Jim Ewing focuses his legal practice on intellectual property strategy, patent litigation and patent portfolio prosecution and management. Fields of technology in which he has direct and current experience include medical devices, electronic commerce, telecommunications and software technologies, carpet and textile products and equipment, and counseling and representation of technology-based start-up companies. Mr. Ewing is extensively involved in writing patents, prosecuting them, leveraging them, strategy, management and licensing in orthopedic implant structures and processes, surgical navigation systems, wound management products, information technology and wireless fields, including fiber optics, radio-frequency modulation and encoding, encryption, security and privacy-related systems and processes, wireless network systems and network theory.

Mr. Ewing was named to the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers in 2009 and 2011 and International Who's Who of Patent Lawyers in 2009 and 2011. He was listed for Intellectual Property law The Best Lawyers in America® in 2013 and each of the 12 years immediately preceding. He was also named a 2013 "Atlanta Lawyer of the Year" in the area of Trademark Law by The Best Lawyers in America®. Mr. Ewing was listed as #1 in the 2012 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and has been listed for each of the eight years immediately preceding in the area of Intellectual Property. In 2011 and 2012, Mr. Ewing was recommended by Legal 500 US in the area of Patent Prosecution. He was recognized as a Georgia "Super Lawyer" in 2012 and 2013 and as a Top 2011 Georgia "Super Lawyer" in the area of Intellectual Property by SuperLawyers magazine. In 2012, Mr. Ewing was selected as a “Life Science Star” in the inaugural edition of LMG Life Sciences. In 2012, he was named a top patent practitioner by IAM Patent 1000 – The World's Leading Patent Practitioners. Mr. Ewing is AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell.*

* CV, BV, and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedure's standards and policies.

Professional & Community Activities

American Bar Association, Member

American Intellectual Property Law Association, Member

Atlanta Bar Association, Member

Federalist Society’s IP Subcommittee on Patents, Chair

Patent Bar of the United States, Member

Practicing Law Institute, Annual Program on Patent Litigation, Co-Chair

State Bar of Georgia, Member

Education

  • University of Virginia School of Law, J.D. (1981)
  • United States Naval Academy, B.S., Aerospace Engineering (1973)
    with distinction

Bar Admissions

  • California (2012)
  • Georgia (1981)

Admissions

  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (1981)
  • Georgia Supreme Court (1981)
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (2007)

Who We Are

1080 Marsh Road
Menlo Park, CA, 94025
USA
t +1 650.752.2485
Suite 2800, 1100 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA, 30309-4528
USA
t +1 404.815.6494
f +1 404.541.3194

James L. Ewing IV

Experience Highlights

Intellectual property counseling for Smith & Nephew
Provides patent procurement and counseling services to Smith & Nephew, an industry leader in the development of advanced medical devices and more
Multimillion dollar arbitration for a financial services corporation
Served as lead counsel and successfully defended a financial services corporation in a multimillion dollar arbitration concerning a dispute over an more
Biopolymer Engineering Inc. v. Immunocorp
The firm served as lead counsel for Biotec Pharmacon, ASA, a Norwegian pharmaceutical company, in patent infringement litigation initiated by patent more
Patent procurement and counseling services to YKK Corporation of America
Provide patent procurement and counseling services to YKK Corporation of America, an industry leader in the development of fastening and more