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Steve Morgan
has extensive experience handling a broad range of
intellectual property rights matters, including
litigation, licensing, opinions, and prosecution.
Patent litigation and licensing have been a focal
point of his practice.
Over the course of his practice, Mr. Morgan has
dealt with a wide range of technologies, including
optical discs and drives, hard-disk drives, medical
imaging systems, medical devices, analog and digital
circuits, DRAMs, video compression, batteries,
financial services and business methods.
Mr. Morgan has managed the day-to-day aspects of
patent litigation, including those relative to
integrated circuit designs, computer memory, and
computer software. He has been responsible for
validity, infringement and inequitable conduct
analyses for patents covering computer memory,
computer hardware and computer software and he
has prepared for Markman hearings in areas
including flash memory, online securities trading
and computer operating systems.
In 2003, Mr. Morgan was seconded from Weil Gotshal
to serve in Osaka, Japan as senior legal counsel
for Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
(Panasonic), one of the world's largest
electronics manufacturers. While there, he played
an active role in advising Matsushita with respect
to all facets of its patent-related activities,
including analyses related to patent infringement
and validity, claim construction, licensing in,
licensing out, and reverse engineering. He
actively participated in numerous licensing
negotiations.
Mr. Morgan is also a volunteer mediator at the
Dispute Resolution Center of Harris County. |
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EDUCATION
- J.D., Drake University School of Law
- B.S., Electronics Technology, Indiana State University
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
- State of Texas
- State of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Of Counsel, Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, LLP
- Senior Counsel, Intellectual Property Litigation and Licensing, NETIQ Corporation
- Attorney, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
- Hardware Engineer, Science Application International Corporation
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND AWARDS
- Member, American
Intellectual Property Law Association
- Member, Houston
Intellectual Property Law Association
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