Robert H. McWilliams, Jr. of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Columbia, South Carolina, is a patent attorney specializing in intellectual property litigation, portfolio management, and strategic counselling. With expertise in patent validity, infringement analysis and USPTO proceedings, he delivers innovative solutions to protect client assets and navigate complex IP challenges across mechanical, electrical and emerging tech.
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Intellectual Property
Position
Partner
Career
A registered patent attorney, Robert focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation, client counseling, and portfolio management. Robert is skilled at analyzing patent infringement and validity in the mechanical and electrical arts as well as strategizing how to avoid the patents of others. Robert has experience representing clients in patent, trademark, unfair competition, and trade secret litigation in jurisdictions throughout the United States. He has also litigated Inter Partes Reviews, Covered Business Method Reviews, and Derivation Proceedings before the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Education
- Order of the Coif
- Order of the Wig & Robe
- Associate editor–in–chief of the South Carolina Law Review
- Received CALI Awards in Civil Procedure I and II, Transnational Law, Trademarks & Unfair Competition, Patent Law, and Administrative Law
- Student member, John Belton O’Neall Inn of Court
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Key clients
- FARO Technologies, Inc. Pelican Products, Inc.