Phillip Morton

Phillip Morton's practice focuses on intellectual property litigation and counseling across a wide range of technologies, with a particular emphasis on patent litigation. He has litigated a variety of intellectual property matters in district courts throughout the country, the International Trade Commission and the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He also has significant experience as local counsel in the "rocket docket" of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, leading cases in that district from filing through trial.

Phil has experience in patent infringement and defense, trade dress infringement, licensing and contract matters. He also has experience in proceedings before the US Patent and Trademark Office, including patent prosecution, ex parte and inter partes reexamination, inter partes review and covered business method review.

Phil has litigated cases across a wide range of technical disciplines, including social media, information technology service management, wearable activity trackers, video game software and hardware, computer hardware, wireless communications, smart meter/grid technology, automated telephony systems, video compression and coding, broadband-over-powerline (BPL) technology, computer user interfaces and consumer recreational products.

Prior to joining Cooley, Phil was a summer associate in the Washington, DC office of Banner & Witcoff and also worked in the commercial wireless division of the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, DC. Prior to entering law school, he worked in the wireless communication and networking divisions of Motorola in Chandler, Arizona.

While at George Washington University Law School, he was managing editor of the George Washington International Law Review.