Henry B. Ward III

He counsels clients on obtaining, protecting, licensing and enforcing intellectual property in a variety of industries, including:

• Metallurgy
• Welding
• Telecommunications
• Computer software and hardware
• Semiconductor fabrication
• Financial and Insurance

Notable

• Best Lawyers in America, Charlotte Copyright Law "Lawyer of the Year," 2022
• Best Lawyers in America, Trademark Law, 2014-2023; Copyright Law, 2019-2023; Patent Law, 2019-2023
• Business North Carolina Legal Elite, Intellectual Property, 2006-2008, 2023
• Managing Intellectual Property's IP Stars, 2013-2023
• World Trademark Review 1000 - The World's Leading Trademark Professionals, 2020-2021, 2023
• IAM Licensing 250: The World's Leading Patent & Technology Licensing Lawyers, 2010-2011
• IAM Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Practitioners, 2011-2022
• North Carolina Super Lawyers, Intellectual Property, 2011-2013
• North Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2009-2010
• Board of Delegates, Licensing Executives Society International
• Member, Licensing Executives Society and Licensing Executives International, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Intellectual Property Law Section of the American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association, Computer Law Section and Intellectual Property Law Section of the Georgia Bar Association, and American Society of Mechanical Engineers 
• Chair, Advisory Board, George W. Woodruff  School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-2010
• Advisory Board, College of Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-2011
• Board Member, Mecklenburg County Bar, 2006-2009
• Past President, Young Lawyers Section of the Mecklenburg County Bar, 2003-2004
• Regularly represents nonprofit organizations and individuals in pro bono matters

News

Affiliations

• International Trademark Association (INTA): Emerging Issues Committee, Member, 2020-2021
• North Carolina Bar Association: Intellectual Property Law Section
• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• American Bar Association: Intellectual Property Law Section
• Georgia Bar Association: Computer Law Section and Intellectual Property Law Section
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Mecklenburg County Bar Association: Young Lawyers Division, President, 2003-2004; and Mecklenburg County Bar Board Member, 2006-2009

Publications

• Co-author, “Selected Intellectual Property Law Developments” column appearing monthly in the Electronic Banking Law and Commerce Report, 2001-2004
• Co-author, “Establishing the Essential Ingredients of a ‘Famous’ Mark,” International Trademark Association (January 1998), Intellectual Property Today (August 1998), IP Links (North Carolina Bar Association, June/July 1998

Speaking Engagements

• Presenter, April 2012 Licensing Executives Society International Annual Conference in Auckland, New Zealand
• Presenter, 2006 continuing legal education course, Belmont Abbey College, “Intellectual Property and Regulatory Risks in Conducting Global Business;” and 2004 continuing legal education course, CLE International on the topic of “Patents and Trade Secrets – How to Identify and Protect Business Methods; Licensing Intellectual for Use in E-Commerce and on the Internet” 
• Speaker, 2006 annual conference of the Portrait Society of America, Dallas, “Licensing and Copyright”
• Panel member, 1999 annual conference of the Portrait Society of America, Inc., Washington, D.C., “Meet the Agents;” and 2001 annual conference, Chicago, “Art & the Law:  Copyright Law”