Terry M. Sanks
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Terry M. Sanks , a registered patent attorney, is a founding shareholder of the firm and provides representation in all areas of intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, related litigation, and related business matters.
He has experience in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications for a variety of inventions primarily dealing with electrical, electromechanical, and mechanical technologies, business methods and e-commerce. Mr. Sanks also counsels clients on the patentability of inventions and provides patent infringement and validity opinions. With respect to trademarks, he counsels clients on the selection, availability for use, and the preparation and prosecution of trademarks with state agencies and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, including opposition and cancellation practice before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Mr. Sanks also addresses clients' concerns related to copyrights as well as prepares registration of copyrights filed with the United States Copyright Office. Regarding litigation, Mr. Sanks represents clients in federal court in contested matters involving patent infringement, trademark infringement, copyright infringement, and theft of trade secrets. Additionally, he has counseled clients regarding business matters involving intellectual property.
Mr. Sanks is an adjunct professor at the Florida A&M University College of Law and has been an adjunct professor at the Barry University School of Law. He also volunteers his time, to civic and church-based organizations, lecturing on various areas of intellectual property.
Prior to entering law school, Mr. Sanks served, at the rank of Captain, in the United States Air Force, where he worked as the program manager and lead research engineer for an advanced technology space propulsion space experiment that demonstrated the benefits of electric propulsion technology for future satellites. Mr. Sanks wrote several articles about electric propulsion during this time, which were presented at national and international conferences. He next worked as an electronic combat systems engineer, supporting the war-fighting mission of combat fighter aircraft.
In the community Mr. Sanks is very involved. He is a President of the Corporate Board of Directors for Catholic Charities of Central Florida. He also spends much of his time with events involving or supporting children. He has been the band booster president at a local middle school. He is currently a member of the School Advisory Counsel for Lake Brantley High School . Mr. Sanks has volunteered his time as the varsity girls' and junior varsity girls' basketball coach at a local middle school. He also coaches several community basketball teams including a boys' and a girls' traveling team. Mr. Sanks volunteers as a Guardian Ad Litem representing children in child abuse and neglect cases.
Areas of Practice:
Intellectual Property, Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Related Business Matters, and Related Litigation Matters
Bar Admissions:
State Bar of Florida
U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Education:
Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, Florida, 1998 J.D.
Law Journal: Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law
Law Journal: Articles and Notes Editor, Journal of Transnational Law and Policy California State University at Fresno, Fresno, CA, 1992 M.S., Engineering (Electrical
Engineering Emphasis)
Tuskegee University, Tuskegee University, AL, 1987, B.S., Electrical Engineering
Classes and Seminars Taught:
Adjunct Professor, Remedies, Florida A&M University College of Law
Adjunct Professor, Trademark Law, Barry University School of Law
Lorman Education Services, Business Litigation (Intellectual Property)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
The Florida Bar
Member, Intellectual Property Law Committee
American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section and Litigation Section
Member
American Intellectual Property Law Association
National Bar Association, Commercial Law Section and Intellectual Property Law Section
Orange County Bar Association
Holland & Knight, LLP, Associate
United States Air Force Reserves, Major
United States Air Force, Captain
