Alston & Bird partners Jason Cooper, Yuri Mikulka, Chris Gegg, and Chris Lightner have been recognized among the world’s top intellectual property strategists by Intellectual Asset Management in the 2024 edition of the “IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists.”
Jason, who is the past chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Area, has been named to this prestigious guide for eight years in a row. Focusing his practice on mechanical, manufacturing, and medical device technologies, he manages and helps monetize patent portfolios of various domestic and international clients.
A member of Alston & Bird’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group, Yuri, who leads the firm’s Consumer Technology Patent Litigation Team, was named to the guide for the fourth year in a row. She defends clients in court actions, arbitrations, and pre-suit disputes nationwide, focusing her practice on patent and trademark infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and complex business disputes.
Chris Gegg and Chris Lightner, both members of the firm’s Patent Prosecution, Counseling & Review Group, were named to the guide for the second consecutive year. With patent experience in more than 30 countries, Gegg counsels domestic and international companies in design and utility patent matters and handles IP due diligence and agreements for corporate transactions. Lightner focuses his practice on strategic growth and management of international patent portfolios, along with transactional IP-driven due diligence, licensing agreement, and brokerage issues.
The “IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists” is an annual research project that identifies top practitioners who are leading the way in developing and implementing strategies that maximize the value of IP portfolios.