Thomas Horstemeyer LLP

Intellectual Property

Partner

Scott Horstemeyer is one of the founding partners and a former managing partner of Thomas Horstemeyer. He has been practicing intellectual property law for over thirty-five years.

Scott has experience in connection with all aspects of intellectual property. His practice focuses on patent and trademark work, including procurement (prosecution), litigation strategy, portfolio management, due diligence, infringement investigations, validity investigations, and contract matters including licensing.

Scott has personally written and prosecuted hundreds of U.S. patents, and he has been involved in the examination of thousands of patent applications. He has also prepared, filed, and prosecuted hundreds of trademark applications.

Scott has experience worldwide in prosecuting patents and trademarks and has managed global patent and trademark portfolios of international companies. He has architected and implemented internal company procedures for processing and managing patent and trademark activities. He has actively participated on patent review boards for international companies. He has rendered hundreds of legal opinions to clients, many of which have been involved in litigation. He has also served as a patent expert in lawsuits.

Scott has been instrumental over the years in developing the firm’s high technology law practice, particularly in electrical and software. His practice previously focused on the litigation group at Thomas Horstemeyer, and he served on litigation teams before the federal courts. With the growth of the firm’s practice in patent procurement areas, particularly in technology and software, he began to focus his practice to procurement and client counseling.

Bar Admissions

District of Columbia

Georgia

Ohio

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Court Admissions

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Supreme Court of Georgia

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA); State Bar of Georgia: Intellectual Property (IP) Law Section

West Virginia University, J.D.

West Virginia University, B.S. Electrical Engineering, cum laude