Frederick L. Cottrell, III

Frederick L. Cottrell III focuses on various areas of litigation with an emphasis on intellectual property, antitrust, products liability and commercial law. A director in the firm’s Litigation Department, Fred represents parties in significant patent litigation before the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

A frequent speaker on Delaware District Court practice and intellectual property law in Delaware, Fred has spoken at numerous seminars in his fields of practice, including at the Federal Circuit Bar Association on the use of injunctions in patent cases and at the ABA spring meeting on judicially assisted ADR. In addition, he has been a regular speaker at the Delaware State Bar Association’s civil litigation seminar on District Court practice. Fred also serves on various bar committees in his fields of practice.

Representative Experience

• Represented industry leaders such as Google, Micron and Cablevision Systems in defense of non-practicing entity patent litigation in Delaware
• Represented Advanced Micro Devices in products liability cases in Delaware
• Represented AMD in the AMD v. Intel antitrust litigation
• Represented Occidental Chemical Corporation in products liability cases in Delaware
• Represented Micron Technology in its Delaware litigation against Rambus on DRAM technology
• Represented Bayer Pharmaceuticals in various litigation against generic pharmaceuticals
• Represented PNC Bank in trademark litigation against ING
• Represented Whirlpool in refrigerator patent technology against LG

Professional and Community Activities

• Complex/Business Litigation Committee for the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, Chair 
• Delaware District Court, Intellectual Property Law Advisory Committee, Past Co-Chair 
• American Bar Association
• Delaware State Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section, Past Chair 
• University of Delaware Center for Political Communication, Advisory Council
• University of Delaware Parents Fund Council

Professional Recognition

• Chambers USA (Intellectual Property)
• The Best Lawyers in America (Intellectual Property)
• Super Lawyers
• IAM 250 – The World’s Leading Patent Litigators
• IAM 1000 – The World's Leading Patent Practitioners
• Lawdragon

Pro Bono Activities

• Boy Scouts of America – Del-Mar-Va Council, Advisory Committee
• Selective Service System for Delaware, Board Member 
• St. Edmond’s Academy, Corporate Board Member