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Robert C. Morgan
Partner
Ropes & Gray
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036-8704
T + 1-212-596-9133
F + 1-646-728-2642
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Practice
Robert Morgan is a partner in Ropes & Gray's Intellectual Property Group. He has been with the firm since 2005 when it merged with Fish & Neave, the IP boutique he had been with since 1969.
Bob's trial practice is focused in the fields of telecommunications, electronics, semiconductor technology, and medical instruments and products. He advises clients concerning intellectual property asset management, licensing, patent validity and infringement issues.
Professional Experience
Bob has been lead counsel and co-counsel in more than 25 trials, including patent cases such as Linear Technology Corp. v. Micrel Corp.; United Video v. StarSight; Mitsubishi v. Ampex; BOC v. Nellcor; Cyrix v. Intel; National Semiconductor Corp. v. Linear Technology Corp. He has argued numerous appeals before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Bob has spoken at seminars including PLI and the Sedona Conference. He is a co-author of the Model Patent Jury Instructions of the Federal Circuit Bar Association and serves on the Board of Directors of the LaGuardia Community College Foundation. Bob was a lieutenant in the United States Army from 1970-72.
Representative clients include Lucent Technologies, Motorola Inc., Linear Technology Corp. and Aerotel.
Honors & Awards
- American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
- The Best Lawyers in America
- Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business
- Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business
- Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Patent Law Experts
- Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Technology, Media & Telecommunications Lawyers
- Who's Who Legal
- New York Super Lawyers
Memberships & Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- American College of Trial Lawyers
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- Federal Circuit Bar Association
- New York Intellectual Property Law Association
Bar Admissions
- California
- New York
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Education
- 1969,
J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School
- 1966,
M.S.E.E. (Electrical Engineering), California Institute of Technology
- 1965,
B.S. (Electrical Engineering), University of California, Los Angeles; Phi Beta Kappa; Tau Beta Pi
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