Cono A. Carrano
Partner
Areas of Focus
- ITC Section 337 Investigations
- Patent Litigation
- Inter Partes Review
- Intellectual Property
- Pro Bono
- IP Transactions
- Supreme Court & Appellate: IP
- Technology
- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
- Digital Assets, Cryptocurrency & Blockchain
- Litigation Finance
- SEP/FRAND disputes
- Semiconductors
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Cloud Computing & Data Storage
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Renewable Energy
- Energy Storage
- Trial and registered patent lawyer.
- Designed supercomputers at AT&T Bell Laboratories.
Cono Carrano is a trial lawyer and a registered patent lawyer who focuses his practice on complex patent litigation. His experience primarily involves semiconductors, electronics, software, wireless and optics technology. Cono has worked with patent trial counsel in numerous European and Asian countries.
Cono brings a sophisticated technical understanding to matters involving a wide range of IP issues. He holds both undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering, and, prior to entering the practice of law, he was a member of the technical staff and designed supercomputers at AT&T Bell Laboratories.
Cono represents clients before:
- The International Trade Commission (ITC)
- U.S. district courts
- U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Lead trial counsel for numerous ITC 337 proceedings involving patent infringement and trade secrets.
- Lead trial counsel for global technology manufacturer in an eight-patent infringement case involving microprocessor and multimedia processing technology.
- On behalf of a leading global technology manufacturer, provided management and direction of multi-patent litigation involving microprocessor technology in the United Kingdom, Germany, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the People’s Republic of China, Korea and Japan.
"Cono is an excellent litigator who is extremely skilled at winning cases and litigating strategically. He is also extremely responsive to his clients' needs."
- Chambers USA 2023
EducationJ.D., Hofstra University School of Law
M.E.E., New York University Tandon School of Engineering
B.E.E., Stony Brook University, State University of New York
J.D., Hofstra University School of Law
M.E.E., New York University Tandon School of Engineering
B.E.E., Stony Brook University, State University of New York
Bar AdmissionsDistrict of Columbia
New York
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
District of Columbia
New York
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- The Legal 500 US, Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage), 2020 to 2023.
- The Legal 500 US, Patents: Litigation (International Trade Commission), 2020 to 2023.
- Managing Intellectual Property, Global IP Star, 2018 to 2022, IP Star – Patent star and Trade mark star, 2019 to 2023.
- Chambers USA, leading practitioner, Intellectual Property, 2009 to 2018 and 2023.
- IAM Patent 1000—The World’s Leading Patent Professionals, leading private patent litigator in Washington, D.C., 2015 to 2023.
- Best Lawyers in America, Litigation-Patent, 2015 to 2024.
- Euromoney’s Expert Guides, Best of the Best USA, 2022.
- Presenter, “The Business Side of Patent Litigation in 60 Minutes or Less: Six Important Topics You Should Be Thinking About Now!” Southern California ACC, July 28, 2021.
- Presenter, “Investigating New NPE 337 Tactics: What Every ITC Practitioner Needs to Know in 2021,” American Conference Institute’s ITC Litigation & Enforcement Conference, July 27, 2021.
- Presenter, “Trade Secret Cases at the International Trade Commission: Strategies for Using the ITC for Trade Secret Protection and Recent Decisions,” Philadelphia ACC, July 20, 2021.
- Presenter, Trade Secret Cases at the International Trade Commission: Recent Trends and Strategies for Clients, Akin Gump webinar, May 4, 2021.
- Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade, IP Seminar: International Trade Commission Proceedings; July 22, 2019; Taipei, Taiwan.
- Presenter, Investigating the Interplay Between ITC and PTAB, American Conference Institute’s ITC Litigation & Enforcement Conference, June 27, 2019.
