Anthony "Tony" Askew

Principal
404-645-7709
taskew@m2IPlaw.com

Mr. Askew is an accomplished intellectual property trial lawyer with more than 40 years of experience litigating patent, trademark and copyright cases across the United States, including an appearance before the United States Supreme Court. He has represented clients in federal district courts and before the United States International Trade Commission in unfair trade remedy actions brought under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930.

He is widely regarded as the "dean" of the patent bar in Atlanta. Mr. Askew has handled cases covering a broad array of technical subject matters, including biology, chemistry, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering, and has extensive experience litigating pharmaceutical cases as well.

Mr. Askew has been ranked by Chambers USA in the 1st Tier for Patent Litigation in Georgia for more than five years. He has been listed as one of the Best Lawyers in America for the past 10 years and is repeatedly named as a Georgia Super Lawyer by Atlanta Magazine; and as one among the Top 100 lawyers in the state of Georgia for 2006-2008, 2010 and 2011 by Atlanta Magazine.

Since 1983, Mr. Askew has served as the Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Georgia for intellectual property matters. He serves on the Board of Governors of the State Bar and is a member of the State Bar Disciplinary Board. He is a member of the University of Georgia Law School's Advisory Board for the Journal of Intellectual Property Law and was the co-editor of the Wiley Intellectual Property Law Update for more than 5 years. He is currently a member of the adjunct faculty at Emory Law School and teaches courses in Intellectual Property Law and Intellectual Property Litigation.

In 1968, Askew co-founded the IP boutique that became Jones & Askew, which grew to over 50 lawyers before it was acquired by Kilpatrick Stockton in 2000. Before founding Jones & Askew, he was a patent attorney for Eastman Kodak Company.

Bar Activities
Member, Board of Governors of the State Bar of Georgia
Member, State Bar Disciplinary Board
Member, State Bar Disciplinary Rules Committee
Member, State Bar Formal Advisory Opinion Board (1993-98)
Chairman of the Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia (1975-76)

Positions
Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Georgia for Intellectual Property Matters (1982 to present)
Adjunct Faculty, Emory University Law School (1987 to present)
Faculty, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Emory University Law School (1986-90)
Member, Editorial Board of the Trademark Reporter, U.S. Trademark Association (1973-1977)
Advisory Board, Journal of Intellectual
Property Law, University of Georgia Law School ( I992 to present)

Publications
Co-Editor, Wiley Intellectual Property Law Update, 1996-2000
Co-Author, "Patents Fuel The Fire of Genius", Industrial Hygiene News, 2006

Prior Experience
King & Spalding LLP
Kilpatrick Stockton
Jones & Thomas; Jones, Thomas &Askew; Jones & Askew; Jones, Askew & Lunsford; Jones & Askew
Eastman Kodak Company – Patent Attorney
Newton, Hopkins, Jones & Ormsby

Admissions

Georgia
District of Columbia
United States Patent and Trademark Office

Education

B.S. Vanderbilt University Chemistry

J.D. Emory University School of Law