Alan J. Ross
Alan J. Ross practices as OF COUNSEL with Brown & Szaller in Lakewood, Ohio. He specializes in the acquisition, licensing and enforcement of intellectual property rights, as well as various aspects of internet law, e-discovery, and antitrust, technology-related litigation and general business disputes. He is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and is admitted to the bars of the States of Ohio and New York.
Representative Experience
- Represents businesses in patent infringement and trade secret litigation involving diverse technologies, including telecommunications testing, plastic film, computer monitors, bar code scanners, electrophoresis equipment, automated video inspection, electroporation technology, carbon infused plastics, vacuum cleaners, gyratory compactors, color reproduction equipment, control valves, hydrostatic transmissions, time release tablets, collateral insurance tracking, bridge weigh-in-motion technology, golf clubs, golf ball covers, and investment casting
- Represents businesses in computer, copyright and trademark litigation, including numerous computer, architectural, and industrial design copyright infringement cases and brand name trademark disputes
- Represents businesses in proceedings before the US PTO, patent prosecution in the mechanical, chemical and software arts, domain name disputes, and antitrust, including merger and grand jury investigations and civil and criminal litigation
- Counsels and appears on behalf of numerous US and international businesses in a variety of intellectual property matters
Community and Professional Activities
- Member, American and Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Associations
- Member, Board of Directors, Near West Theatre, Cleveland
- Member, Ohio State, New York State, Cleveland and American Bar Associations
- Certified Computer Hacker Forsenic Investigator
- Former member, OSBA IP Board of Governors and Computer Law Committee
- Former Chief of the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office, Cleveland, Ohio, where he received a DOJ Special Achievement Award
- Former trial attorney with the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department
- Chair of IP Groups at Benesch Friedlander LLP (1995-99) and Arter & Hadden LLP (2001-2003)
- Founder/President of early Cleveland ISP
Publications
- Authored numerous articles and spoken at seminars on intellectual property law, computer law, electronic discovery law and antitrust law
- Author, chapters in The Handbook on Antitrust Grand Jury Investigations (2d ed.), The Criminal Antitrust Litigation Manual, and The Antitrust Counterattack in Patent Infringement Litigation, all published by the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association
- Founded and authored eDiscoTECH blog addressing current issues in electronic discovery law (2007-2008) Education
- Cleveland State University (B.C.E., 1970)
- Cleveland-Marshall (J.D., 1975); Executive Editor, Cleveland-Marshall Law Review
