Stephanie Allen is Head of Intellectual Property and Assistant General Counsel for Cox Communications, Inc. where for 12+ years she has been responsible for the oversight of Cox’s intellectual property portfolio and the management of all of Cox’s non-litigation IP matters. Her extensive legal experience includes designing and implementing company-wide patent and trademark programs, conducting IP due diligence for corporate acquisitions, working with product development clients to clear and launch innovative new services and brands, negotiating IP rights, licensing, and indemnification, providing legal guidance on digital copyright law and DMCA compliance, managing IP litigation and generally counseling clients on a broad range of IP issues. Stephanie holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and M.S. of Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a J.D. from Emory University.