Riley, Shane P. | Spilman Thomas & Battle

Shane P. Riley

Counsel | Chair, Intellectual Property Practice Group

Pittsburgh, PA

office 412.325.1114

mobile 412.339.3333

Mr. Riley’s primary areas of practice are corporate law, patent law and intellectual property law.

Experience

Advising on intellectual property ownership, protection, and licensing issues across a broad range of disciplines
Drafting and negotiating various corporate and research related agreements, clinical trial agreements, confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements, material transfer/use agreements, and collaboration agreements
Guiding researchers and inventors through the legal processes and best practices necessary to protect the integrity of their work
Conducting prior art searches and drafting patentability analyses based on invention disclosures and discussions with inventors
Advising on data privacy issues, including compliance with HIPAA/HITECH, FERPA, GDPR, CCPA, and CPRA, along with other institutional concerns, such as confidentiality, export control, risk management, and conflict of interest
Coordinating compliance with applicable federal, state, and international laws related to human subject, animal, and basic research
As a Title Abstractor, establishing chain of title for real property and mineral rights through the documentation of all relevant deeds, leases, mortgages, liens, easements, and rights-of-way
Assistant Director for Clinical/Corporate Contracts, University of Pittsburgh, Office of Sponsored Programs
Title Abstractor, Jim Bourbeau Land Service, Inc.
Intellectual Property Intern, University of Pittsburgh, Innovation Institute
Law Clerk, Patberg, Carmody & Ging, P.C.
Judicial Extern, Honorable Mary Jane Bowes, The Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Judicial Intern, Honorable R. Stanton Wettick, Jr., The Allegheny Court of Common Pleas