Royal W. Craig, Member

Roy is a practicing patent attorney who represents scientists, engineers and technology-oriented companies. He helps clients protect, defend and commercialize their intellectual property.
Formerly an electronic design and software engineer, Roy has more than 20 years of experience in patent procurement, licensing and transactions as well as in trademark, copyright, trade dress and trade secret issues. He also represents clients in all phases of patent litigation, including district court proceedings and federal circuit appeals, and has provided expert witness testimony in several patent lawsuits.
Roy is active in civic and professional organizations and past Chair of the Intellectual Property Section of the Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA). He is an adjunct professor who holds his J.D. and M.B.A. from the University of Baltimore and B.S.E.E. and B.A. from Lehigh University.
Representative Matters
Expert Witness, Bernardo Footwear, LLC v. Howard Rose et al. (Patent), Montgomery County, Maryland, 2007
Expert Witness, Dr. James N. Campbell, et al. v. Holland & Knight, LLP and Computer Patent Annuities (Patent), Baltimore, Maryland, 2006
Expert Witness, Michael W. Dickinson, Inc. v. T.C. Simons, Inc. et al. (Patent), Baltimore County, Maryland, 2003
Honors
Selected to Maryland Super Lawyers® list for Intellectual Property, 2023
Named to Band 1 of Intellectual Property by Chambers USA© since 2016
Named Baltimore's "Lawyer of the Year" in Patent Law by Best Lawyers in America®, 2013, 2016, 2020 and 2022
Named to TheBest Lawyers in America® for Litigation-Intellectual Property, Litigation-Patent, Patent Law and Technology Law since 2011
Named Baltimore's "Lawyer of the Year" in Technology Law by Best Lawyers in America®, 2015, 2018, 2020 and 2021
Named Baltimore's "Lawyer of the Year" in Litigation - Patent Law by Best Lawyers in America®, 2013
News
- 26 Gordon Feinblatt Lawyers Named Best Lawyers in America® 2023
- Gordon Feinblatt Awarded Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2022
- 25 Gordon Feinblatt Lawyers Named Best Lawyers in America® 2022
- Four Gordon Feinblatt Attorneys Named 2022 Baltimore 'Lawyer of the Year' by Best Lawyers in America®
- Gordon Feinblatt Awarded Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2021
- 24 Gordon Feinblatt Lawyers Named Best Lawyers in America® 2021
- Five Gordon Feinblatt Attorneys Named 2021 Baltimore 'Lawyer of the Year' by Best Lawyers in America®
- Gordon Feinblatt Awarded Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2020
- Gordon Feinblatt Attorneys Named 2020 Baltimore 'Lawyers of the Year' by Best Lawyers in America®
- 24 Gordon Feinblatt Lawyers Named Best Lawyers in America® 2020
- Gordon Feinblatt Awarded Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2019
- Royal W. Craig Joins Gordon Feinblatt's Technology & Intellectual Property Team
Professional and Civic Involvement
Member, American Bar Association
Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association
Member, Federal Bar Association
Member, Licensing Executives Society
Adjunct Professor, University of Baltimore Center for Technology Commercialization
Member, Muscular Dystrophy Association Steering Committee for Top 100 Lawyers Who Care Events
Member, Maryland State Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section
Baltimore County Leadership
Publications and Lectures
- Gordon Feinblatt’s COVID-19 Information Hub
- Appealing a Rejected Patent Application May Have Less Appeal
- President Biden Supports Patent Waiver for COVID-19 Vaccines
- World IP Day Celebrating Creativity in These Difficult Times
- Fishing for a Patent: The One that Got Away
- Patents in a Pandemic: Are There Incentives?
- Can Branding Avoid Design Patent Infringement?
- Start Up Maryland: University Technology Transfer - Tech Knowledgy Breakfast & Trivia
- Clear Forum Selection Clause May Avoid Patent Challenge
- Software Means-Plus-Function Claiming
- Forum Selection in Dodocase
- Online Reputations: What to Do When Bad Things Happen to Your Good Business Online and on Social Media
- IP Trivia - Jousting
- Premier Lacrosse League Partners with STX
- 2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidelines More Hospitable to Software
- Cyber Security and Information Privacy Tech Knowledgy Breakfast & Trivia
- Joint Inventorship in a Patent Application Can Be an Elusive Target
Links
Teams
Business
Litigation
Technology & Intellectual Property
Education
J.D.,
cum laude,
University of Baltimore School of Law,
1989
M.B.A.,
University of Baltimore,
1989
B.A., B.S.,
Lehigh University,
1982
Court Admissions
United States District Court of Maryland
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Bar Admissions
Maryland,
1989