Bio

Alton Absher focuses his practice in patent litigation, licensing, and proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and International Trade Commission. He has significant experience in all phases of litigation, including trials and appeals. Most recently, Mr. Absher was a member of the trial team representing GREE, Inc. in a series of patent infringement suits against Supercell, resulting in over $100 million in jury verdicts in GREE’s favor following two jury trials in 2020 and 2021. Mr. Absher represents clients in a wide range of technologies, including computer hardware and software, smartphones, and telecommunications standards. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Absher was a Unix Systems Engineer for Lowe's Companies, Inc. While with Lowe's, he engineered integrated hardware and software solutions for approximately 1,000 retail locations and designed, tested and implemented a security system that involved customizing open-source software. He also wrote low-level software to interface numerous peripheral devices with point-of-sale systems and was a member of a team that developed a Linux point-of-sale system. Mr. Absher was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Intellectual Property Litigation in 2022 and for Patent Litigation and Intellectual Property Litigation in 2023. He was named a North Carolina "Rising Star" in 2017 and the four years immediately preceding for Intellectual Property Law by Super Lawyers magazine. Mr. Absher was also recognized as a 2013 "Legal Elite" by Business North Carolina magazine in the area of Intellectual Property Law. While at Wake Forest University, he was a recipient of the Law Faculty Scholarship.