John currently chairs Womble Carlyle’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group, where for the past 17 years he has focused his practice on handling all aspects of patent infringement, trademark infringement, unfair competition, copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation, false advertising, and antitrust lawsuits. John has vast experience in each arena, having served as first and second chair in state or federal courts sitting in North Carolina, Nevada, Texas, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Massachusetts, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Georgia, South Carolina, Utah, and Virginia.