A. Jose Cortina
Suite 2400, Two Hannover Square
Fayetteville Street
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Mailing Address:
Post Office Box 2091
Raleigh, North Carolina
27602-2091

Phone: 919-836-4261
Fax: 919-836-4277
Email: ajc@wardandsmith.com

Mr. Cortina's practice and experience focuses on all areas of intellectual property, including patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret.  He prepares and prosecutes domestic and international patent applications in a broad range of technologies, including: electronics; communications; computer hardware and software; solid state devices; medical devices and systems; automotive; general mechanical technologies; and chemical and chemical engineering technologies.  Mr. Cortina routinely counsels clients on trademark and copyright protection and enforcement.  He assists clients with intellectual property infringement matters, including dispute resolution and litigation.  Mr. Cortina also has drafted and negotiated complex license, joint development/teaming, technical assistance, and other technology and intellectual property agreements in a variety of industries.  He is a registered patent attorney, is recognized in "Legal Elite," a list of the best attorneys in the state by Business North Carolina, in "Super Lawyers," a list of top North Carolina attorneys by North Carolina Super Lawyers, and has been rated by his peers as being preeminent" in his respective fields of law.

Practice Groups
Intellectual Property
Business
Technology

Practice Specialties
Patent, Trademark, Copyright, and Trade Secret
Intellectual Property and Technology Agreements
Intellectual Property Dispute Counseling and Resolution

Bar Admission
North Carolina, 1999
Florida, 1992
Virginia, 1981
District of Columbia, 1979

Court Admissions
All state courts in Florida
All state courts in North Carolina
All state courts in Virginia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Federal, and Fourth Circuits
United States District Court for the District of Columbia

Education
J.D., American University, 1979
B.A., American University, 1976

Memberships
American Bar Association
American Intellectual property Law Association
Licensing Executives Society
Triangle Intellectual Property Law Association

Publications
Business
Intellectual Property
Patent Law

 

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