Bryan W. Bockhop 404.873.8696 tel 404.873.8697 fax bryan.bockhop@agg.com Area of Practice Patents and Nanotechnology

Bryan Bockhop is a partner in the Patents Team and a registered patent attorney who concentrates his practice on patent prosecution and litigation primarily in the areas of electronics, optics, nanotechnology and complex mechanical systems. He was a central processing unit circuit design engineer for IBM prior to attending law school, and served as a U.S. Naval Officer prior to his employment at IBM. Mr. Bockhop has significant experience litigating patent, trademark and copyright cases.

Publications and Presentations

• "Protecting Nanotechnology: Patents & Trade Secrets," presentation at the "Starting and Building a Nanotech Company" seminar hosted by Georgia Tech Research Corporation and Georgia Tech Center for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, March 26, 2003.
  
• "Trade Secrets in Nanotechnology: Keeping the Nano-Genie in the Molecular Bottle," presented to Emerging Technology Committee, AIPLA Winter Meeting, January 2003.
  
• 4 Georgia Jurisprudence "Trademarks and Tradenames" (Practice Commentator).
  
• 1998 PLI Patent Litigation Handbook, "Filing Considerations: Should You Sue?"
  
  Significant Cases
  
• DM Records v. Koch Entertainment, lead counsel representing defendant (ongoing)
  
• Advantastar Automotive Research Corp. of America v. GPI-Atlanta, Inc., lead counsel representing plaintiff; successfully achieved summary judgment of copyright infringement and favorable settlement for client.
  
  Professional Activities
  
• American Intellectual Property Law Association (Co-Chair, Nanotechnology Subcommittee; Member, Emerging Technologies Committee)
• State Bar of Georgia Intellectual Property Section
• Georgia Nanotechnology Alliance, Vice President

Education
B.S., General Science, The University of Iowa, 1980
M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Iowa, 1988 (Eta Kappa Nu)
J.D., University of Georgia, 1994

Admitted to Practice
Georgia Supreme Court, 1994
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 1994
11th Circuit Court of Appeals, 2002