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Alex focuses his practice exclusively on intellectual property (IP), specifically patents and trade secrets. He has experience in all phases of patent litigation and regularly helps clients procure and strategically manage U.S., international, and foreign utility and design patents. He also conducts patentability, freedom-to-operate/clearance, and patent infringement investigations, and counsels clients on trade secret protection and IP-related agreements. Alex has handled matters across a variety of technology areas, including medical devices, temperature-controlled shipping containers, furniture, consumer product manufacturing, automobiles, fluid dispensers, wind turbines, and aircraft systems.

While in engineering school, Alex was a co-op with The Procter & Gamble Company in its Computer Modeling & Simulation, Plant Engineering, and Intellectual Property R&D departments. While in law school, he interned with GE Aviation’s Intellectual Property Legal Department. In fall 2013, Alex was a legal extern for the Honorable Michael R. Barrett of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Prior to joining FBT Gibbons, he was a summer associate and later a patent attorney at an IP boutique law firm in Cincinnati.

Other Info About Alex

Education

Law School

University of Cincinnati College of Law, J.D., 2014, magna cum laude
Law Review: University of Cincinnati Law Review

Graduate School

University of Cincinnati, MBA, Interdisciplinary, 2011

Undergraduate School

University of Cincinnati, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2011, summa cum laude
Herman Schneider Medal Nominee
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Outstanding Chapter President Award

Bar Memberships

Alex is licensed to practice in the following state(s):

Ohio, 2014

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2011

Courts

Alex is admitted to practice before the following court(s):

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Recognition

Local & National Recognition

Award Selection Methodology

The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation – Intellectual Property, 2027; Litigation – Patent, 2027

The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch®, Intellectual Property Law, 2023-2025; Litigation – Intellectual Property, 2023-2025; Litigation – Patent, 2023-2025

Selected to Ohio Rising Stars, 2018-2026

Professional Affiliations

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

Cincinnati Bar Association, Past Young Lawyer Section Liaison for the IP Litigation Committee

Ohio State Bar Association

Cincinnati Intellectual Property Law Association (CincyIP), Past Board Member and Outreach Officer

Firm Committees

Alex serves or has served in the following leadership role(s) at FBT Gibbons:

Associate Recruiting Committee, Member

Presentations

Alex was invited to speak at the following events:

Applying the December 2015 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Cincinnati Bar Association’s IP Litigation Committee, March 29, 2016.

Major Publications

Alex is an author or contributor to the following publications:

Author: Article, “Design Patents: The Name of the Game is the [Dis]claim”, The Patent Lawyer Magazine, Fall 2022.

Author: Case Note, InterDigital Communications v. ITC: Wrongly Satisfying the ITC Domestic Industry Requirement, 82 U. Cin. L. Rev. (2014).

Author: Case Note, Willful Patent Infringement: Bard v. W.L. Gore’s Thoughtful Shift from Jury to Judge, 82 U. Cin. L. Rev. (2014), (awarded the William Worthington Prize for Best Case Note). (source)

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