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Alex Szypa

Partner

E-MAIL: aszypa@cgolaw.com
PHONE: 248.283.0736

APPROACH

“My practice focuses on helping clients build, protect, and strategically manage their intellectual property rights, with an emphasis on patent and trademark prosecution, portfolio development, clearance and risk analysis, and practical IP counseling.

I bring a business-minded and technically grounded perspective to intellectual property matters. With a background in mechanical engineering and experience preparing and prosecuting patent and trademark applications, I help clients protect innovations, brands, and product lines in a way that supports their broader commercial objectives. My litigation and dispute experience also informs my counseling, allowing me to evaluate issues such as enforceability, freedom to operate, prosecution risk, and long-term portfolio value when developing protection strategies.

My goal is to help clients obtain meaningful intellectual property protection that is legally sound, commercially useful, and aligned with how they compete, grow, and create value in the marketplace.”

PRACTICE AREAS

Patents

Trademarks

IP Portfolio Management and Counseling

Intellectual Property Litigation and Disputes

Post-Grant Proceedings

EDUCATION

J.D., Wayne State University Law School, cum laude, 2014
B.S.E., University of Michigan (Mechanical Engineering), 2010

ADMISSIONS

State Bar of Michigan
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

RECOGNITION

Bronze Individual in Michigan, World Trademark Review 1000, 2026

Rising Star in Intellectual Property, Super Lawyers, 2018-2026

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
  • Obtained favorable settlement during trial for defendant, a vitamin company, in a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Bausch & Lomb in the Western District of New York
  • Represented plaintiff, a medical device manufacturer, in a patent infringement lawsuit related to the sales of suture anchors and other medical devices used in orthopedic surgical procedures in the Eastern District of Texas (jury verdict in favor of plaintiff for $17,400,000)
  • Obtained default judgment for plaintiff, a dental device manufacturer, in the Eastern District of Michigan against Pakistani counterfeiters, obtaining Court orders to have the counterfeiters’ PayPal accounts frozen and funds transferred to plaintiff
  • Obtained early dismissal on behalf of defendant, a refuse container manufacturer, in a patent infringement lawsuit in the Northern District of Illinois
  • Obtained settlement of patent infringement lawsuits in the District of Colorado and the Southern District of Texas for defendant fuel delivery system manufacturer
  • Obtained jury verdict for plaintiff, a fuel delivery system manufacturer, in the District of Colorado in breach of patent settlement agreement case
  • Obtained settlement of two U.S. International Trade Commission Section 337 investigations for electronic nicotine delivery system company respondents
EXPERIENCE

Engineer, General Dynamics Land Systems

TECHNICAL SPECIALTIES

Mechanical
Aerospace
Automotive
Medical devices
Consumer products

ORGANIZATIONS

Michigan Intellectual Property Inn of Court
Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association
International Trademark Association (INTA)

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