Charley F. Brown leads the firm's Technology industry team, the Patents team, the Artificial Intelligence team, the Engineering and Software patent team, and is a member of the IP Litigation team. Charley is a registered patent attorney with substantial experience in patent prosecution and litigation. His practice encompasses patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret litigation; patent prosecution; client counseling; and opinion work. He provides ongoing support for his clients' IP portfolio development, including prosecution, maintenance, analysis, diligence, and enforcement. His representative technologies include bioinformatics, business intelligence platforms, computer science, cable and internet technologies, data analytics tools, human antibody technologies, software and hardware, and telecommunications.
Charley's graduate research focused on genome and proteome annotation techniques, sequence analysis, structure prediction, genome assembly improvement, and microarray data analysis.
Professional Highlights
Professional Activities
Atlanta Intellectual Property Inn of Court
Ballard Spahr's Pro Bono Committee
Ballard Spahr's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council
Georgia Lawyers for the Arts, Board Member
Recognition & Accomplishments
USPTO, Patent Pro Bono Achievement Certificate, 2022
IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals, patent prosecution, 2021-2024
Managing Intellectual Property, "Patent Star," 2024
Lawdragon, 500 Leading Litigators in America, 2025
Chambers USA, intellectual property law, 2009 and 2013-2015
Publications
Chapter author, "Software Patents," Bioinformatics Law: Legal Issues for Computational Biology in the Post-Genome Era, American Bar Association, 2013
Contributing author, Annual Review of Intellectual Property Law Developments, American Bar Association, 2009
"Using Patents in Competitive Intelligence," Competitive Intelligence Magazine, Vol. 9 No. 1 at 17, January/February 2006
Contributing author, Technology Law: The Fundamentals and More, Lorman Education Services, 2006
Credentials
Education
Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law (J.D. 2002)
Georgia Institute of Technology (M.S., Bioinformatics, 2004)
Mercer University (B.B.A., Computer Information Systems, 1999)
Admissions
Georgia
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office