Andrew Cooper

i had no idea no concept of what intellectual property was or even the practice of law until i was in high school and my uh my father brought home a movie called separate but equal and i became exposed to the law and what lawyers can do and that began kind of my curiosity to the practice of law i ultimately went to college in washington dc and grad school in atlanta georgia at emory

i had no idea no concept of what intellectual property was or even the practice of law until i was in high school and my uh my father brought home a movie called separate but equal and i became exposed to the law and what lawyers can do and that began kind of my curiosity to the practice of law i ultimately went to college in washington dc and grad school in atlanta georgia at emory

While at Emory, I did a few internships, one with the Coca-Cola company, and that's really what started me down the path of IP, really exposed me to the concept speed of innovation. And for companies like Coca-Cola, innovation is key to them staying at the head of their industry. And it should be something that small business owners think about as well.

While at Emory, I did a few internships, one with the Coca-Cola company, and that's really what started me down the path of IP, really exposed me to the concept speed of innovation. And for companies like Coca-Cola, innovation is key to them staying at the head of their industry. And it should be something that small business owners think about as well.

After leaving Coca-Cola, I went to practice law at Shook, Hardy & Bacon in the patent litigation group. Moved from there to UPS. I was the vice president of UPS, the chief IP counsel there, and worked for UPS Airlines. So my UPS history was about seven years. And then I transitioned from UPS to Meta Platforms, which is where I am now. And I am the head of patent acquisitions.

After leaving Coca-Cola, I went to practice law at Shook, Hardy & Bacon in the patent litigation group. Moved from there to UPS. I was the vice president of UPS, the chief IP counsel there, and worked for UPS Airlines. So my UPS history was about seven years. And then I transitioned from UPS to Meta Platforms, which is where I am now. And I am the head of patent acquisitions.

I also do technology transactions, open source, and AI work for Meta and Mark Zuckerberg.

I also do technology transactions, open source, and AI work for Meta and Mark Zuckerberg.

Yes, Walterboro, South Carolina.

Yes, Walterboro, South Carolina.

Oh yeah. So I didn't even touch on Okinawa, but yes, when I was nine years old, around nine years old, my dad was stationed in Okinawa, Japan, U.S. Marine Corps. And so we moved to Okinawa, Japan. We were there for four years. A lot of my formative kind of relationships and formative years were there in Japan. We stayed on base, went to Department of Defense schools and opened my eyes to

Oh yeah. So I didn't even touch on Okinawa, but yes, when I was nine years old, around nine years old, my dad was stationed in Okinawa, Japan, U.S. Marine Corps. And so we moved to Okinawa, Japan. We were there for four years. A lot of my formative kind of relationships and formative years were there in Japan. We stayed on base, went to Department of Defense schools and opened my eyes to

The importance of working with people from all walks of life, all backgrounds, that core value, I think, in organizations today is really important. I also talk about this in the book, the importance of building open systems. That's organizations that are able to assimilate information from various centers of innovation and to incorporate those really quickly into products and services.

The importance of working with people from all walks of life, all backgrounds, that core value, I think, in organizations today is really important. I also talk about this in the book, the importance of building open systems. That's organizations that are able to assimilate information from various centers of innovation and to incorporate those really quickly into products and services.

The organizations that we build today in the United States tend to be hierarchical. They tend to be pyramid structures. Better organizations, future organizations should be more like a biological cell where you have lots of information coming in and being assimilated and worked through and finally incorporated into the organism. And those things that are bad, you kind of kick out.

The organizations that we build today in the United States tend to be hierarchical. They tend to be pyramid structures. Better organizations, future organizations should be more like a biological cell where you have lots of information coming in and being assimilated and worked through and finally incorporated into the organism. And those things that are bad, you kind of kick out.

And those things that are good, you make a part of the system. And that really, I think, started my journey and thinking about open systems, diversity and inclusion and how to make organizations stronger.

And those things that are good, you make a part of the system. And that really, I think, started my journey and thinking about open systems, diversity and inclusion and how to make organizations stronger.

Yeah, absolutely. So intellectual property is really the intangibles around your business that make it what it is. So when you think about a name, a brand... human-generated content. These are things, anything that comes out of the mind of humans can be protected in intellectual property, anything that's affixed in a medium.

Yeah, absolutely. So intellectual property is really the intangibles around your business that make it what it is. So when you think about a name, a brand... human-generated content. These are things, anything that comes out of the mind of humans can be protected in intellectual property, anything that's affixed in a medium.