Headquartered at 2886 Sandy Plains Rd., #670955, Marietta, Georgia, McGurk IP is an intellectual property law firm serving clients across the Atlanta metro area with patent, trademark, copyright, and IP transaction services. The practice is led by Thomas B. McGurk, a Registered Patent Attorney licensed in Georgia and a CFA Charterholder who holds a J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis, a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Kentucky, and a B.A. from Vanderbilt University.
Patent services form the largest part of the practice and include preparation and prosecution of utility and design patent applications before the USPTO, patentability opinions, freedom-to-operate opinions, non-infringement opinions, validity opinions, portfolio management for domestic and international markets, strategy counseling, and coordination of foreign patent filings. Technical fields covered span chemicals and materials, life sciences and medical devices, manufacturing and industrial systems, information systems, environmental and energy technologies, and aerospace and transportation.
Trademark services encompass clearance searches, application filing and registration, portfolio management, and enforcement actions. The firm also handles copyright registration and licensing, trade dress and brand protection, and domain name protection. On the transactions side, McGurk IP advises on mergers and acquisitions IP due diligence, licensing agreement structuring, joint ventures, technology transfer arrangements, and IP valuation and strategy.
Prior to establishing the firm, McGurk held technical, operational, legal, and executive roles in the chemical and energy industries and worked as a patent attorney at leading national law firms. The firm frames intellectual property protection explicitly in terms of commercial outcomes and business strategy rather than legal compliance alone. Inquiries can be directed to 678-825-3100. The website includes a confidentiality notice clarifying that site communications do not establish attorney-client privilege without a formal written engagement.