Biography
Scott Harders is a seasoned intellectual property lawyer with decades of experience specializing in patents and trademarks. From initial client counseling to filing applications and vigorously defending intellectual property rights, Scott provides comprehensive legal services tailored to innovators, businesses, and entrepreneurs. In addition to his core IP practice, he routinely advises on related matters including copyright, trade secret, corporate law, litigation strategies, and international intellectual property protection outside the United States.
Extensive Knowledge of Brands and Trademarks
As a leading trademark attorney, Scott manages a robust docket encompassing hundreds of brands. His services extend beyond initial searches, strategic advising, and filing new trademark applications to handling complex contested matters such as cancellations, oppositions, and concurrent use proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). Scott led the effort to land his firm, FisherBroyles, as one of the handful of founding participants in Amazon’s IP Accelerator program, assisting sellers in securing favored treatment on major e-commerce platforms like Amazon, Walmart Marketplace, and similar online sales outlets. His depth of knowledge helps clients navigate trademark registration, enforcement, and brand protection in the digital age.
Patents, Trade Secrets, and Know-How
Holding a background as an electrical engineer, Scott has practiced patent law in diverse technical fields including electrical arts, mechanical inventions, and innovative product designs since graduating from law school. He has successfully prosecuted hundreds of patent applications and represented clients in numerous appeals and proceedings before administrative boards at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC). Scott also provides guidance on trade secrets and proprietary know-how, ensuring clients’ innovations are safeguarded through strategic IP portfolio management.
Military Service and Professional Background
Before his legal career, Scott served honorably in the U.S. Navy as a Naval Flight Officer and Mission Commander aboard the E-2C Hawkeye, an airborne early warning, command, and control aircraft. With over 1,000 flight hours, 200 carrier landings, and two deployments to the Pacific and Indian Oceans, Scott brings a disciplined, mission-focused approach to his legal practice.
Scott’s commitment to excellence makes him a trusted IP attorney for established companies, startups, and individuals seeking robust intellectual property protection. Contact Scott for advice on patent prosecution, trademark disputes, or building a comprehensive IP strategy.
With regard to patent aspects, Scott writes and prosecutes valuable patents that get enforced and withstand attacks on validity. For example, Scott either drafted, prosecuted or both the underlying patents in
- Connective Tissue Imagineering, LLC v. Thomas F. Mitts, M.D., et al.; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (Exemplary Patent No. 6,506,731 entitled “Elastin peptide analogs and methods of using same”)
- Responsive Innovations, LLC et al. v Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC et al.; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio (Exemplary Patent No. 7,813,726 entitled “Wireless Communication System”)
- ShieldMark, Inc. v. Creative Safety Supply, LLC; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio (Exemplary Patent No. 8,088,480 entitled “Floor marking tape”)
- Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (currently, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board), successfully defended patent claims attacked in Ex Parte Re-Examination (Reexamination No. 90/012,670, 12/3/2013).
- Board of Trademark Trial and Appeals, defended attempt by later user to limit U.S. Trademark Registration by Concurrent Use Proceeding through trial and precedential opinion resulting Registrant’s confirmed nation-wide registration. Turdin v. Trilobite, Ltd. Concurrent Use No. 94002505 (TTAB 1/24/2014)
- Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, appealed improper rejection of patent claims from examiner and Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (Appeal 2008-004501, 7/16/2009), resulting in remand to the Examiner to and eventual allowance of patent. Fed. Cir. (Appeal No. 2010-1048, 5/6/2010)
W. Scott Harders
Partner
Credentials
Admissions
- Ohio
- U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)
- Georgia
Education
University of San Diego, School of Law, J.D., 1997
University of Notre Dame, B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1986
Prior Law Firm Experience
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP
Brennan, Manna & Diamond, LLP