Clark A.D. Wilson is a patent attorney and senior counsel in the Atlanta office of the intellectual property (IP) law firm Merchant & Gould, PC. He also is the current chair of the IP Section of the Atlanta Bar Association. For over a decade, Wilson’s practice has involved patent application preparation and prosecution, new invention analysis, freedom-to-operate and non-infringement analysis, and licensing. Much of Wilson’s experience has involved working with medical device innovators, from multinational corporations to entrepreneurs. In fact, prior to his present firm, Wilson worked as a corporate patent attorney for a market-leading medical device manufacturer.
In addition to law school, Wilson holds a master’s degree in bioengineering from the University of Maryland. He is board certified in IP law by the Florida Bar Association and is 10/10 rated by the Avvo attorney rating service. Since 2013, Wilson has been named a “Rising Star” in IP by Georgia SuperLawyers. Wilson has been a guest lecturer at the Georgia Tech Master of Biomedical Innovation and Design program, and is a frequent speaker at national medical device IP conferences. He can be contacted at cwilson@merchantgould.com.
