B.C. Killough

Top rated Intellectual Property attorney in Charleston, South Carolina

Kim, Lahey & Killough Law Firm
B.C. Killough
Kim, Lahey & Killough Law Firm

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, Business & Corporate; view more

Licensed in South Carolina since: 1979

Education: University of South Carolina School of Law

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2015 - 2025

Kim, Lahey & Killough Law Firm

147 Wappoo Creek Dr
Suite 202
Charleston, SC 29412 Phone: 843-577-9800 Email: B.C. Killough Visit website

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B.C. Killough focuses his practice in the areas of intellectual property and commercial transactions. His intellectual property practice includes patent litigation, licensing and prosecution, and trademark litigation and prosecution. His background in engineering and business facilitates his provision of services to technology related businesses. 

As an intellectual property attorney, Killough has successfully filed more than 1,000 trademarks applications and has obtained more than 300 domestic patents on behalf of his clients.   In addition, he has participated in prosecuting more than 100 foreign patent applications.

As a business attorney, Killough has participated in more than 200 commercial transactions representing buyers, sellers, borrowers and lenders.

B.C. Killough is an engineer, a registered patent attorney, a litigator, a certified mediator and a licensed Title Insurance Agent in South Carolina.

Practice areas

Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, Business/Corporate, Technology Transactions

First Admitted: 1979, South Carolina

Professional Webpage: https://kimandlahey.com/our-team/bc-killough/

Bar/Professional Activity:
  • Federal Bar Association, South Carolina Chapter Co-Chair, Intellectual Property Committee
  • National Association of Patent Practitioners
  • Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
  • Federal Circuit Bar Association
Special Licenses/Certifications:
  • Certified mediator, certified by the South Carolina Supreme Court Arbitrator and Mediator Certification Board
  • Registered patent attorney
Honors/Awards:
  • Charleston SC metro market, Best Lawyers in America - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Best Lawyers, 2024
  • Thomson Reuters 2024 Stand-Out Lawyer, Thomson Reuters, 2024
  • Charleston SC metro market, Best Lawyers in America - Trademark Law, Best Lawyers, 2022
  • Charleston SC metro market, Best Lawyers in America - Patent Law, Best Lawyers, 2019
  • Charleston SC metro market, Best Lawyers in America - Litigation - Intellectual Property, Best Lawyers, 2013
  • Named 2015 Corporate Lawyer of the Year, Charleston SC metro market, Best Lawyers in America - Corporate Law, Best Lawyers, 2010
Educational Background:
  • Juris Doctor, University of South Carolina
  • Master of Business Administration, University of South Carolina
  • Bachelor of Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
  • Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law, Intellectual Property and Technology (for South Carolina) , Contributor
  • Charleston County Bar Association Lunch and Learn CLE – presenter: An Intellectual Property Primer for General Practitioners, Charleston County Bar Association Lunch and Learn CLE – presenter: An Intellectual Property Primer for General Practitioners, 2020
  • South Carolina Bar Association 2021 convention – panel: International Intellectual Property matters, Panel, South Carolina Bar Association 2021 convention – panel: International Intellectual Property matters, 2021
  • Killough contributes monthly intellectual property case summaries for the Federal Circuit Bar Association Circuit Case Digest, Contributor, Federal Circuit Bar Association Circuit Case Digest
Industry Groups:
  • A representative sample of Bill's clients’ industries include medical devices
  • and licensing.
  • Digital Printing
  • Digital Technology
  • electro-mechanical and mechanical devices
  • physical chemistry
  • Product Packaging
  • surgical methods
  • Telecommunications

Office location for B.C. Killough

147 Wappoo Creek Dr
Suite 202
Charleston, SC 29412

Selections

11 Years Super Lawyers
  • Super Lawyers: 2015 - 2025

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