Mr. Sanders focuses his practice on intellectual property, particularly patent prosecution, licensing, and litigation. He has prosecution experience in a wide range of technologies, including software, electro-mechanical devices, haptics, medical devices and simulations, business methods, and distributed systems. Mr. Sanders has litigation experience with a variety of software and electronics-based patents, include database technology, locationing and dispatching systems, cellular technologies, and banking systems. He has also counseled clients regarding software licenses and professional services agreements. Prior to joining Kilpatrick Townsend, he worked as a software engineer and developed real-time embedded systems, including remote monitoring and diagnostic systems and cellular technology.

In 2011, 2012 and 2013, Mr. Sanders was named a North Carolina "Rising Star" in Intellectual Property law by North Carolina SuperLawyers magazine.

Education

  • Wake Forest University, J.D. (2005)
  • Swarthmore College, B.S., Engineering (1998)
  • Swarthmore College, B.A., Computer Science (1998)

Bar Admissions

  • North Carolina

Admissions

  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Who We Are

1001 West Fourth Street
Winston-Salem, NC, 27101-2400
USA
t +1 336.607.7474
f +1 336.734.2629
Suite 1400, 4208 Six Forks Road
Raleigh, NC, 27609
USA
t +1 919.420.1723

Carl E. Sanders

Experience Highlights

Intellectual Ventures v. Motorola Mobility LLC
Defending Motorola Mobility LLC in the District of Delaware. Intellectual Ventures filed a patent infringement action against Motorola accusing more
Firestar Software Inc. v. Red Hat, Inc., et al.
The firm served as lead counsel on behalf of Red Hat, an open-source software company, in a patent infringement suit brought by Firestar related to more
Patent litigation for telecommunications company
The firm served as lead counsel on behalf of telecommunications company in a patent infringement matter in the Northern District of Georgia involving more
DataTreasury Corp. v. Wachovia Corp., et al.
DataTreasury Corp. v. Wells Fargo & Co., et al.
Lead counsel for Wachovia Bank, Branch Banking & Trust Company, M&T Bank and Comerica Bank against DataTreasury in patent infringement more