Patent Attorney & Attorney at Law

Scott Powell

Scott is a patent attorney registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He received his J.D. in May 2007 from Northern Illinois University, in DeKalb, Illinois. In May 2008, he was admitted as an attorney at law in Pennsylvania.

He holds a B.S. in computer engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Scott has several years of experience in the computer software industry, having worked with start-up companies in businesses ranging from sales force automation to video games. During this time, he co-invented a patent-pending software system and method related to the health care industry.

He is a member of the American Bar Association and the ABA’s Intellectual Property subcommittee on Software Technology. He has also participated in the activities of the Benjamin Franklin American Inn of Court, the Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association and the DelCo IP Forum.

In the Spring of 2007, Scott represented Northern Illinois University in the Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition. This is the premier national moot court competition in the field of intellectual property, honoring the memory of Judge Giles Rich, who spearheaded the 1952 revisions to the U.S. patent statute and subsequently served on the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and its successor tribunal, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Judge Rich also honored us by serving as a member of the advisory board of Biotechnology Law Report (edited by Gerry Elman) from its founding in 1982 to his passing in 1999.

In 2009, Scott moved to New York City.  Then, in July 2010, Scott moved back to the Midwest, accompanying his wife Christy to Bloomington, Indiana, as she pursues a Ph.D. in Education.  Though Scott is now even farther away geographically, he retains his affiliation with our firm and is a productive member of the growing cadre of teleworkers.  Already a patent attorney and a member of the Bar in Pennsylvania, Scott has added the Indiana Bar to his credentials.  He continues to provide a high level of service for our clients for a variety of patent, trademark and Internet business law matters, working with us as closely as he did when he was here in Media, Pennsylvania.

Scott Powell on the Web

• Read Scott’s public answers to questions on computer and technology law at LawGuru.com
• Become a fan of Elman Technology Law on FaceBook
• View Scott’s profile on Avvo
• Connect with Scott on LinkedIn
• Read Scott and Gerry Elman’s article on trademark issues involving smartphone apps in the August-September 2010 issue of World Trademark Review