Charles W. Calkins

Charles Calkins practices intellectual property law with a focus on patent law and intellectual property transactions. Mr. Calkins, a registered patent attorney, has more than 25 years of experience in client counseling and portfolio management in patent procurement, licensing and enforcement, primarily in the life sciences, chemical, medical and computer software arts. His current practice also focuses on the corporate and transactional aspects of intellectual property, including licensing, merger, acquisition and/or equity investment due diligence. He also handles reexaminations and patents in diverse areas such as automotive, medical devices and DNA Sequencing Technologies including NextGen Sequencing.

Mr. Calkins' experiences allow him to understand the business value of intellectual property and work with clients to maximize return on their investments. Mr. Calkins has worked with companies, investment banks, private equity groups, venture capitalists and other institutional investment groups to conduct due diligence and provide counseling relating to more than 100 potential investments, acquisitions and/or mergers ranging in size from several hundreds of thousands of dollars to more than one billion dollars. He also has experience working with government contracts. In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Calkins is a Chair of the Piedmont Angel Network, and is an investor in emerging technology companies and active in the regional and national technology communities. He is also Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board at University of North Carolina Greensboro.

Mr. Calkins is AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell* and has been named to Business North Carolina’s "Legal Elite" list. He has been recognized as a North Carolina "Super Lawyer" in the areas of Intellectual Property and Mergers & Acquisitions by Super Lawyers magazine. He was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Intellectual Property Law in 2015 and the eight years immediately preceding. He was also named a 2013 and 2015 "Greensboro Lawyer of the Year" in the area of Patent Law by The Best Lawyers in America®. Mr. Calkins was named a "Law Impact Leader" by Business Leader magazine. He was named a "Global IP Luminary" by IP World for his exemplary work in the intellectual property legal area. In 2011, Mr. Calkins was also recognized among the Triad's "Most Influential" professional executives by the Triad Business Journal for the ninth consecutive year. He is listed in the 2012 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Intellectual Property and he is listed in the 2013 and 2014 editions as #1 in the area of Intellectual Property. Mr. Calkins has been recognized as a 2013 and 2014 "IP Star" by Managing Intellectual Property magazine. He is a former Chair of the North Carolina Bar Association's Intellectual Property Section and remains active on the Section Council.

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Areas of Practice 1) Intellectual Property, 2) Mergers & Acquisitions, 3) International Strategy, 4) Patent Counseling & Prosecution, 5) Post Grant Proceedings, 6) Transactional Intellectual Property, 7) Acquisition Due Diligence and 8) Licensing
Law School Boston College Law School (J.D., 1984)
Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology (S.B.)
Bar Member / Association District of Columbia Bar Association, Massachusetts State Bar Association, North Carolina State Bar Association
Most recent firm Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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