Brady Cox

• Representing a large smartphone manufacturer against patent infringement claims related to user authentication.
• Defending a technology education provider against claims of trademark infringement.
• Representing a large computer manufacturer in a multiforum patent dispute related to touchscreen technology.
• Defending a large computer manufacturer against patent infringement claims related to server networking protocols.
• Defended a large wireless carrier against patent infringement claims related to its base station antennas.
• Challenged the validity of a utility meter networking patent in an inter partes review before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including defending the appeal before the Federal Circuit.
• Asserted claims of patent infringement for a wire and cable manufacturer against a competitor.
• Defended a gift-delivery company against claims of trademark infringement.
• Represented one of the world’s largest telecommunications and IT technology companies in complex multiforum patent disputes with its largest competitors.
• Defended a large computer manufacturer against infringement suits by nonpracticing entities based on patents allegedly essential to various wireless standards.
• Represented a marine electronics manufacturer in asserting its patents against its main competitor before the International Trade Commission. 
• Performed clearance searches and freedom-to-operate analysis for utility meter technologies and networks. 
• Performed detailed noninfringement investigations to defend claims brought by patent trolls, contributing to the early settlement of multiple cases.

Brady Cox is a partner in Alston & Bird’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group in the Dallas office. Brady assists his clients with complex patent and trademark disputes and has extensive experience with intellectual property issues in a variety of industries, including telecommunications, computer hardware, and software. He has brought and defended patent disputes before the International Trade Commission, in U.S. district courts across the country, and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

Brady has also resolved patent disputes outside the context of litigation. He analyzes and negotiates licenses to patent portfolios for both licensors and licensees.

Brady’s technical background in physics and nanotechnology enables him to provide solid technical and legal advice to his clients. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was a Dillard Fellow.

Languages

• Tagalog

Bar Admissions

• Texas

Education

• University of Virginia (J.D., 2010)
• Brigham Young University (B.S., 2007)