Larry Roberts concentrates his practice on helping clients protect their inventions and litigating patent infringement disputes. He prepares and prosecutes domestic and foreign patent applications, primarily for medical devices, building and construction materials, and general mechanical inventions. Mr. Roberts has handled both jury and bench trials in various Federal District Courts and has successfully argued a number of appeals at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. His experience also includes handling appeals and interferences before the Patent Office Board of Appeals and Interferences. Mr. Roberts regularly renders opinions to clients on the patentability of inventions, patent infringement, and patent validity. Mr. Roberts has served as a patent expert in several patent infringement cases.

Mr. Roberts was named a 2008 "Legal Elite" by Georgia Trend magazine and a 2008 Georgia "Super Lawyer" in Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Litigation by SuperLawyers magazine. He is AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell. *

*CV, BV, and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedure's standards and policies.

Professional & Community Activities

Emory Law School, Adjunct Professor

John Marshall Law School, Adjunct Professor

National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Faculty

Education

  • University of Georgia School of Law, J.D. (1976)
    cum laude
  • Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S., Mechanical Engineering (1973)

Bar Admissions

  • Georgia (1976)

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (1985)

Who We Are

Suite 2800, 1100 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA, 30309-4528
USA
t +1 404.745.2409
f +1 404.541.3368

Larry A. Roberts

Experience Highlights

Patent prosecution counseling for a welding company
Represented a welding company in patent prosecution matters, helping them obtain a significant number of new patents, and providing validity and more
Patent litigation for a welding company
The firm served as lead counsel on behalf of a welding company, the patent owner, in a bench trial on a matter relating to welding equipment.  The more
Patent prosecution counseling for a sporting goods company
Represented a sporting goods company in patent prosecution matters, helping them obtain a significant number of new patents, and performing validity more
Patent infringement for leading manufacturer of equipment for asphalt
The firm served as lead counsel for leading manufacturer of equipment for asphalt, the patent owner, in a bench trial and subsequent appeal to the more