About Jackie Cohen
Seasoned, business oriented, articulate, high-performing, and personable IP Counsel. Domestic and International (SA, Europe, and APAC) Senior Legal Counsel experience. A result oriented, outside the box thinker who is an intellectually curious self-starter and a quick learner with a can-do attitude. Integrates and communicates well with clients and co-workers.
Broad law firm and corporate experience managing global IP portfolios, negotiating a wide array of commercial and R&D agreements, and communicating legal risks and issues to Senior business leaders and Executives in the pharmaceutical, nutritional, and food & beverage, and 1o years supporting businesses built on and involving biotechnology/biofermentation fields.
Many years of experience developing and implementing IP strategies and providing strategic legal advice. Experience managing budgets, internal/external personnel, and teams. Extensive experience conducting IP due diligence assessments for acquisitions, divestitures and strategic alliances, as well as freedom-to-operate, invalidity, and patentability assessments. Experience managing global trademark portfolios, including negotiating co-branding and co-existence agreements and conducting trademark clearance assessments for registration and use of target marks, logos and taglines. Experience managing IP litigation (including ANDA paragraph IV litigation), reexamination, IPR, invalidation, and opposition proceedings, including selecting and guiding Internal and External Legal Counsel.
Jackie may also be available to serve as an Interim or Fractional General Counsel or Chief Intellectual Property Counsel.
What is an Interim or Fractional GC or Chief IP Counsel?:
An Interim or Fractional General Counsel or Chief IP Counsel refers to an arrangement where a company hires a part-time or temporary corporate counsel rather than a full-time, in-house counsel. The term “interim” or “fractional” in this context implies that the legal professional’s time commitment is a fraction of what a full-time GC or Chief IP Counsel would typically dedicate to a single company.
This arrangement is often suitable for smaller or growing businesses that may not require a full-time legal executive but still need legal expertise and advice on a regular basis. Fractional general counsels are usually experienced attorneys or legal professionals who work on a contract or consulting basis.
The interim or fractional general counsel may handle various legal matters for the company, such as contract review and negotiation, compliance issues, risk management, and general legal counsel. This approach allows companies to access legal expertise without the cost and commitment associated with hiring a full-time General Counsel or Chief IP Counsel.
Member of Delaware State Bar; Registered USPTO Patent Attorney; Registered Pharmacist (now Inactive)
