Alan White is a member of Ballard Spahr’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group, where his practice focuses on patent litigation and counseling for national and global clients in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, CSE, forestry, and wildlife management industries. Alan has represented plaintiffs and defendants in patent and trademark matters before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, United States District Courts, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and the International Trade Commission. His intellectual property litigation experience includes pre-trial investigation, claim construction and Markman proceedings, expert reports, fact and expert depositions, trial proceedings, pre-and post-trial briefing, and discovery management.
Alan also assists clients with advice and counseling on intellectual property licensing agreements, due diligence investigations, and freedom to operate questions. He has reviewed and drafted patent and trademark agreements, and provided opinions and advice pertaining to infringement and validity of molecular biology, pharmaceutical, and computer science patents.
Experience
Representative Matters
- Representing a leading manufacturer of wildlife management products as plaintiff in patent litigations asserted in several district court venues, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and the Federal Circuit
- Represented an international manufacturer of heavy equipment for the forest products industries as plaintiff in district court patent litigation
- Defended a global nutrition and biosciences company in a district court patent litigation involving patents directed towards bioengineered enzyme additives for animal feed
Professional Highlights
Pro Bono Experience
Alan has represented veterans in appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and local clients in landlord-tenant disputes through the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation.
Judicial Clerkship
Hon. Steve C. Jones, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 2014-2015
Professional Activities
State Bar of Georgia, Intellectual Property Section, Communications Chair
Atlanta Intellectual Property Inn of Court, Pupilage Group Co-Chair
Recognition & Accomplishments
The Best Lawyers in America "Ones to Watch," – Intellectual Property Law, Litigation - Patent, Patent Law, Technology Law (Atlanta), 2021-2024
Publications
Co-author, "Expert Evidence in the Eleventh Circuit," 9 SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE REVIEW 393, ABA Section of Science & Technology Law (2013)
Author, "The Doctrine of Equivalents: Fairness and Uncertainty in an Era of Biologic Pharmaceuticals," 60 EMORY LAW JOURNAL 751 (2011)
Co-author, "Biphasic Photoreceptor Degeneration Induced by Light in a T17M Rhodopsin Mouse Model of Cone Bystander Damage," 50 INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE 2956,(2009)
Lead co-author, "Increased Sensitivity to Light-Induced Damage in a Mouse Model of Autosomal Dominant Retinal Disease," 48 INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE 1942 (2007)
Credentials
Education
Emory University School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2011)
Woodruff Scholar; Executive Notes and Comments Editor, Emory Law Journal; Class of 2011 ABA/BNA Award for Excellence in the Study of Intellectual Property Law; TI:GER Program
University of Florida (Ph.D., Medical Sciences–Genetics, 2005)
University of Georgia (B.S. 1996)
National Merit Scholarship
Admissions
Georgia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Supreme Court of Georgia
Superior Court of DeKalb County, Georgia