Dr. Alan Cox

Biography

Dr. Cox participates in the Intellectual Property, Antitrust, and Securities practices of NERA. He has extensive experience testifying in federal court, state court, US and international arbitrations, and before utility commissions. In arbitrations he has appeared before the NASD, the American Arbitration Association, and the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association. In graduate school he specialized in industrial organization, antitrust, regulation, and natural resource economics, including energy. His previous positions include Visiting Economist at MIT's Energy Laboratory. In intellectual property matters, Dr. Cox has testified on a wide variety of patent issues in the semiconductor, biotechnology, telecommunications, consumer product, and other industries. He has also testified on trademark, copyright, and trade secret matters. For example, he testified in Delaware District Court in a matter involving alleged theft of trade secrets and false advertising in the manufacture and sale of golf balls. He was retained by Texas Instruments in a New Jersey patent case, which resulted in a jury award of $112 million to Texas Instruments. He has also testified in matters related to standards and patent pools.

Research Interest

Intellectual Property, Antitrust, and Securities practices of NERA.