Practice Areas
- Commercial & Technology Transactions
- Intellectual Property
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Patent
- Trademark & Copyright
Education
- B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1994, Business Management
- B.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1994, Political Science
- B.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1994, Philosophy
- J.D., University of Virginia, 1997; Founder, Virginia Journal of Law and Technology
- M.S., University of Virginia, 1998, Biology course work
Bar & Court Admissions
- Virginia, 1997
- North Carolina, 2001
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1998
- U.S. Eastern District of North Carolina, 2002
- U.S. Middle District of North Carolina, 2002
- U.S. Western District of North Carolina, 2002
John E. Slaughter, III
- Research Triangle Office
- TEL: (919) 286-8049
- FAX: (919) 416-8349
- johnslaughter@mvalaw.com
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John Slaughter, a registered patent attorney, handles the intellectual property aspects of corporate mergers, acquisitions and credit facilities, specifically concentrating his practice in the areas of:
- Intellectual property due diligence
- Intellectual property licensing and transactional work
- Intellectual property litigation
- Domain name disputes, including adversarial administrative proceedings and commercial transactions
Additionally, his previous work experience includes patent and trademark prosecution, intellectual property litigation, intellectual property transactional work and Internet law.
He focuses on the intellectual property aspects of transactions to ensure that clients' overall interests are advanced.
For example, on behalf of a lender client providing financing for a pharmaceutical industry acquisition, Mr. Slaughter identified and rectified numerous IP issues in the acquisition documents and the assets being acquired, enhancing the IP secured for the lender's benefit. In another matter involving an IP-centric corporate client seeking a new credit facility, Mr. Slaughter was able to resolve numerous errant or old liens recorded against its IP, clearing the way for the lender to provide the client with the necessary financing to sustain its business operations.
Of Note
Founding member, Virginia Journal of Law and Technology at the University of Virginia
Professional Affiliations
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Virginia Bar Association
- U.S. Patent Bar
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Federalist Society