Rashad L. Morgan

• Kannar v. Alticor Inc., et al. 09-CV-2500 (C.D. Cal., filed December 2008). Representing defendants in a patent infringement suit.
• Abbott Labs. v. Sandoz Inc. 07-1400 (Fed. Cir. May 18, 2009) (en banc). Successfully represented Sandoz Inc. in an appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dealing with claim construction and the proper interpretation of product-by-process claims. In a landmark decision, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's claim construction, and the en banc Court resolved the long-standing conflict on the interpretation of product-by-process claims between its prior decisions in Atlantic Thermoplastics and Scripps Clinic. Following Supreme Court precedent, the Court upheld the rule in Atlantic Thermoplastics that product-by-process claims are limited by their process steps.
• Abbott Labs. v. Sandoz Inc. 486 F. Supp. 2d 767 (N.D. Ill. 2007). Successfully defended Sandoz Inc. against request for temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction by Abbott and Astellas before Judge Wayne R. Andersen over patents relating to a polymorph of crystalline cefdinir, an antibiotic also sold as Omnicef®.
• Anchor Sports I, Inc. v. Schutt Sports, Inc. (E.D. Tex. 2007). This case, and a companion ITC action, involved a patent related to molded plastic parts. Case settled after Markman positions were exchanged.
• One World Technologies, Ltd. v. Rexon Industrial Corp., Ltd., et al., No. 04 C 4337 (N.D. Ill., Nov. 2006). Subject: Infringement of our clients' patents relating to a miter saw having a laser arbor and to a portable power tool support assembly. Case resolved by a confidential settlement agreement.

Rashad's recent experience:

• Counseling clients on the identification of their intellectual property rights and protection of their technology, assessing patentability, infringement, and other intellectual property options.
• Developing and managing clients on domestic and international patent portfolios including drafting, filing, and prosecuting applications, attending to amendments, examiner interviews, continuation practice, restriction and election requirements, reexamination, appeals, and correction of patents in technology areas including chemistry and medical devices.
• Advising clients on intellectual property due diligence issues for transactional matters.
• Providing clearance analysis and freedom to operate analysis and preparing written opinions.
• Coordinating with foreign counsel on the successful prosecution of patents in Europe, Japan, Australia, and other foreign jurisdictions.
• Counseling clients on the identification of their intellectual property rights and protection of their technology, assessing patentability, infringement, and other intellectual property options.

• National Black Lawyers: Top 100, 2015 – 2016
• University of Cincinnati College of Law: Dean's List, 5 of 6 semesters
• University of Cincinnati College of Law: Wood Scholarship Recipient
• Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society
• Golden Key International Honour Society
• Florida A&M University: Distinguished Scholarship Award Recipient