Mr. Warner devotes his practice to assisting and counseling clients in creating and protecting their intellectual property, and in avoiding and defending against infringement of the intellectual property of others. Mr. Warner also counsels the client on integration of intellectual property with the planning and implementation of business goals as the primary purpose of intellectual property is usually to advance the business of the client. In the performance of such, Mr. Warner's practice encompasses prosecution, licensing, counseling, opinions, assignment, security interests, and litigation support with respect to patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights, and maskworks.

Chuck is experienced in working with both individual and corporate inventors to determine the details of the invention and the scope of protection which may be obtained. Chuck has obtained well over 100 U.S. patents for clients and many of these patents have foreign counterparts. In some cases he has identified patentable variations on or modifications to the original invention and, as such, is a co-inventor on several patents and is also the sole inventor on one patent for an invention of his own: US Patent Nos. 5,473,615; 5,309,505; 5,070,525; 4,922,161; 4,894,857; and 4,689,814; and US Patent Publications Nos. US2002/0161896A1 and US2002/0047859A1.

Mr. Warner has represented technology clients in the areas of electrical, electronic, electromechanical, mechanical, computer, software and business methods. Some areas in which Mr. Warner has had patent prosecution and/or litigation experience are: Wireless Telephone Systems; Land-Based Telephone And Switching Systems; Business Methods And Automated Customer Service, Calling And Information Retrieval Systems; High Speed, High Power Battery Charging Systems; Videoconferencing Systems; Robotic and Electronic Welding Systems; Communications, Control, and Handshaking Protocols, Modems, and Phase Locking; Memory Controllers; Color Copiers; High-Vacuum Film Coating Machines; and Night Vision Systems. In addition, in his work as an engineer prior to entering law school, Mr. Warner also had substantial experience in radar systems, communications systems, target sensing, target identification, target location, target tracking, electronic countermeasures and counter-countermeasures, shipbuilding, and paper processing.

Prior to entering the practice of law, Mr. Warner had a diversified career and practiced as an engineer, engineering assistant, and/or as a manager in positions at Texas Instruments, International Paper Company, Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation (now part of Northrop Grumman Ship Systems), an AM/FM radio station, and the U.S. Air Force (Civil Service).

Mr. Warner's diverse engineering and patent backgrounds enables him to quickly grasp new ideas in new fields.

Listing of Some Patents Which Mr. Warner Has Substantially Written And/Or Prosecuted:

Interferences

US Patent No. 4,797,911; US Patent No. 5,458,028

Reissues

RE 36,416

Wireless Telephone Systems

U.S. Patent Nos. 6,011,517; 5,940,748; 5,875,388; 5,764,107; 5,659,884; 5,635,943; 5,499,392; 5,473,615; 5,414,385; 5,410,587; 5,337,020; 5,276,729; 5,263,197

U.S. Patent Publication No. US2002/0163981A1

Land-Based Telephone And Switching Systems

U.S. Patent Nos. 6,327,356; 5,974,131; 5,887,253; 5,812,953; 5,724,409; 5,485,505; 4,782,510; 4,742,539; 4,742,538; 4,720,853; 4,689,814; 4,677,663; 4,674,083

Business Methods And Automated Customer Service, Calling And Information Retrieval Systems

U.S. Patent Nos. 7,181,492;  6,925,607; 6,868,395; 6,362,838; 6,359,892; 6,314,089; 5,963,635; 5,828,731; 5,675,637; 5,594,791; 5,581,602; 5,511,112; 5,309,505; 5,214,688; 5,070,525; 4,894,857

US Patent Publication Nos. US2004/0133434A1, US2004/0111310A1, US20020181398/A1, US2002/0143878A1

High Speed, High Power Battery Charging Systems

US Patent Nos. 6,366,056; 6,307,379; 6,307,352; 6,281,683; 6,232,750; 6,097,172; 5,889,385; 5,694,023; 5,504,415; 5,307,000

US Patent Publication No. US2002/0075003A1

Videoconferencing Systems

US Patent Nos. 5,598,209; 5,589,878; 5,583,565; 5,568,183; 5,528,289; 5,526,037

Robotic and Electronic Welding Systems

US Patent Nos. 6,282,460; 6,249,718; 6,226,395; 6,101,268; 5,999,642; 5,906,761; 5,798,627; 5,540,371; 5,370,290; 5,237,153; 5,136,139; 5,136,138; 5,073,695; 5,063,282; 5,059,766; 5,057,665; 5,045,670

Communications, Control, and Handshaking Protocols; Modems, Phase Locking

US Patent Nos. 6,118,763; 6,002,669; 5,654,983; 5,179,661; 5,070,514; 5,040,194; 5,040,192; 5,036,527; 5,018,166; 5,012,489; 5,001,729; 4,953,210; 4,926,448; 4,910,474; 4,905,282; 4,894,847; 4,700,358

Memory Controllers

US Patent Nos. 5,218,683; 5,179,706; 5,007,020; 4,924,441

Color Copiers

US Patent Nos. 4,746,955; 4,699,079; 4,652,115

Semiconductor Manufacturing

US Patent No. 4,935,796

Misc. Electrical / Mechanical

US Patent Nos. 7,226,370; 7,120,501; 7,109,879; 6,984,183; 6,960,916; 6,955,635; 6,104,198; 5,652,685; 5,606,474; 5,426,348; 5,369,687; 5,132,667; 4,924,346; 4,745,348; 4,686,490; 4,650,997; 4,635,418

US Patent Publication No. US2006/0221609A1; US2004/0167446A1; US2006/0272224A1

Design Patents

US Patent Nos. D534,040; D515,506; D442,100; D436,343; D397,673; D394,267; D384,672; D384,650; D384,649; D368,097; D361,570; D359,287; D346,607; D346,606

 

Education

 
J.D., Vanderbilt University School of Law, 1982
Master of Engineering, University of Florida, 1975
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Mississippi State University, 1970

Bar & Court Admissions

 
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1986
Georgia, 1985
Mississippi, 1982
Court of Federal Claims, 2005
Federal Courts of Appeal (5th, 11th and Federal Circuits)

Memberships

 
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Member
First Class Radiotelephone License with a Ship Radar Endorsement
Former Registered Professional Engineer (Florida, Mississippi)

Publications

 

"Patents Now Harder to Get, Easier to Invalidate," Pogo Alert & Mondaq, co-authored with Ryan Pumpian & John Bush, May 2007

"Patent Liability Suits Seen as Harder to Win After Ruling," Business Insurance Magazine, quoted, May 7, 2007

"Neglecting Intellectual Property Can Be Expensive," Dekalb Bar Association Newsletter, March 2006

Speaking Engagements

 
"Anyone Could've Invented That! - Obviousness After KSR v. Teleflex," State Bar of Georgia, Intellectual Property Law Section, Patent Committee, Panel Member, June 12, 2007
 
 
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