Cole, Douglas R.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Doug Cole represents clients in complex civil litigation at the trial and appellate levels with a special focus on patent and other technology issues. He is an experienced litigator at all levels of the state and federal judiciary, having argued five cases in the U.S. Supreme Court and more than 15 cases in state supreme courts and federal courts of appeals. Doug also has a strong technical background, with degrees in electrical and computer engineering, physics, and mathematics.

Doug is currently serving as co-lead counsel for Sendmail, Inc. in two patent matters pending in the Northern District of California. He also represents SanDisk in a matter pending before the ITC. Other recent patent representations include matters for Autonation and General Electric.

Recent significant nonpatent representations include taking a lead role in briefing in connection with Chrysler's bankruptcy reorganization, preparing a certiorari petition for Macy's on a state and local tax matter, and representing Dell on a major securities matter.

Immediately before joining the Firm, Doug served as Ohio's state solicitor. Before that, he was a law professor at the Ohio State University, teaching courses in corporations, contracts, and law and economics. Doug now serves as an adjunct professor at OSU.

Doug frequently speaks and writes on subjects including intellectual property, securities, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Doug is active in the Ohio State Bar Association, having served on the board of editors for the Ohio State Bar Journal. He is currently on the OSBA antitrust section leadership committee and the OSBA Legal Education Task Force.

Areas of Practice

• Issues & Appeals
• Intellectual Property
• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Federal Circuit and IP Appeals
• Antitrust Intellectual Property
• ITC Section 337
• Patent Litigation
• Appellate Advocacy in the U.S. Supreme Court
• Appellate Litigation in Other Federal & State Courts
• Trial Litigation in Federal & State Courts

Representative Cases

• Atlanta Bread successfully resolves dispute with former franchisee following Georgia Supreme Court decision , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Copyrights, Deceptive Trade Practices, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Intellectual Property Law, International Antitrust, International Intellectual Property, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Patents, RICO Act, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Technology Licensing, Trade Dress, Trade Regulation, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Unfair Competition, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• Ripon College
• U of Chicago
• U of Wisconsin - Madison (Main

Published Works

• Dr. Miles Receives Its Coup de Grace, 2007
• Fear of Losing D&O Insurance in Bankruptcy is Overblown, Practice Perspectives: Securities and Shareholder Litigation & SEC Enforcement, 2007
• Arakaki, et al. v. Lingle, et al: The Ninth Circuit Takes A New Stand On Standing Post-Cuno, Jones Day State Tax Return, 2007
• Another Change in U.S. Patent Law: U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Patent Licensees May Seek Declaratory Judgments in Patent-License Cases Without First Breaching the License, 2007
• E-Proxies for Sale? Corporate Vote-Buying in the Internet Age, 76 U. Wash. L. Rev. 793 (subsequently selected for republication in the Corporate Practice Commentator), 2001

Address

P.O. Box 165017
325 John H. McConnell Boulevard
Suite 600
Columbus, OH 43216-5017

Phones

1.614.281.3659 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.614.461.4198 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com