Charley F. Brown leads the firm’s Technology Industry Team, Patents Team, Artificial Intelligence Team, and Engineering & Software Patent Team, and is also a member of the IP Litigation Team. A registered patent attorney with deep experience in both patent prosecution and IP litigation, Charley’s practice encompasses patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret disputes; strategic patent prosecution; client counseling; and opinion work. He provides end-to-end support for clients’ IP portfolios, including prosecution, maintenance, analysis, diligence, and enforcement. Charley is the co-editor of Artificial Intelligence & Intellectual Property, a treatise from PLI for which many attorneys from Ballard Spahr were contributing authors.
Professional Highlights
Professional Activities
Atlanta Intellectual Property Inn of Court
Ballard Spahr's Pro Bono Committee
Ballard Spahr's 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, 2021-2025
Managing Intellectual Property, "Patent Star," 2024, 2025
Publications
Chapter author, "Artificial Intelligence: An Overview," and "Patents and AI," Artificial Intelligence & Intellectual Property, 2025
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
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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