Ben Pleune is a partner in Alston & Bird’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group, and the partner-in-charge of the Charlotte office. Ben has extensive experience litigating patents in U.S. district courts, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the International Trade Commission. Ben has appeared in over 100 post-grant review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and has co-authored a book on PTAB practice that is in its third edition. Ben also has significant experience in international matters, partnering with patent counsel in Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, China, and Japan in patent infringement and validity proceedings.
Ben has been recognized as one of The Best Lawyers in America® since 2015, and has been honored multiple times as the Intellectual Property Litigation “Lawyer of the Year.” He has also been consistently recognized by Patexia Inc. as one of the most active and best performing attorneys representing both petitioners and patent owners in IPR proceedings. Ranked by the IAM Patent 1000, Ben “demonstrates excellent tactical judgement whether litigating in the district courts, the ITC, or PTAB, making him a good fit for complex cases with potentially winding paths to their ultimate resolution.”
Ben is a member of the board of directors of the Charlotte chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and the chair of the firm’s Charlotte Pro Bono committee.
