Troy J. Cole

Troy Cole (T.J.) is a partner in the Intellectual Property Group. He is a registered patent attorney with a broad-based intellectual property practice. T.J. assists clients with obtaining protection for their intellectual property by securing patents, trademarks and copyrights, as well as intellectual property licensing, enforcement and defense.

T.J. has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering as well as a minor in Theoretical and Applied Physics from Bradley University. He received his juris doctor from Southern Methodist University School of Law in 1994. Prior to law school, he gained over five years of technical experience as an electrical engineer, working in classified high frequency military electronics, at Texas Instruments, Inc.

T.J. has represented clients ranging from entrepreneurial start-ups to Fortune 100 corporations in intellectual property categories including patent, trademark, trade dress, trade secret, trade name, domain name, cybersquatting, noncompete, and copyright matters. He also has extensive experience with negotiating settlements and license agreements in both U.S. and foreign jurisdictions.