Alexis Cohen

ALEXIS COHEN focuses her practice on resolving high-stakes patent disputes and guiding clients through complex intellectual property issues. She works closely with companies to protect innovation, respond to competitive threats, and make informed decisions involving patent risk. Her experience spans litigation in federal courts, proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and strategic counseling tied to broader business objectives.

Alexis’s work is particularly concentrated in the life sciences and medical device sectors, where she advises on disputes involving sophisticated technologies and regulated products. In addition, she has represented clients across a range of technology-driven industries, including software, telecommunications, and advanced materials. She regularly counsels both emerging companies and established market leaders on portfolio development, enforcement strategy, and intellectual property considerations in corporate transactions.

Alexis served as a law clerk to the Honorable Ursula Ungaro of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. While achieving her undergraduate biomedical engineering degree, Alexis worked at Drexel University’s Implant Research Center, where she researched orthopedic implants for different joints.

• Represented a pharmaceutical company in a multi-defendant, multi-patent Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDA) litigation in the District of Delaware.
• Represented a medical device company against a multi-patent litigation in the District of Delaware and several concurrent intellectual property rights (IPRs) challenging the asserted patents, resulting in a favorable settlement for the client.
• Represented Medtronic and its subsidiary, Covidien, against a two-patent lawsuit in the District of Delaware, reaching a favorable settlement for a fraction of the exposed revenue.
• Counsel for Medtronic Vascular, Inc. in a series of IPRs filed against U.S. Patent No. 8,206,427, where each IPR petition was denied institution.
• Served as trial counsel in a successful arbitration hearing to enforce a patent license agreement.
• Argued successfully on behalf of medical device company to invalidate all challenged claims of patents relating to nasal ablation device.

• Program Committee Vice-Chair, PTAB Bar Association