Scott Harper

PARTNER

Intellectual Property • Patents • Trademarks • Copyrights • Trade Secrets • Oppositions and Cancellations • Domain Name Disputes • Aviation • Product Liability

Scott.Harper@harperbates.com

214.238.8400

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ATTORNEYS

Scott Harper, a founding partner of the firm, possesses a comprehensive skill set in both intellectual property law and aviation law. This expertise enables him to provide clients with effective and insightful counsel across a diverse range of industries. He assists clients in developing and implementing strategies to safeguard their innovations, brands, and creative works under domestic and foreign patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret laws. His practice encompasses all aspects of patent, trademark, and copyright prosecution, licensing, and litigation. In aviation matters, Scott utilizes his engineering background and litigation experience to represent aviation manufacturers and operators in accident and product liability cases.

Scott actively participates in various legal professional organizations. He served as President of the Dallas/Fort Worth Intellectual Property Law Association, as a member of the Dallas Bar IP Council, and as a Barrister member of the Honorable Barbara M.G. Lynn American Inn of Court. Additionally, he is a member of the International Trademark Association (INTA), where he most recently served on the INTA Internet Committee. Scott has received professional recognition as a Texas Super Lawyer, is AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, as a D Magazine Best Lawyers in Dallas, and as an “Elite Boutique Trailblazer” designation by the National Law Journal.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • Dallas/Fort Worth Intellectual Property Law Association – Past President

  • American Intellectual Property Law Association

  • International Trademark Association (INTA) – Member

  • Dallas Bar Association

  • The Honorable Barbara M.G. Lynn American Inn of Court – Barrister Member, 2018-2021

HONORS

  • AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell Lexis/Nexis

  • Recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers Magazine, 2016-2020

  • Recognized as an “Elite Boutique Trailblazer” by the National Law Journal, 2019

  • Best Lawyers in America, IP Litigation, 2021-2022

PRESENTATIONS

  • “Patent Term and Priority – It’s More Complicated Than You Think,” State Bar of Texas 32nd Annual Advanced Intellectual Property Law, March 2019

  • “Intellectual Property 101, ” TAPS Seminar, October 2017

  • “Intellectual Property Field Guide, ” POMA 12th Annual Business Conference, June 2017

  • “Intellectual Property 101” 7th Annual Essentials of Business Law Course, March 2016

PUBLICATIONS

  • “Patent Term and Priority – It’s More Complicated Than You Think,” State Bar of Texas 32nd Annual Advanced Intellectual Property Law, March 2019.

  • “The Stone Brewing v. MillerCoors Lawsuit: Who Cast the First Stone” in The Beer Connoisseur, July 20, 2018

  • “Intellectual Property 101” March 2016

  • “The Impact of the New TTAB Rules of Practice” in Texas Lawyer, December 1, 2016

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

  • State Bar of Texas

  • Registered Patent Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

EDUCATION

  • J.D., The University of Tulsa College of Law, 1995

  • B.S., Civil Engineering, Texas Tech University, 1991

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