Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Dave Cochran is an electrical engineer and patent attorney in Jones Day's intellectual property practice. His experience includes international patent prosecution, patent opinions, prelitigation counseling, patent reexamination, due diligence of intellectual property assets, and patent litigation. He has prepared, filed, and obtained hundreds of patents for clients in the United States and throughout Europe, South America, and Asia. He is extremely knowledgeable in Patent Cooperation Treaty practice, having filed hundreds of international patent applications. Dave has provided dozens of patent opinions to clients, including noninfringement, invalidity, patentability, and freedom-to-operate opinions. In addition to opinion work, Dave works closely with Firm clients to develop strategies for avoiding competitor patents and preparing for litigation. He provides IP due diligence services for licensing, venture capital investments, and M&A matters. He also specializes in the development, implementation, and maintenance of patent portfolio management programs.

Prior to joining Jones Day, Dave worked as an electrical engineer for IBM and NASA, where he developed technical experience in the areas of semiconductor processing and fabrication, circuit design and simulation, semiconductor physics, laser electronics, software, embedded computer systems, control systems, power supply systems, and high-resolution imaging devices. Dave holds three U.S. patents and one European patent related to his work for IBM.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property
• Patent Prosecution

Representative Cases

• e-Data v. Compuserve
• Encyclopedia Britannica v. Lehman
• Kawasaki Steel Corp. v. LTV Steel Co., Civil Action No. 1:96CV0585 (N.D.Ohio)
• Research In Motion v. Glenayre Electronics, Inc., Case No. 01-322 (U.S.D.C., D. Del.)
• TLC v. Videotek v. Gennum
• Wireless Access, Inc. v. Research In Motion Limited, No. C99-03342 CAL ENE
• Patent Litigation and Reexamination
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Prosecution
• Prosecution and Counseling
• Technology Acquisition
• U.S. and International patent prosecution

West Practice Categories

Copyrights, Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property, Patents, Technology Licensing, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• Cleveland State University

Published Works

• Toward a Post-Grant Patent Opposition Proceeding in the United States, 2006

Address

North Point
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114-1190

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