Attorneys serving Massachusetts, Rhode Island

Jerry Cohen

Partner

Office Phone: 617.345.3276
Location: Boston, MA
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Practice:

Bar Admissions:

District of Columbia
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First, D.C. and Federal Circuits
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and Rhode Island
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Canadian Patent Office

Experience:

Prior to joining Burns & Levinson LLP in January 2006, Mr. Cohen was a partner with the firm Perkins Smith & Cohen LLP.

He has more than 40 years experience as a lawyer dealing with patent, copyright, trademark, unfair competition, licensing/franchising, visual arts, software, databases and publication law, formation and operation of business enterprises and not-for-profit organizations, international trade, litigation/ADR, and legal ethics. He handles acquisition, licensing and litigation of intellectual property rights. He has also served as an expert witness, arbitrator and mediator in intellectual property matters.

Memberships:

American Bar Association: Antitrust, Business, Intellectual Property, International, Science-Technology, Litigation sections and Franchising Forum
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Copyright Society
Court Service Center Planning Committee for the Trial Court
Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle
International Trademark Association
Licensing Executives Society
Massachusetts Bar Foundation, President (2012-2013), Board of Trustees (2007 - 2011), Executive Committee and Vice President
Rhode Island Trial Lawyers Association
Rhode Island Bar Journal, Board of Editors
United States Patent Quarterly Advisory Board, has served since 1987
Boston Bar Association International Law Section, (served as chair), Business Law Section and Ethics Committee
Boston Patent Law Association, former President
Massachusetts Bar Association Business Law Section, served as chair
Massachusetts Law Review, served as Editor-in-Chief and currently on Board of Editors
Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers, served four year term

Additional Information:

Mr. Cohen has served on the United States Patent Quarterly Advisory Board since 1987.
Mr. Cohen has taken mediation and arbitration training through the American Arbitration Association, JAMS and American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Mr. Cohen is an adjunct professor teaching "Patent Law" at Roger Williams University Law School.
He also serves as an adjunct professor teaching “Trade Secrets,” "Global Technology Transfer" and "Advanced Topics in Copyright" at Suffolk University Law School.
Mr. Cohen has served as an examiner with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.

Education:

J.D., with distinction, George Washington University
Undergraduate, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Awards:

Mr. Cohen was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® (2009-2013) in the field(s) of Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Patent, Patent Law, and Trademark Law. Best Lawyers® is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 41,000 leading attorneys throughout the country cast almost 3.9 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Inclusion in Best Lawyers® is considered a singular honor.
Mr. Cohen was selected for inclusion in Massachusetts Super Lawyers® (2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006). Super Lawyers and Rising Stars employ an annual jurisdictional selection process. Only five percent of lawyers in the state were selected to the Super Lawyers list and 2.5 percent to the Rising Stars list. The listing appears annually in the November issue of Boston magazine and in New England Super Lawyers. He was also listed as one of the Top 50 Massachusetts Super Lawyers in 2009, and one of the Top 100 Massachusetts Super Lawyers in 2011, 2007 and 2006.

Quotes:

3/1/2012, The Boston Globe - In hacker trial, issues of theft and free access
Jerry Cohen was quoted in this article by Milton J. Valencia.
7/20/2011, The Boston Globe - Activist charged with hacking
Jerry Cohen was quoted in this article by Milton J. Valencia.
1/11/2011, Massachusetts Lawyers Journal - For 45 years, Secretary Frank W. Grinnell guided MBA
Jerry Cohen was quoted in this article by Bill Archambeault.
7/10/2009, Jamaica Plain Gazette - Flaherty ads could draw Apple’s ire
Jerry Cohen was quoted in this article by John Ruch.
10/30/2008, Groklaw - The Bilski Decision Is In: Buh-Bye [Most] Business Methods Patents - As text & updated 6Xs
Jerry Cohen is noted in the Bilski Decision for filing amicus curiae, End Software Patents.
9/8/2008, New Hampshire Union Leader - Philbrick pushes 'piracy' case
Jerry Cohen was quoted in this article by Benjamin Kepple.
7/28/2008, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly - Retirees granted ERISA standing to sue fiduciaries
Jerry Cohen was quoted in this article by Eric Berkman.
9/19/2007, Weekly Dig - Stalking Feet
Jerry Cohen was quoted in this article by Julia Reischel.
3/18/2007, Business Week - The Mad Scramble Over VoIP Patents
Jerry Cohen was quoted in this article by Olga Kharif.
8/16/2006, Pharmaceutical Executive - BNS, Sanofi Sign Away Key Plavix Rights
Jerry Cohen was quoted in this article by Beth Herskovits.
5/5/2006, IP Law 360 - Superpatents Spark Debate Over IP Issues
Jerry Cohen was quoted in this article by Erin Marie Daly.

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Recent Articles and Publications:

Introduction to Trademark Law
Intellectual Property Practice, MCLE, October 2011
Editor: Jerry Cohen. Burns & Levinson contributing authors: Sara Beccia, Renee Inomata, Deborah Peckham and Mark Schonfeld.

Trademarks and related unfair competition law (no. 18-5th)
May 2011
Jerry Cohen wrote the 5th edition of this book, published by the Bureau of National Affairs.

A patent lawyer at Guantanamo Bay
PATNEWS Newsletter, August 8, 2010
Jerry Cohen's article was featured in the section titled, "Patent examiners versus Guantanamo Bay military lawyers" in PATNEWS.

Secrets of Governments, Enterprises and Individuals Affecting Access to Justice
Massachusetts Law Review, June 2010

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Speaking Engagements:

ABA Section of International Law Program, 12.5.2012
Role: Speaker
Topic: Perspectives on Canada's New Copyright Laws: Bill C-11 and the Canadian Supreme Court's Copyright Pentalogy

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Massachusetts Bar Foundation Meeting, 1.25.2012
Location: Adams Courthouse
Role: Speaker
Topic: Financial support for Equal Access to Justice

Newfoundland Entrepreneurs, 11.15.2011
Role: Panelist
Topic: Doing Business in the U.S.

Thomson Reuters Webinar, 6.29.2011
Role: Speaker
Topic: Recent IP Developments (and Development Expectations)

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