Ex-Trademark Law Guru at Amazon Launches IP Boutique
Stephen Coates said opening his own firm has been a dream of his for many years. His new boutique, Coates IP, specializes in intellectual property, marketing and advertising, social media, privacy and data protection and product counseling.
August 22, 2019 at 05:37 PM
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A high-ranking in-house lawyer at Amazon.com Inc. has left the online retail giant to start his own intellectual property boutique law firm.
Stephen Coates, the former senior counsel for trademarks and domain names at Amazon.com Inc., launched Coates IP last week.
"My favorite counsel have always been former in-house people," Coates told Corporate Counsel in an interview. "You can provide legal counsel on what the risk is legally, but very few of us have experience knowing the actual risk that happened. Being able to speak practically, to say, 'Here's what's going to happen' is a very valuable skill."
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