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Akin Offices
Robert S. Strauss Tower
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-1037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Cono Carrano
Work Department
Partner; Intellectual Property
Position
Cono Carrano is a trial lawyer and a registered patent lawyer who focuses his practice on complex patent litigation. His experience primarily involves semiconductors, electronics, software, wireless and optics technology. Cono has worked with patent trial counsel in numerous European and Asian countries. Cono brings a sophisticated technical understanding to matters involving a wide range of IP issues. Cono represents clients before the International Trade Commission, U.S. district courts, the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
To learn more about Cono, please visit his profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/cono-a-carrano.html
Career
Prior to entering the practice of law, he was a member of the technical staff and designed supercomputers at AT&T Bell Laboratories.
Education
J.D., Hofstra University School of Law
M.E.E., New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering
B.E.E., Stony Brook University, State University of New York
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
Akin fields a robust group that routinely deals with Section 337 investigations at the International Trade Commission as part of parallel litigation in other venues and represents clients in both the tech and life sciences sectors in patent disputes. Cono Carrano leads the Washington DC practice group and is a seasoned trial and patent attorney who focuses on complex patent litigation. Also in based in DC, David Vondle specialises in tech-related ITC disputes, Brock Wilson focuses on IP disputes and license negotiations, and Ryan Stronczer has experience litigating at all levels of the US court system. In the firm’s Irvine office, Paul D. Tripodi II is an IP litigation specialist whose practice includes patents proceedings before the ITC, and Clark Gordon focuses on patent litigation related to software and medical technologies.
United States > Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
Led by life sciences expert Steven Maslowski in Philadelphia, the intellectual property group at Akin is experienced in all US patent litigation forums and represents clients in a broad range of technical fields. Also in Philadelphia, Matthew Pearson is a patent attorney specializing in the life sciences sector, and Ruben Muñoz litigates IP disputes for a wide range of tech companies. The group in Washington DC includes seasoned patent litigators Cono Carrano and Brandon Rash, Z.W. Julius Chen, who represents clients in all stages of appellate litigation, and Rachel Elsby, who focuses on patent litigation and appeals to the Federal Circuit. Other key practitioners include patent infringement disputes specialist Michael Kahn in New York and Daniel Moffett in San Antonio, who represents clients in all aspects of IP procurement and protection.
Lawyer Rankings
- Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission) United States > Intellectual property
- Patents: litigation (full coverage) United States > Intellectual property
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- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
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- Industry focus > Native American law
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- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
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- International trade > CFIUS
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- Environment > Environment: transactional
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- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
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- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
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- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
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