Mr. Morris’ practice focuses on patent litigation, patent prosecution and licensing. He is experienced in patent and trade secret litigation matters covering various technologies, such as semiconductor processing, semiconductor memory devices, computer systems, hard drives and liquid crystal displays. For over ten years, Mr. Morris has been trial counsel in numerous patent, trade secret and other commercial litigations relating to semiconductor processing technology, high-technology electronics, computer systems and software, and various other technologies. He also regularly acts as counsel to clients concerning licensing opportunities, patent validity and infringement and patent prosecution.

In addition to his extensive litigation experience, Mr. Morris manages complex U.S. and international patent portfolios, while providing overall counseling for the management of intellectual property assets. In this regard, he also provides counseling related to opinion work, intellectual property licensing and product clearances.

Mr. Morris’ representative litigation experience includes:

• OPTi v. AMD (E.D. Tex.) — lead counsel – Currently defending AMD in a patent infringement action relating to pre-snooping memory in computer systems;
• OPTi v. AMD et al. (E.D. Tex.) — lead counsel – Currently defending AMD in a patent infringement action originally filed against eight defendants relating to the use of Intel’s Low Pin Count (LPC) industry standard;
• MediaTek v. Sanyo (E.D. Tex.)/Sanyo v. MediaTek (C.D. Cal.) — Managed Sanyo’s defense in the Texas patent infringement action filed by MediaTek related to, among other technologies, the creation of MPEG videos in digital cameras; achieved favorable global settlement of both litigations;
• Saifun Semiconductor v. AMD & Fujitsu (S.D.N.Y.) — Represented Saifun in an action for patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation related to storing multiple bits of data in a single memory cell, including transistor level design and semiconductor processing technology; case settled favorably for Saifun;
• Truss Technology v. Boucherand et al. (E.D. Mich.) — lead counsel – Represented Truss Technology in a patent infringement action related to processes and equipment for making housing roof trusses; achieved favorable settlement for Truss Technology;
• Georgia-Pacific v. British Plaster Board (D. Del.) — Represented Georgia-Pacific in a patent infringement action related to fiberglass coated exterior wall boards that are used in building applications; case settled favorably for Georgia-Pacific;
• Neles-Jamsbury v. Fisher Controls (D. Mass.) — Defended Fisher Controls in a patent infringement action related to noise attenuation devices in ball valves; case ended with a finding of “No Infringement” after a two week trial;
• Convolve & MIT v. Compaq & Seagate (S.D.N.Y.) — Defended Compaq in a multiparty patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation action related to hard drive operation and user interfaces; case is still pending at another firm;
• Plasma Physics/Solar Physics litigations (E.D.N.Y.) — Represented Plasma Physics and Solar Physics in a series of patent infringement actions related to semiconductor processing and LCD fabrication against various companies including: Analog Devices, AMD, Hitachi, Hynix, IBM, Intel, LG Group, Matsushita, Mitsubishi, NEC, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, ST Microelectronics, Texas Instruments and Toshiba; actions settled favorably for PlasmaPhysics and Solar Physics;
• Multi-Tech v. Compaq et al. (D. Minn.) — Defended Compaq in a multi-defendant patent infringement action related to VoIP communications; action was dismissed with prejudice; and
• College Savings Bank v. Florida Postsecondary Education Expense Board (D.N.J.) — Represented College Savings Bank in a patent infringement action brought against the state of Florida in a case that went to the United States Supreme Court; the inventions at issue in the case were the basis for the creation of the various 529 College Savings Plans that are now offered throughout the country.

J.D., Rutgers University School of Law - Newark, 1995

• Editor, Rutgers Law Review

M.S., Computer Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, 1986
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1981

New York
New Jersey
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan