Peter A. Koziol is a partner in the Boca Raton Office and heads the firm's Intellectual Property Practice. He is also a member of the Intellectual Property Practice, International Business Practice, and Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice. A Registered Patent Attorney and a Florida Board Certified Expert in Intellectual Property Law, Mr. Koziol focuses his practice on Clients with intellectual property portfolios, major claims, and high stakes intellectual property litigation.
Mr. Koziol represents influencers, individual entrepreneurs, private companies and public companies. His clients and their intellectual property have been featured in and on Today™, Shark Tank™, Oprah™’s favorite things, E!™ , NYC Fashion Week™, American Idol™, Vogue™, Extra™, MTV™, FORTUNE™, FORBES™, CNN™, FOX™, WSJ™ and other mainstream and specialty media outlets. Corporate clients have included private equity, investment, and alternative investment management companies; hedge funds including fund of funds; real estate and cash management firms; multinational corporations.
Mr. Koziol has a substantial technical and business background. He is an accomplished software engineer, software developer, business and quality assurance analyst, and consultant. As an experienced computer programmer, he understands data structures, algorithms, software design methodologies, and has fluency in a variety of computer languages. Mr. Koziol directed domestic and international software development teams. He developed risk management and analysis software for private financial investment companies utilizing various proprietary hedging techniques and real time and predictive analysis of market data. And, he contributed to hundreds of major internationally published software titles, including multimillion dollar sellers and SIIA Codie Award winners.
Mr. Koziol is experienced representing pioneers and large companies in network communications disputes including patent litigation involving IEEE and various other industry standards such as TCP/IP, 802.11, SMS, MMS messaging systems and GSM/CDMA protocols. He has also been involved in multiple projects involving swarming technologies, artificial intelligence, pattern recognition, and unmanned vehicles including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Mr. Koziol is very interested and enthusiastic about emerging drone technologies and related artificial intelligence.
Mr. Koziol represents business clients in a full-range of intellectual property matters. Of particular interest are: amusement inventions; computer software inventions; aerospace inventions; green energy inventions; new foods and drugs; international business organizations; domestic and offshore special purpose entities; and structured products.
Memberships and Affiliations
American Bar Association (ABA)
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
ΦΔΦ - Phi Delta Phi International Ethics and Legal Honors Fraternity (PDP)
International Barristers' Society
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Structured Products Association (SPA)
Notable Reported Cases & Pro Hac Vice Representation
NOTABLE CASES
• ElcomSoft, Ltd. v. Passcovery Co., Ltd., --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2013 WL 3972517 (E.D.Va. July 31, 2013).
• Five for Entertainment S.A. v. Rodriguez, No. 11–24142–CIV, 2013 WL 3733430 (S.D. Fla. July 15, 2013)
• M2M Solutions LLC v. Simcom Wireless Solutions Co., Ltd., --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2013 WL 1296753 (D.Del. 2013)
• Medimport S.R.L. v. Cabreja, --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2013 WL 1003625 (S.D.Fla. 2013)
• Export Development Canada v. Xacore, Inc., Case No: 8:12-CV-1244-T-17EAJ, 2013 WL 57693, (M.D.Fla. Jan. 03, 2013)
• Medimport, S.R.L. v. Cabreja, Case NO. 12-22255-CIV, 2012 WL 3632580 (S.D.Fla. July 31, 2012)
• In re Barkley International Incorporated, 2011 WL 1775951 (T.T.A.B. 2011)
• APP Pharmaceuticals, LLC v. Ameridose, LLC, Civil Action No. 10–4109-JAP (D.NJ) (patent litigation involving anesthetic drug known as ropivacaine.
• GFSI, Inc. v. Comfort Knitwears (PVT), Ltd., --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2010 WL 2990188 (D.Kan. July 29, 2010)
• AVVA-BC v. Amiel, --- So.3d ----, 2009 WL 3446475 (Fla. 3d DCA Oct. 28, 2009)
• Cantiere Nautico Cranchi, S.p.A. v. Luxury Marine Group, LLC, 2009 WL 3538722 (S.D. Fla. Oct. 28, 2009).
• Design Bureau Corp. v. Colvin, 2009 WL 2576372, (S.D. Fla. Aug. 19, 2009)
• Stockwire Research Group, Inc., et. al. v. Lebed, et. al., 577 F. Supp. 2d 1262, 2008 WL 4279507 (S.D. Fla. Sept. 18, 2008)
PRO HAC VICE REPRESENTATION
Lead Trial Counsel,
• U.S. District Court, Central District of California
• U.S. District Court, of Delaware
• U.S. District Court of Kansas
• U.S. District Court of New Jersey
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Publications, Interviews and Speeches
• Intellectual Property for the Non-IP Attorney, Pincus Professional Education Webinar (2015)
• Pacenti, John - Justice Watch: Software A New Frontier In IP Law (Daily Business Review, Sept. 2013)
• Mitch Strohm, “Patent Reform: Supporting Or Stifling U.S. Innovation?” (THELAW.TV June, 14 2013).
• Morley, Hugh R., “ Youngest person charged by SEC now in Wayne and in hot water again ” (North Jersey, The Record, Sunday, June 27, 2010).
• “ Protection of the Moral Rights of the Digital Graphic Artist”, co-author, Florida Bar Journal (2007), republished in 25 The Computer & Internet Lawyer 21 (2008).
• Florida Bar, Entertainment and Sports Law Section (EASL), 2008 Retreat Lecture Series, “How to Advise Your Clients in Your Practice of Law in the Digital Age Regarding Intellectual Property Rights Protection and Infringement in the New Digital Era.”
• Blog: http://www.koziollaw.com
