S. Benjamin "Ben" Pleune
Recognized since 2015
Charlotte, North Carolina
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Litigation - Patent
Ben Pleune is a partner in Alston & Bird’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group, with extensive experience litigating patents in U.S. district courts, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and before the International Trade Commission. Ben has also been involved with numerous patent validity challenges before the Patent Trial & Appeal Board. Ben’s practice has focused on a variety of industries, including bar code scanners, image sensors, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, medical devices, Internet database and e-commerce services and robotics.
Ben was recognized as a Lawyer of the Year in Intellectual Property Litigation by Super Lawyers for 2016. He is a member of the board of directors of the Charlotte chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and a frequent author and speaker on trends and current issues in intellectual property.
- Vantage South End
1120 South Tryon Street, Suite 300
Charlotte, NC 28203
- University of Illinois Chicago, John Marshall Law School, J.D., graduated 2002
- North Carolina, North Carolina Bar Association
- United States, United States Patent & Trademark Office
- Charlotte Chamber of Commerce - Advisory Board Member
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of the Carolinas - Board of Directors
- Intellectual Property Owners Association - Member
- North Carolina Bar Association - Member
- South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics - Alumni Board of Directors
244 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
152 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
- Litigation - Intellectual Property, Charlotte (2025)
- Litigation - Patent, Charlotte (2023)
- Litigation - Intellectual Property, Charlotte (2021)
- Litigation - Intellectual Property, Charlotte (2019)
- Litigation - Intellectual Property, Charlotte (2017)
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Patent
- Patent Law
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