IP Watchdog: Winning Strategies at the Federal Circuit

O’Melveny senior counsel Coke Morgan Stewart authored this article focusing on the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which has exclusive jurisdiction over patent cases. “Perhaps due to the higher number of complex patent cases, overall pendency and time to argument [at the Federal Circuit] has increased.” Stewart said. ‘With this in mind, it is more important than ever to be focused, even surgical, in how you approach briefing and oral argument.”

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Stewart is a seasoned intellectual property and appellate litigator with decades of experience in private practice and government service—including serving as the second highest-ranking officer of the United States Patent & Trademark Office. She has represented patent holders and accused infringers in complex patent matters, including through jury trials in the Eastern District of Texas and the Eastern District of Virginia, and has more than 60 Federal Circuit appeals to her name.