Kyle Coogan

Kyle Coogan

Associate

Kyle advises clients on a range of matters related to intellectual property, technology, and privacy.

He has experience drafting and negotiating intellectual property and technology license agreements, outsourcing and services agreements, and other technology-focused commercial agreements. Kyle also advises on the intellectual property, information technology, and privacy aspects of domestic and cross-border public and private M&A transactions, private equity acquisitions and dispositions, venture capital investments, and lender- and borrower-side financing arrangements.

He represents clients spanning a variety of industries, including renewable energy, healthcare and life sciences, financial technologies, “as-a-service” solutions, blockchain technologies, consumer packaged goods, automation, and gaming. He has a background in electrical and computer engineering and also has prior experience in pharmaceutical and high-tech patent litigation, software and electrical device patent prosecution, and freedom-to-operate due diligence and counseling. Kyle is a registered patent attorney as well as a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US).

Experience

Pro bono

Represented not-for-profit organization against a global athletic and footwear apparel company and a separate, stock photo company regarding the use of the client’s images and designs.

Represented free-lance photographer regarding a copyright infringement matter.

Published Work

  • Let’s Play: A Walkthrough of Quarter-Century-Old Copyright Precedent as Applied to Modern Video Games, Fordham Intellectual Property Media & Entertainment Law Journal, 2018

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted: Bar of the State of New York, 2018

Admitted: United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2017

Academic

J.D., Duke University School of Law, 2017 (awarded the Duke Intellectual Property and Technology Law Award for the Class of 2017)

M.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014

B.S. Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.