Damir Cefo

Of Counsel, New York

Damir Cefo

Of Counsel, New York

Damir Cefo’s practice focuses on patent litigation and patent portfolio evaluation and management in the areas of computer hardware and software, electronic and electromechanical devices, and MPEG video compression arts as well as in trademarks and copyrights. He also has experience with post-grant patent proceedings, including ex parte reexamination, reissues, AIA inter partes review and covered business method review for patent owners and petitioners. Damir also frequently assists clients with due diligence, opinion work, licensing, trademark and copyright prosecution and litigation. He counsels clients across multiple industries, including computer and electronics, manufacturing, telecommunications, health care, aerospace, medical device, consumer products and retail, on the effective commercialization and monetization of intellectual property and on efficient defensive strategies.

Damir is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) in the United States. Damir has been named one of New York’s Super Lawyers for intellectual property litigation, and Managing IP recognized Damir as an IP Star.

Previously, Damir practiced at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan and Baker Botts LLP, where his focus was patent prosecution, patent litigation, and IP portfolio management. He is a graduate of The Ohio State University Law School and Ohio State University, where he received his B.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, cum laude, and was a member of an OSU National Robotics Team which won first place at the 4th Annual Autonomous Ground Vehicle Robotics Competition. He is fluent in Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian, and is proficient in French. Damir practices through CEFO P.C.

Damir Cefo’s practice focuses on patent litigation and patent portfolio evaluation and management in the areas of computer hardware and software, electronic and electromechanical…

Education

The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (J.D. 2000); Ohio State University (B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, cum laude, 1997).

Bar Admissions

New York State; U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Activities and Affiliations

Member, International Trademark Association (INTA)

Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US)

Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT)

New York Intellectual Property Law Association

 

Patent Litigation Matters

Defended a major Korean computer manufacturer in a patent infringement case involving five computer hardware and software patents.

Defended a major notebook computer company in a patent infringement case involving a number of patents covering computer hardware technology.

Defended a major notebook computer company in a multi-defendant patent infringement action involving computer video graphics technology.

Defended a major notebook computer company in a multi-defendant patent infringement case involving computer peripheral devices.

Represented patentee, a hypoxic systems company, against a large aircraft manufacturer in a patent infringement case covering fire inerting system technology.

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Cohen & Gresser is pleased to announce that 38 of the firm's New York and Washington D.C.­based attorneys have been named to the 2021 Super Lawyers List across a wide range of practice areas. C&G co­founder Mark S Cohen and partners Jonathan S Abernethy and Daniel H Tabak have also been named to the Super Lawyers list of the top 100 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area, and partner Karen H Bromberg has been recognized as one of the top 50 women lawyers in the New York metropolitan area.

Super Lawyers ranks outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only five percent of the lawyers in each state are selected as Super Lawyers, and only 2.5 percent are selected as Rising Stars.

Super Lawyers

Jonathan S Abernethy: Criminal Defense: White Collar
Kwaku Andoh: Mergers & Acquisitions
Elizabeth Bernhardt: Business Litigation
Thomas E Bezanson: Personal Injury – Products: Defense
Colin C Bridge: Criminal Defense: White Collar
Karen H Bromberg: Intellectual Property
Jason Brown: Criminal Defense: White Collar
Damir Cefo: Intellectual Property Litigation
Joanna K Chan: Securities Litigation
Mark S Cohen: Business Litigation
S Gale Dick: Business Litigation
Christian R Everdell: Criminal Defense: White Collar
Lawrence T Gresser: Business Litigation
Oliver S Haker: Business Litigation
Johannes Jonas: Mergers & Acquisitions
Nicholas J Kaiser: Real Estate
Jeffrey I. Lang: Business Litigation
Melissa H Maxman: Antitrust Litigation
Ellen Paltiel: General Litigation
Nathaniel P T Read: Business Litigation
Bonnie J Roe: Securities & Corporate Finance
Stephen M Sinaiko: Business Litigation
C Evan Stewart: Securities Litigation
Daniel H Tabak: Business Litigation
Scott D Thomson: Business Litigation
Alexandra Wald: Business Litigation
Ronald F Wick: Antitrust Litigation

Rising Stars

Luke Appling: Civil Litigation
Sharon L Barbour: Criminal Defense: White Collar
Drew S Dean: General Litigation
William Kalema: Business Litigation
Sophia Soejung Kim: Criminal Defense: White Collar
Sri Kuehnlenz: Civil Litigation
Winnifred A Lewis: Securities Litigation
Marvin J Lowenthal: Criminal Defense: White Collar
Barbara K Luse: Criminal Defense: White Collar
Matthew V Povolny: Business Litigation
Benjamin Zhu: Criminal Defense: White Collar

Cohen & Gresser is pleased to announce that 35 of the firm's New York and Washington D.C.­based attorneys have been named to the 2020 Super Lawyers List across a wide range of practice areas. C&G co-­founder Mark S Cohen and partners Jonathan S Abernethy and Daniel H Tabak have also been named to the Super Lawyers list of the top 100 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area, and partner Karen H Bromberg has been recognized as one of the top 50 women lawyers in the New York metropolitan area.