Professionals

Practice Areas

Technologies

Aerospace & Aeronautics
Automotive Technology
Chemistry
Computer Science & Software
Electrical Engineering & Electronics
Internet & E-Commerce
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Devices
Optics
Telecommunications

Admissions

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1999
State of Connecticut, 1999
U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, 2014
State of Georgia, 2022

Education

University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., 1999

Duke University, Continuing Education Graduate School, Chemistry and Biochemistry, September 1995-May 1996

Duke University, B.A., Chemistry with an emphasis in Physics, 1995

Teaching Positions

Duke University, Organic Chemistry Teaching Assistant, 1995-1996

H.M. (Bud) Bedingfield

Partner

Atlanta

860.286.2929, ext. 1170

Bud Bedingfield has 20+ years’ experience in product clearance; patent searching, including searching relative to patentability; validity and landscape analyses; technology transfer due diligence and agreements; invalidity, non-infringement, and patentability opinions; patent reexaminations; and U.S., foreign patent, and trademark procurement. Bud handles intellectual property matters for a wide range of clients, including technology transfer due diligence, agreements, product clearance, infringement validity, and patentability opinions. He has extensive experience in the areas of medical devices, battery technology, computer science and software, telecommunications, and more.

Experience Highlights

Partner, Cantor Colburn, LLP; 2007–present

Associate, Cantor Colburn, LLP; 1999–2006

Law Clerk, Cantor Colburn, LLP; 1998-1999

Acting Assistant Laboratory Manager and Teaching Assistant for Organic Chemistry Laboratories, Duke University, September 1995 – May 1996

Representative Matters

U.S. Patent Publication 2013/0162628; System, Method and Apparatus for Rapid Film Pre-Visualization, June 27, 2013
U.S. Patent Publication 2013/0033605; Selective Capture and Presentation of Native Image Portions, February 7, 2013
U.S. Patent Publication 2010/0218129; Interactive Display Systems, Methods, and Computer Program Products, August 26, 2010
U.S. Patent Publication 2009/0256914; In-Ground Camera, October 15, 2009
U.S. Patent 6,641,597; System for Wound Closure, November 4, 2003
U.S. Patent 6,876,712; Flexible Source Wire For Localized Internal Irradiation Of Tissue, April 5, 2005
U.S. Patent 6,635,008; System for Wound Closure, October 21, 2003
U.S. Patent 6,629,920; Energy Filtering System, October 7, 2003

Events

Savannah Bar 2023 Hot Topics Seminar
January 20, 2023
Partner Bud Bedingfield will attend the Savannah Bar 2023 Hot Topics Seminar on January 20, 2023.
97th Annual Dinner in Honor of the Federal Judiciary
March 22, 2019
New York City
Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the New York Intellectual Property Law Association's 97th Annual Dinner in Honor of the Federal Judiciary on March 22, 2019. The firm is a longtime sponsor of the Judges' Dinner.
AIPLA Mid-Winter Institute
January 30, 2019
Tampa, Florida
Partners Phil Colburn, Charlie O'Brien, Bud Bedingfield and Jenae Gureff will attend the American Intellectual Property Law Association MidWinter Meeting, January 30-February 2, 2019 in Tampa.
Inauguration of IP Inn of Court of Connecticut
May 13, 2015
New Haven, Connecticut
The IP Inn of Court for Connecticut was inaugurated on May 13, 2015. The Inn was inaugurated when Federal Circuit Judge Richard Linn presented District of Connecticut Judge Janet Bond Arterton with the charter of the Inn.

Cantor Colburn's Michael Cantor, Co-Managing Partner, and Nicholas Geiger, Litigation Associate, are officers of the IP Inn. Other Cantor Colburn attorneys who are charter members are Bud Bedingfield and Christopher Boehm.
The 92nd Annual Dinner in Honor of the Federal Judiciary
March 28, 2014
New York, New York
A Marriage Made in Heaven - Practical Recommendations for Achieving and Maintaining a Positive Relationship Between In House and Outside Counsel
February 2010
presented with Georgann Grunebach, Vice President, FOX Group Legal, the State Bar of California MCLE Telephone Seminar
A Marriage Made in Heaven - Practical Recommendations for Achieving and Maintaining a Positive Relationship Between In House and Outside Counsel
October 2009
presented with Georgann Grunebach, Vice President, FOX Group Legal, AIPLA Annual Meeting
Provisional Patent Applications: Strategies for Filing and Possible Pitfalls
March 2006
American Chemical Society, Atlanta, Georgia
An Overview of Patent Practice and Strategy
April 2005
Massachusetts General Hospital, Dermatology Department

Professional Affiliations

American Bar Association

Intellectual Property Owners Association

Connecticut IP Inn of Court, Charter Member