Eric D. Cohen

Mr. Cohen focuses his practice on patent prosecution, patent preparation and client counseling, including responses to office actions, appeal briefs and other substantive responses, trademark prosecution and licensing. He has assisted clients in many technologies, such as electrical and electronic devices, antenna systems, microwave devices, digital and analog electronics, digital signal processing, digital filtering, finite impulse response filters (FIR), navigation systems, mechanical devices, automated industrial equipment, computers and software, telecommunications equipment, call center technology, wireless communication and computer applications, medical devices and instruments, dental appliances, sporting equipment, audio applications and business methods.

Over the past decade, Mr. Cohen has prepared over one hundred opinions, including clearance opinions (non-infringement) and invalidity opinions relating to both utility patents and design patents. Mr. Cohen has also prepared numerous opinions of infringement (pre-filing investigation for infringement complaint) and novelty opinions. In addition, he has prepared trademark usage and clearance opinions.

Mr. Cohen has extensive engineering experience and was a systems engineer and programmer for more than twelve years before attending law school. Prior to attending law school, he was a systems and software engineer for Pharmacia Diagnostics Corporation and has worked at various companies in Silicon Valley.

• Leading Intellectual Property Lawyer, Leading Lawyers Network, Law Bulletin Publishing Company, 2010-2011

• "U.S. Preliminary Injunction Granted Though French Counterpart Invalidated," Co-author, Managing Intellectual Property IP Strategy Yearbook, 1999.

• "Ameria Invents Act," seminar for the Hawaii Bar Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 20, 2011
• “Written Description, Enablement, and Best Mode,” educational seminar presented to LG Display, Seoul, South Korea, September 9, 2010
• “Building A Global IP Portfolio,” educational seminar presented to Guangzhou Department of Science & Technology, Guangzhou, China, April 1, 2010, and presented to Zhuhai Intellectual Property Office and Innopat Law Office, Zhuhai, China, April 2, 2010
• "Patent Claims," "Patent Specifications and Section 112" and "Patent Drawings," educational seminars presented to Huawei Corporation, Shenzhen, China, April 13, 2009
• "Patent Claims" and "Patent Specification and Section 112," educational seminars presented to BYD Auto, Shenzhen, China, April 8, 2009

• Chicago Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago
• American Intellectual Property Law Association

• 48 Brinks Attorneys Honored as Leading Intellectual Property Lawyers for 2011
• Brinks Attorneys Recognized As Leading Lawyers
• Eric D. Cohen Joins Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

• Chicago Lawyer
• Leading Lawyers Network Magazine - Business Edition
• ABA Journal
• Chicago Daily Law Bulletin