Cortney Alexander

Cortney has 20 years of litigation experience, serving as lead counsel in over 120 patent-infringement litigations. He also represents clients in proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (e.g., IPR proceedings) and in appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

• S.M.R Innovations v. Apple (W.D. Tex.), Motorola (D. Del.), LG, and Samsung (E.D. Tex.): Lead counsel in cases involving patents for routing multimedia between electronic devices.
• POWERbahn (N.D. Ga.): Represented technology innovator in asserting patents related to exercise equipment that better simulated real-life conditions. Claims resolved after district court denied Defendants’ motions for summary judgment of invalidity and noninfringement.
• DigiMedia Tech: Lead counsel in 11 patent litigations involving portfolio of 100 patents.
• Diatek Licensing: Lead counsel in 24 patent litigations involving streaming technology, and related IPR proceeding.
• Bright Capture: Lead counsel in 15 patent litigations involving image processing technology.
• Sunflower Licensing: Lead counsel in 21 patent litigations asserting patent portfolio involving video processing technology.
• Mallard Licensing: Lead counsel in 19 litigations asserting patent relating to DDR4 memory.
• 21st Century Garage: Lead counsel in cases against several automakers asserting patent portfolio comprising 70+ U.S. patents.
• Vibrant Licensing. Lead counsel in litigations against five smartphone makers involving display technology.
• IpVenture: Lead counsel for patent owner in cases in W.D. Tex. and N.D. Cal. involving hydration sensing technology.
• Francis v. Key Surgical (N.D. Ga.): Lead counsel for patent owners in breach-of-contract action relating to royalty dispute.
• Picture Mandarin v. Intellectsoft (N.D. Cal.): Represent technology startup asserting breach of contract and trade secret misappropriation against software developer.

Louisiana State University

J.D.

2002

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

B.S.

1999

Mechanical Engineering, cum laude

Partner

Kent & Risley LLC

2017 - Current

Partner

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

2011 - 2017

Associate

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

2005 - 2010

Associate

Frost Brown Todd

2003 - 2004

Kentucky State Bar

Member

Current

State Bar of Georgia

Member

2010 - Current

Georgia

State Bar of Georgia

Since 2010

Kentucky

Kentucky Bar Association

2003-2017

Louisiana

Louisiana State Bar Association

Since 2022