HOLLIS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

GAYLON HOLLIS

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While in private practice, Gaylon helped his clients secure and protect their intellectual property rights, including: patent, trademark, trade-dress and copyrights.  He counsels clients on their intellectual property rights, helping them maximize the depth and breadth of these rights.  Gaylon also counsels clients on transactional aspects of intellectual property including licensing, portfolio management, and due diligence considerations.

In addition to private practice at law firms, Gaylon has worked inhouse at various companies and in academia. He has counseled professors, engineers and researchers on non-disclosure agreements, material transfer agreements, and data transfer agreements with industry sponsors.

Prior to his legal career, Gaylon has worked as a testing engineer at NASA and General Motors.  He also worked as a systems engineer and project manager at Lockheed Martin. He also served as an Adjunct Professor of intellectual property at Clayton State University teaching Intellectual Property Law.

EDUCATION

• B.S. in Mathematics for Morehouse College.  (2001)

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech (2001)

• M.S. in Mechanical from Georgia Tech                       (2004)               

• M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech   (2013)

• Juris Doctor from Georgia State University with a concentration in Intellectual property law.  (2009)

BAR ADMISSIONS

• United States Patent and Trademark Office (2007)

• Georgia (2009)