John Kheit, Partner

John Kheit is a partner in Cooley's Litigation Department and is a member of the Patent Portfolio Development & Asset Creation and Intellectual Property Litigation practice groups. He joined Cooley in 2012 and is resident in the New York office.

Mr. Kheit's practice focuses on representing a variety of technology-focused companies in complex litigation, patent and licensing matters in industries including: biomedical, communications, computer, and financial service technologies. He is active in various computer, mobile, and software sectors and has experience with communication, eCommerce, microprocessor, network, payment system, wireless, and other leading edge technologies.

Mr. Kheit has been involved with various US and international settlement negotiations and litigation matters involving Internet and commerce-related patents. In addition to patenting pure software technologies, that include data-structures, digital rights management, financial instruments, graphical user interfaces, peer-to-peer networking, etc., he also is experienced in technology transfers and transactional licensing.

Mr. Kheit's work experience spans high-technology, corporate, and academic arenas. He was involved with the technical development of software at companies such as NeXT Computer, as well as working with companies such as Time Warner. In addition, he taught at the Franklin Pierce Law Center, Harvard University and the University of Toledo Law School. Prior to joining Cooley, Mr. Kheit was a partner and chair of the Mobile Technology practice at Chadbourne & Parke LLP.

Mr. Kheit attended Franklin Pierce Law Center where he received his LLM in Intellectual Property. He received his JD from New York Law School and has both his MBA and BA in Computer Science from Rutgers.

He is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York.

Publications

  • "USPTO Announces "Track One" Prioritized Examination," Client Alert, March 8, 2011
  • "Patent Office Stifles Innovation," BusinessWeek, November 11, 2008
  • "More Bad News at Tax Time?," BusinessWeek, February 25, 2008
  • "New U.S. Patent Rules Face Court Challenges; The Result Is The State Of Patent Practice Is In Flux," Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, February 2008
  • "Give Software Patents a Break," BusinessWeek, November 14, 2007
  • "Court Order Temporarily Stops New U.S. Patent Rules," November 2, 2007
  • "New U.S. Patent Rules Notice," October 25, 2007
  • "Forgot to Scrub the IP? Forget the Deal," (co-author), Financier Worldwide, September 2005
  • "Column: The Devil's Advocate," The Mac Observer, 2001
  • "The BOZO Bit: Computer Evangelism and Other Kool-Aid Products," wincent.org, October 1999
  • "Public Performance Copyrights: A Guide to Public Place Analysis," Rutgers Computer & Technology, 1999

Speaking Engagements

  • Bloomberg Radio, October 2, 2008 and numerous other interviews.
  • "Trends in Financial Services Patents in the United States," ALI-ABA Conference on Financial Services Patents, New York, NY, September 18, 2007 

Education

  • Franklin Pierce Law Center
    LLM Intellectual Property, 1999
  • New York Law School
    JD, 1994
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    MBA, 1994
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    BA Computer Science, 1991

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey
  • New York

Languages

  • Russian
New York
The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036-7798

Phone: +1 212 479 6549
Fax: +1 212 479 6275
jkheit@cooley.com
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