Evan Smith
Partner
Contact Details
Email: esmith@cogentlaw.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tomgoldstein/
Education
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Kettering University
M.B.A., Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
Bar Admissions
Virginia
District of Columbia
Evan Smith is a licensed patent attorney, electrical engineer, M.B.A., and serial entrepreneur who founded tech start-ups serving international markets. He gained broad corporate experience as an adviser to start-up companies, C.E.O. of Eye Controls L.L.C., C.O.O. and General Counsel at EyeTicket Corporation, and general counsel of a well-established fintech company. As a partner at Greenberg Traurig, he led the intellectual property department at the firm’s main technology office.
Evan’s strategic advice on corporate and I.P. issues draws on decades of experience in forming companies, raising funds, and protecting, enforcing, and licensing patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. He has been an advisor to hundreds of fast-growing companies that built valuable portfolios in the medical, electronic, internet, computer, and mechanical fields.
Evan has represented patent holders and accused infringers in federal courts nationwide. His extensive litigation experience includes:
- Successful enforcement of a key power-over-ethernet patent (ultimately generating $38 million in royalties).
- Similarly successful enforcement and licensing of a fintech patent portfolio across the U.S. financial industry.
- Resolution of numerous trademark cases.
Evan received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kettering University, his M.B.A. from Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. He is a member of the DC and Virginia bars and admitted to practice in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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