Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Doug Cole coordinates the Firm's Columbus issues & appeals practice and participates in the Firm's intellectual property practice. He is an experienced litigator at all levels of the state and federal judiciaries, including the U.S. Supreme Court where he has argued five cases in the past five years as well as served as the counsel of record in more than 20 other cases. In addition to his Supreme Court representations, Doug has argued more than 15 cases in the Ohio Supreme Court and Sixth Circuit in a wide variety of substantive legal areas.

Doug's practice focuses on complex civil litigation with an emphasis on intellectual property including patent litigation and counseling, securities, and state and local tax matters. Representative clients include Federated, for whom he filed a cert petition in a tax matter, Dell, and EDS. Examples of recent patent representations include GE, AutoNation, Movietickets.com, and Nokia. Doug has a strong technical background with undergraduate degrees in electrical engineering, physics, and mathematics.

From 2002 to 2006, at the request of the Ohio attorney general, Doug served as Ohio's state solicitor. In that capacity, he served as Ohio's chief appellate attorney, representing the state in the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ohio Supreme Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. As solicitor, Doug was counsel of record on numerous petitions for certiorari, amicus briefs in support of petitions, and merits briefs both for parties and as an amicus. The cases covered a wide variety of subject matter areas including the First Amendment, the Commerce Clause, contract law, statutory interpretation, and various aspects of criminal law.

Doug frequently speaks and writes on various 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 is also a member of the Franklin American Inn of Court.

Before serving as state solicitor, Doug was a law professor at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. He taught courses in contracts, business associations, and law & economics. Doug continues to serve as an adjunct faculty member.

Areas of practice

• Issues & Appeals
• Intellectual Property
• Federal Circuit and IP Appeals

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Copyrights, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Patents, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Technology Licensing, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

Ohio

Education

U of Chicago

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
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