For companies engaged in electrical applications, software and related technologies, Drew Shores has the real-world business and legal experience to protect, defend and enforce their developments. His practice is focused on intellectual property matters, with a particular emphasis on electrical and software patent prosecution, counseling, and litigation. Drew’s practice also focuses on trademark prosecution and litigation, and he has extensive experience working with both patent and trademark examiners, as well as practicing before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), and in multiple federal district courts.
For companies engaged in electrical applications, software and related technologies, Drew Shores has the real-world business and legal experience to protect, defend and enforce their developments. His practice is focused on intellectual property matters, with a particular emphasis on electrical and software patent prosecution, counseling, and litigation. Drew’s practice also focuses on trademark prosecution and litigation, and he has extensive experience working with both patent and trademark examiners, as well as practicing before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), and in multiple federal district courts.
Drew also works closely with our corporate and M&A teams to ensure intellectual property rights and interests are protected and properly transferred during complex business transactions. This includes working with clients having significant patent, trademark, and/or software-related intellectual property rights, whether here or abroad, and navigating the many ownership, assignment, and other issues that may arise.
In addition to his legal background, Drew’s experience includes working as an electrical engineer and a lead project engineer at a prominent national engineering firm. In that role, he dealt specifically with aircraft avionics and weather radar systems. He collaborated with aircraft manufacturers to capture new product specifications, coordinated implementation of those specifications with sub-system development teams and led post-implementation testing and certification efforts at the avionics system level. Drew understands the business of complex engineering development and implementation across a wide range of electrical technologies.
Drew is listed in The Best Lawyers in America© for Litigation - Intellectual Property (2020-present), and he has been named among North Carolina’s “Legal Elite” by Business North Carolina (2017-present)
Drew graduated first in his class from Campbell Law School. He is also a recent graduate of the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Raleigh program (2018-19) and represents the firm with the Regional Transportation Alliance, an organization comprised of business leaders who work with regional transportation partners to advance strategic, innovative mobility solutions.
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01.05.2021
16 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Business North Carolina’s 2021 ‘Legal Elite’
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08.20.2020
116 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©; Most Total Lawyers in Virginia
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08.30.2019
Rob Van Arnam and Drew Shores Write About Copyright Protection in Video Games for DRI
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08.15.2019
119 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©
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01.02.2019
13 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Business North Carolina’s 2019 ‘Legal Elite’; Keith Kapp and Elizabeth Scott Inducted Into Hall of Fame
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10.15.2018
PTAB Adopts Phillips Claim Construction Standard for AIA Challenges
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04.11.2018
Rick Matthews Discusses Recent Trademark Infringement Victory with Law360
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01.03.2018
11 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Business North Carolina’s 2018 ‘Legal Elite’
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05.24.2017
Back to the Future: Supreme Court Narrows Patent Venue in TC Heartland Case and Returns Dispute to State of Incorporation or Where Defendant Has Regular and Established Place of Business
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01.06.2017
Eight Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Business North Carolina’s ‘Legal Elite’ in 2017
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07.14.2015
Electrical Engineering Patent Attorney Andrew R. Shores Joins Williams Mullen’s IP Team
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05.26.2018
Patent Law Year in Review - 2018 IP Institute for Paralegals
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12.11.2015
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