Cole Y. Carlson Attorney At Law

Shareholder
T 813.273.5000
F 813.273.5145
401 East Jackson Street
Suite 2700
Tampa, Florida 33602
Cole is a shareholder in GrayRobinson’s Tampa office. He litigates patent (including Hatch-Waxman), copyright, and trademark, unfair competition, trade secret, false advertising, and other related state law disputes. Using his experience and degree in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cole has handled matters involving technology as complex as online database encryption to removable paint for automobiles. Cole is also a registered patent attorney, where he prosecutes patent and trademark matters in front of the USPTO, specializing in computer hardware and software as well as complex chemical matters as well as opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Cole has experience in front of the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Inter Partes Reviews and Covered Business Method Reviews, and has assisted in the oral arguments of these matters.
Cole routinely works on intellectual property licensing issues, including confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements, exclusive and non-exclusive licenses, software agreements, research and development agreements, joint venture agreements, and manufacturing and supply agreements. He also conducts due diligence for mergers and acquisitions involving intellectual property, dealing with issues such as scope-of-protection, invalidity, infringement and freedom-to-operate investigations and opinions.
Cole was born in New York City but was raised in Tampa, Florida where he attended Tampa Preparatory School. Cole graduated from Vanderbilt University with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. His capstone project involved monetizing a method of recycling polyvinyl bottles using chemical processes. He interned with a local New Port Richie, Florida company at their industrial plant learning how to grow and maintain Neodymium YAG crystal growth for use in optical lasers. He went on to receive his juris doctor from the Stetson University College of Law. While at Stetson, Cole interned with Judge Herbert Baumann of the 13th Judicial Circuit in Tampa. He also received the top score in his Patent Law, Bankruptcy, Constitutional Law and Secured Transactions classes.