Guy R. Gosnell

Guy R. Gosnell

Charlotte, NC recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2007
Alston & Bird LLP

266 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Litigation - Intellectual Property Litigation - Patent Patent Law

Biography

Guy Gosnell leads the Intellectual Property Patents – Electrical & Computer Science Group and its efforts to counsel clients in regard to patent matters in the electrical, computer software and business method arts. Guy has more than 20 years’ experience in the intellectual property field and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Guy has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America, the Top Attorneys in North Carolina and in Super Lawyers magazine.

Guy has been extensively involved in the drafting and prosecution of patent applications involving various aspects of electrical, computer and software technology. For example, he has secured patent protection for cutting-edge telecommunications technology, including patent protection directed to handsets, to network components and topology, to signaling protocols, and to end user applications, to name but a few. Additionally, Guy has obtained patent protection for a wide range of other types of technology, including, fiber optic technology, medical imaging techniques, error-resilient encoding technology, signal processing schemes, printer configurations, microelectromechanical devices, holographic displays, integrated circuit simulation, field emission devices, flight simulation systems, high-power fiber optic lasers, antennas, heads-up displays, semiconductor wafer fabrication techniques and various types of software.

Alston & Bird LLP

266 Best Lawyers awards

Alston & Bird LLP logo

Overview

  • Saint Louis University, J.D., graduated 1992

  • North Carolina, North Carolina Bar Association

  • America Intellectual Property Law Association - Member
  • Carolina Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Association - Member
  • North Carolina Bar Association - Member
  • North Carolina, North Carolina Bar Association
  • America Intellectual Property Law Association - Member
  • Carolina Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Association - Member
  • North Carolina Bar Association - Member
  • Saint Louis University, J.D., graduated 1992

Client Testimonials

Guy is the most responsive attorney imaginable. I have expanded my usage of A&B to include over 30 different disciplines worldwide, simply because no matter what strange legal situation I find myself in, I can make a call to Guy, and within 24 hours he has found me a top notch attorney that can help me. I'm very thankful for his amazing help.

Doug Anderson (Leatherman Tool)

Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2020 - Patent Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2013 - Patent Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Patent Law, Charlotte (2020)
  • Patent Law, Charlotte (2013)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Patent
  • Patent Law

Case History

Cases
  • Experience
  • Coordinates the firm’s patent procurement efforts for one of the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers in order to obtain patent protection for inventions cutting across a number of technical disciplines.
  • Leads the firm’s patent procurement efforts for one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies, including management of a worldwide patent portfolio with inventors and decision makers spread around the globe.
  • Coordinates the firm’s intellectual property representation of one of the world’s largest health care services companies, including the procurement of patent rights for the company’s innovations and counseling regarding various third-party patents.
  • Other Court Admissions
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

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