Paul A. Forsyth

Paul Forsyth is a patent attorney with the law firm of Pitts & Lake, P.C., and currently practices primarily in the areas of patent law and intellectual property litigation. Mr. Forsyth earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence in 2007 from the University of Tennessee College of Law, where he was Publication Editor of the Tennessee Law Review and served as a Judicial Intern for the Honorable Judge Thomas A. Varlan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District to Tennessee.

Mr. Forsyth earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry (with Distinction and with American Chemical Society Certification) from Duke University in 2004.

Mr. Forsyth is licensed to practice law in the State of Tennessee and is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Mr. Forsyth is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He is a member of the Knoxville Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, the Tennessee Intellectual Property Law Association, and the American Chemical Society.

Practice Areas

Patent Procurement
Patent Litigation
Trademark Procurement
Trademark Litigation
Copyright Procurement
Copyright Litigation
Unfair Competition Litigation

Education and Academic Honors

University of Tennessee College of Law, Doctor of Jurisprudence, 2007
Duke University, B.S., Chemistry (with Distinction), 2004
American Chemical Society Certification
Publication Editor of the Tennessee Law Review
Judicial Intern for the Honorable Judge Thomas A. Varlan

Bar Admissions

State Bar of Tennessee
State Bar of Georgia
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

Professional Associations

Tennessee Bar Association
Georgia Bar Association
Knoxville Bar Association
Tennessee Intellectual Property Law Association
American Chemical Society