Trevor Coddington

About Trevor Coddington

Trevor Coddington focuses on all aspects of intellectual property law, particularly patent litigation and procurement. Dr. Coddington advises emerging and established companies in the development of intellectual property protection strategies and implementation plans, and is currently active in several patent infringement actions. Dr. Coddington counsels clients with respect to patent validity and infringement of intellectual property rights raised by third parties, and evaluates intellectual property assets in connection with corporate transactions. Dr. Coddington has extensive experience in preparing and prosecuting patent applications before the United States Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) and various foreign patent offices worldwide in the electrical, optical, and mechanical arts, as well as in business methods and e-commerce. In the late 1990s, Dr. Coddington worked as a patent examiner at the PTO where he examined patent applications in the art of applied cryptography.Dr. Coddington received his B.S. Engineering Physics degree from The Ohio State University in 1992. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. Physics degrees from Old Dominion University in 1994 and respectively. He received his J.D. degree from George Washington University in 2004.Specialties: Intellectual property law - particularly patent law; patent portfolio development; patent litigation

Experience

1. Partner

   Akerman LLP

   Dec 2023 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   Trevor Coddington focuses his practice on all aspects of intellectual property law, particularly patent litigation and procurement. Trevor offers a unique combination of patent prosecution skills, litigation insight, real-life experience, and technical know-how delivered with sensible business advice. Trevor has decades of experience acquiring, enforcing, and challenging patents, having litigated numerous infringement and validity matters in various federal district courts and drafted and obtained hundreds of patents before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Education

• The Ohio State University

  B.S.E.P., Engineering Physics

  1987 — 1992

• Old Dominion University

  Ph.D., Physics

  1992 — 2000

• The George Washington University Law School

  J.D., Law

  2000 — 2004

Skills

• Appeals
• Corporate Law
• Copyright Law
• Patent Applications
• Patent Portfolio Development
• Patentability
• Trademark Infringement
• Patents
• Corporate Governance
• Start-Ups
• Civil Litigation
• Legal Opinions
• Commercial Litigation
• Trademarks
• Invention
• Patent Law
• Business Strategy
• Securities Regulation
• Venture Capital
• Prior Art Search
• Patent Litigation
• Licensing
• Research
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Due Diligence
• Legal Research
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Intellectual Property
• Trade Secrets
• Ip
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Patent Prosecution
• Joint Ventures
• Prosecution
• Physics