Ross Ellis Alexander

For over a decade, Ross Alexander has helped his clients develop the proper IP strategy to protect their businesses and ideas from infringement, beginning with obtaining the appropriate patents and trademarks, and subsequently developing a licensing or litigation strategy that protects their rights.

Mr. Alexander has a special understanding of the technological, legal, and business aspects of inventions that leverage electrical and computer systems. He is particularly familiar with computer hardware and software, mobile devices and apps, medical devices, wired and wireless networking systems (WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, Zigbee, Thread, etc.), telecommunications systems, optical communications, machine learning and artificial intelligence (including work with fully-connected neural networks, convolutional neural networks, recurrent neural networks, residual neural networks (ResNets), and other neural network architectures), augmented reality, IOT systems, speech recognition and audio systems, load control systems, and manufacturing systems. Working with clients in a wide range of industries, including financial services, software development, home automation, medical devices, and telecommunications.

Mr. Alexander has valuable experience in both foreign and domestic prosecution, having successfully prosecuted design patent applications, utility patent applications, and trademark applications for his clients in many jurisdictions across the world. He also has a wealth of experience assisting his clients in litigating and licensing the patents his clients fight so hard to obtain during prosecution.

Mr. Alexander also has significant experience conducting freedom-to-operate studies, performing competitive landscaping analysis, and performing due diligence investigations to identify and manage potential risks associated with prospective client products or software during development or potential acquisitions. Mr. Alexander regularly speaks on the topic of willfulness and opinions, which allows him to obtain valuable insight to help inform his processes for drafting non-infringement/invalidity opinions for his clients.

Prior to practicing law, Mr. Alexander worked as a software developer and in information technology systems. He earned a B.S. in Computer Science and Political Science, cum laude, from the University of Indianapolis and his J.D., cum laude, from Syracuse University School of Law. While in law school, he was an Executive Editor of the Syracuse Law Review and Associate Editor of the Syracuse Science and Technology Law Reporter.