L. Wayne "Wayne" Beavers

L. Wayne "Wayne" Beavers


Patterson Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

Recognized since 2012

Nashville, Tennessee

Practice Areas

Copyright Law

Litigation - Intellectual Property

Litigation - Patent

Patent Law

Trade Secrets Law

Trademark Law

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Mr. Beavers' practice focuses on counseling corporate clients regarding the protection and management of their intellectual property assets, especially patents and trademarks, both in the United States and internationally. Mr. Beavers has 30 years experience in the practice of intellectual property law. He served as General Counsel to Gibson Guitar Corp. from 1995 to 1997. He has filed and prosecuted over one thousand patents in the mechanical arts. Mr. Beavers' current practice is heavily focused on conducting complex patent freedom to operate and/or infringement reviews for many of the firm's clients as they develop and introduce new products to the market, or as they conduct due diligence during the acquisition of new businesses. Recent engagements include such reviews in the fields of:

  • Medical devices
  • Infant nutritional formulas
  • Road construction equipment
  • Industrial cranes
  • Materials handling equipment for recycling
  • Sensor technology for materials recycling
  • Industrial water heating equipment
  • Reinforcing structures for pre-stressed concrete
  • Automobile tire designs
  • Automobile tire manufacturing equipment
  • Toys
  • Pool filtration equipment

    Education
    • M.B.A. Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University, 1998
      • Beta Gamma Sigma business honor society
      • J.D., University of Oklahoma, 1977
        • Editor of the Oklahoma Law Review
        • Member of the Order of the Coif
        • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 1972
          Bar Admissions
          • Tennessee
          • Registered Patent Attorney (USPTO)
          • Oklahoma
            Professional Memberships
            • American Bar Association
            • Tennessee Bar Association
            • Former Chairman, Nashville Bar Association, Intellectual Property Committee
            • Tennessee Intellectual Property Association
            • Former President, Oklahoma Bar Association, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section

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Location
  • Roundabout Plaza, Suite 500
    1600 Division Street
    Nashville, TN 37203
Education
  • University of Oklahoma, J.D., graduated 1977

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Patent Law, Nashville (2024)
  • Patent Law, Nashville (2022)
  • Trade Secrets Law, Nashville (2020)
  • Patent Law, Nashville (2018)
  • Litigation - Patent, Nashville (2017)
  • Patent Law, Nashville (2014)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Copyright Law
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Patent
  • Patent Law
  • Trade Secrets Law
  • Trademark Law
Special Focus:
  • Licensing
  • Patent
  • Trade Secrets
  • Trademark

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