightest 35 and Under
- Leadership Greenville (Class 37)
- Editor, South Carolina Law Review
- President, University of South Carolina Intellectual Property Law Society
Publications
- Overview of the Approach to AI in the United States, Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: A Global Perspective, Imperial Hotel Tokyo (Dec. 2019).
- “That Which We Call a Domain by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet: The Overbroad Protection of Trademark Law as Applies to Domain Names on the Internet”, S.C. L. Rev., 461-486 (2002); “When Copying Becomes Criminal – The Stiff Penalties for Copyright Infringement”, South Carolina Lawyer, May 20.
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