Michael A. Mann

Michael Mann practices in the Intellectual Property group, focusing on the preparation and prosecution of patent and trademark applications, advising clients regarding patent, trademark and copyrights issues, intellectual property transfers and licensing and dispute mediation.

Mr. Mann has a wide variety of experience including six years as a design engineer and seven years as corporate general counsel for a technical services company.  He formed the intellectual property law firm of Michael A. Mann, P. A., in Columbia, SC in 1987, which joined Nexsen Pruet in 1998 to substantially augment the latter's intellectual property capabilities and bring the breadth of Nexsen Pruet's capabilities to his clients.

In addition to being comfortable with a broad range of technology, Mr. Mann's background as a general counsel gives a unique perspective on the challenges that face corporations in dealing with intellectual property issues. Mr. Mann is also trained as a mediator and negotiator of intellectual property disputes. He frequently lectures and writes on intellectual property subjects.

Mr. Mann has a bachelor's degree in physics and a master's degree in nuclear engineering from the Pennsylvania State University, a law degree from Duquesne University and has taken additional courses in other technical fields and in intellectual property mediation.

• Registered patent attorney
• Mediator and negotiator of intellectual property disputes
• Listed on World Intellectual Property Organization's roster of qualified neutrals for arbitration and mediation of intellectual property disputes
• South Carolina Bar - Intellectual Property Committee, Former Chairman

• Intellectual Property Group Recognized in Leading Trade Publication
  Nexsen Pruet announced today that it has been recognized in “Who Protects Innovation in America 2008” by IP Law & Business.
• Columbia Information Technology Council Announces First Sponsor for Palmetto Pillar Awards
  The Columbia Information Technology
  Council (ITC) announced that Nexsen Pruet Jacobs & Pollard is the
  premier event sponsor for the Greater Columbia ITC Palmetto Pillar
  Awards gala, Feb. 7.

• Intellectual Property Update
• Intellectual Property Update - June 2005
• Intellectual Property Beyond the Frontier
• Patent Claims and the Claim Game
• Patents on Methods of Doing Business
• Provisional Patent Applications
• Trademark Searches
• Work made for hire and the independent contractor
  This article addresses the two routes of transferring ownership of copyrights from the independent contractor to the contracting party and the advantages of using the "work made for hire" route as opposed to an assignment of rights.
• Cost Comparison of Official Fees for Euro-PCT Application
  This schedule outlines the official fees through the EP Regional phase entry of an international (PCT) application filed with the RO/US. It compares the cost for an application which chooses the USPTO as ISA and IPEA to those for the same application where the EPO is the ISA and IPEA.
• Mediation of Intellectual Property Disputes
• "High-Tech" Patents
• Non-Disclosure Agreements in South Carolina
• Too Late to Patent? - The On Sale Bar