Corey A. Donaldson

Corey is a partner in Ferguson Case Orr Paterson’s intellectual property group. He practices extensively in patent prosecution and procurement, with additional experience in design, trademark, and trade dress procurement and enforcement. He represents clientele from technologies including fluid mechanical devices, musical instruments, semiconductor devices, LED lighting, and consumer products. He is admitted to practice, and practices on a daily basis, as a patent attorney before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. In addition to obtaining intellectual property rights for clients, he also helps to enforce them, and has litigated IP cases in California, New York, and Texas.

Corey also practices extensively in international intellectual property, and has acted as lead counsel in obtaining intellectual property rights for clients in dozens of worldwide jurisdictions such as China, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Korea. Additionally, he has experience guiding intellectual property litigation in many of those countries, with a particular emphasis on enforcement against counterfeits in China.

Corey earned his Bachelor of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Arizona State University in 2008, also graduating from ASU’s Barrett Honors College. In 2011 he earned his Juris Doctorate degree from UCLA, with a specialization in the Entertainment and Media Law program. In 2017, he earned his Master of Science in Engineering in Electronic Materials, also from UCLA. Corey’s mix of legal and technical backgrounds allows him to work with clients on complicated technologies.

In 2017, Corey was recognized by the Pacific Coast Business Times in its annual “40 Under 40” awards. In 2018, 2019, and 2020, he was recognized as a Super Lawyer’s Rising Star for Southern California.

Prior to joining the firm, Corey was a shareholder at Koppel Patrick Heybl & Philpott. He also previously worked for the UCLA Office of Intellectual Property, where he worked on various patent prosecution and licensing projects. He is a contributing author to California’s Continuing Education of the Bar program, and has been quoted as an expert in numerous publications regarding intellectual property issues from non-practicing entities to patent enforcement in China.