Robert E. Pitts
Bob Pitts is a shareholder and a co-founder of the firm. His practice focuses on dispute resolution of patent and trademark matters. He is also active in counseling companies and individuals in connection with patent and trademark portfolios, and patent and trademark prosecution. He has been selected as one of the best lawyers in Tennessee by Business Tennessee magazine six times. He has also been selected for the Mid South Super Lawyers Magazine Super Lawyers list six times.
Practice Areas
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Patent and Trademark Procurement
- Intellectual Property Licensing
- Intellectual Property Portfolio Management
Education
- University of Tennessee J.D., 1974
- University of Tennessee, M.S. - Electrical Engineering
- University of Tennessee, B.S. (with honors) - Engineering Physics
Bar Admissions
- State Bar of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Memberships
- Knoxville, Tennessee, American, and Federal Circuit Bar Associations
- Tennessee Intellectual Property Law Association
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Tennessee Association for Justice
- American Association for Justice
Honors and Achievements
- Mid-South Lawyers - SuperLawyers List 2006-2011
- Business Tennessee - Best Lawyers List 2004-2010
- City View - Knoxville's Top Attorneys List 2007
- Tau Beta pi - Honor Engineering Society, Knoxville
- Board of Advisors - UTK Joint MBA/MS Degree Program (2006/2007)
- Co-Founder of Tennessee Inventors' Association
- Tennessee Intellectual Property Law Association (board of Governor's 1996-1997)
- Holds the AV (highest) Peer Review Rating from LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell