Dean W. Russell

Dean Russell advises multinational companies on implementing strategies for protecting intellectual property rights worldwide. He is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and has served as an adjunct professor of intellectual property law at the University of Georgia School of Law and at the University of Tennessee College of Law.

Prior to practicing law, Mr. Russell participated in developing computer simulations of the guidance and detonation equipment of the U.S. Army’s PATRIOT missile system.

Mr. Russell is a former two-term member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Patent Law in 2015 and each of the 14 years immediately preceding. He was also recognized as a 2009 Georgia "Super Lawyer" for Intellectual Property law by Super Lawyers magazine. Mr. Russell was listed in the International Who's Who of Patent Lawyers in 2011 and 2013 and also in the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers for Patents in 2011, 2013 and 2014. He was named Pro Bono Volunteer of the Year in 2011 by Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc. In 2012, 2013 and 2014, Mr. Russell was named a top patent practitioner by IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners. He was named among Georgia Trend's 2012 "Legal Elite" in the area of Intellectual Property Law. Mr. Russell received Lexology’s Client Choice Guide - International 2013 Award in the Intellectual Property: Patents category for Georgia. In 2014, he was recommended by Legal 500 US for Patent Prosecution. Mr. Russell is AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

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Areas of Practice 1) Intellectual Property, 2) Patent Counseling & Prosecution, 3) International Strategy, 4) Cross Border Transactions, 5) Post Grant Proceedings, 6) Acquisition Due Diligence, 7) Licensing and 8) Patent Valuation
Law School University of Georgia (J.D., 1987)
Education University of Alabama at Huntsville (M.S., 1984); Georgia Institute of Technology (B.S., 1982)
Bar Member / Association Georgia State Bar Association
Most recent firm Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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