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Todd S. McClelland

Partner


Todd McClelland specializes in strategic corporate projects that include significant technology, IP, outsourcing, or energy components. His practice scope includes IT systems procurement and infrastructure, outsourcing projects, energy policy, construction projects, intellectual property management, business model innovation activities and technology and energy company representation. In addition to his transactional practice, Todd is a registered patent attorney and provides counsel on patent licensing, avoidance and procurement.

Todd is featured in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business for his outsourcing practice. He is the current chair of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia. Todd is a frequent speaker at professional seminars and author of articles on such topics as open source software, digital media convergence, IP protection strategies, and emerging renewable energy technology issues.

Todd received his J.D. in 1998 from Florida State University where he was a member of the Florida State University Law Review, and was the executive editor of Florida State’s Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law. He received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, with high honors, in 1994 from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) where he focused on controls and power plant systems design. Prior to attending law school, Todd worked as an engineer for Factory Automation Systems in Atlanta, Georgia, where he designed software and hardware automation systems for companies such as Coca-Cola and the Ford Motor Company.

Publications
2004
“Open Source Basics and a Snapshot of the SCO Litigation,” Electronic Banking Law and Commerce Report, 2004.
2004
"Open Source Subject to Challenge,” Charlotte Business Journal, 2004.

Todd S. McClelland

The Atlantic Building
950 F Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20004-1404
Phone: 202-756-3418
Fax: 202-654-4949

Education

  • Florida State University
    (J.D., 1998)
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
    (B.ME, 1994)

Admitted to Practice

  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • Georgia
  • District of Columbia (Pending)