Phillip Morton is an associate in the Intellectual Property Litigation practice group of the Cooley Litigation department. He joined the Firm in 2005 and is resident in the Reston office.

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

Mr. Morton has experience in patent infringement and defense, trade dress infringement, licensing and contract matters. Mr. Morton also has experience in proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), including patent prosecution, ex parte and inter partes reexamination, Inter Partes Review (IPR) and Covered Business Method Review (CBM).

Mr. Morton has litigated cases across a wide range of technical disciplines, including social networking, 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 the Firm, Mr. Morton was a summer associate in the Washington, DC office of Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Mr. Morton also worked in the Commercial Wireless Division of the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, DC Prior to entering law school, Mr. Morton worked in the wireless communication and networking divisions of Motorola Inc. in Chandler, Arizona.

Mr. Morton earned a JD with honors from The George Washington University Law School in 2005. During law school, he was managing editor of the George Washington International Law Review. He earned a BSE, magna cum laude, in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University in 2001.

Mr. Morton is a member of the Virginia State Bar and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.