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ATLANTA—Womble Bond Dickinson attorneys Dan Ovanezian and Bill Ragland have been named to Intellectual Asset Management magazine’s IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists for 2021. Both Ragland and Ovanezian have been named a top IP Strategist in the world by this publication multiple times.
Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) identified the “individuals who are leading the way in the development and implementation of strategies that maximize the value of IP portfolios.”
IAM researchers in the United States, Europe and Asia spoke to a wide range of senior corporate IP managers, as well as third-party IP service providers, in order to identify IP leaders “who offer top-tier services relating to the development and implementation of strategies which enable IP owners to maximize the value of their portfolio….Using a strict selection procedure and rigorous research process, only those individuals who possess exceptional skillsets — as well as having profound insights into the development, creation and management of IP value —are featured in the IAM Strategy 300.”
Only those individuals nominated multiple times by different parties as outstanding IP strategists are listed in the IAM Strategy 300. The 2021 edition includes professionals in areas such as brokering, defensive patent aggregation, finance, insurance, management consultancy, the law, licensing, mergers and acquisitions, tax and valuation.
Ovanezian and Ragland also are ranked in IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals, and Ragland is rated as a top Georgia IP attorney by Chambers USA.
Dan Ovanezian is a seasoned patent prosecutor with over 20 years of experience in intellectual property law. Ovanezian’s background in engineering as well as his broad technology experience enables him to provide unique perspective on issues with corporate clients. Ovanezian is an Adjunct Professor at Santa Clara University School of Law, teaching Legal Issues of a Startup and Entrepreneur’s Law. He also currently serves on the advisory committee of the California Lawyers for the Arts and the California Inventors Assistance Program.
Bill Ragland is among Womble Bond Dickinson’s most experienced lead litigators and strategists, with particular experience in patent and intellectual property litigation. He has litigated more than 65 patent infringement and other patent-related cases in his 35-year career. Ragland also provides strategic advice regarding the structure, negotiation and implementation of intellectual property enforcement and licensing programs and portfolio management services. Ragland founded the Atlanta Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Section and served as its first co-chair, is a past president of the Atlanta Bar Association, and currently serves on the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Georgia. He also currently serves as co-chair of the Smithsonian National Board’s Alumni.
