Merriam, Lauren E.

Rasheed McWilliams is an experienced attorney who focuses his practice on intellectual property and entertainment litigation and transactions. He began his career at two of the nation's largest intellectual property boutiques. Mr. McWilliams has extensive experience in all aspects of intellectual property case management from inception through post-trial briefing.

Mr. McWilliams began his legal career at the New York office of Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto, where he helped represent multinational pharmaceutical companies and multinational media companies in cases involving patent and trademark litigation. In 2006, he joined the Atlanta office of Fish & Richardson, P.C., where he served as a senior associate working on patent litigations involving the electrical and mechanical arts. Mr. McWilliams was the lead associate on a patent infringement case successfully tried to jury in 2008. At Fish & Richardson, Mr. McWilliams was also the Atlanta counsel for the firm New Media and Entertainment practice. His entertainment practices includes representing individuals and corporations in the fields of book publishing, film and television, music, and radio broadcasting. Most recently before joining Adli Law Group, he was Of Counsel at Molden, Holley & Thompson LLC in Atlanta, where he broadened his experience to include business litigation and transactions. In this role, he successfully represented both corporations and individuals in commercial litigations and transactions, including breach of contract, medical malpractice, and labor and employment matters.

Mr. McWilliams obtained his B.S. in Chemistry, magna cum laude from Morehouse College in 1999, where he also served as Chief Justice of the Honors & Conduct Review Board. Mr. McWilliams was a NASA Scholar and NIMH-COR Research Scholar. His experience also includes internships at NASA Langley Research Center and NASA Kennedy Space Center. He received his J.D. from New York University School of Law in 2003 and was an active member of the Black Allied Law Students Association.

Practices/Industries:
Intellectual Property:

• Chemical
• Electrical
• Mechanical

Entertainment:

• Broadcasting
• Music
• Film and Television
• Publishing

Representative Patent Matters:

• LG Electronics, Inc. v. Petters Group Worldwide et al. (EDTX 2008) - Counsel for LG Electronics, Inc. in a patent infringement litigation involving five patents directed to various aspects of LG's LCD and Plasma Television products.
• Witness Systems, Inc. v. NICE Systems, Inc. (NDGA 2006) - Counsel for Witness Systems, Inc. in a patent infringement litigation successfully tried to jury involving a patent directed to emotion detection software.
• In re Gabapentin Patent Litigation (D.N.J. 2000) - Counsel for Pfizer in complex ANDA patent infringement litigation involving three patents directed to various aspects of the blockbuster drug Neurontin®.
• Merck & Co., Inc. and MSD Technology, L.P. v.Mediplan Health Consulting, Inc. d/b/a Rxnorth.com, et al (S.D.N.Y. 2005) Counsel for Merck in complex patent and trademark litigation relating to the use of Merck's valid trademarks by Canadian internet pharmacies to sell generic versions of the blockbuster drug Zocor® to U.S. consumers.
• Robert Keyes v. Disney Enterprises Inc. (M.D.Fla.2004) - Counsel for Disney in an inventorship dispute regarding the patent that covers Disney's FastPass® system.
• Advance Magazine Publishers Inc., d/b/a The Conde Nast Publications, Inc., Bacardi & Company Limited, Sidney Frank Importing Co., Inc., and Eventquest, Inc. v. Jay Norris and Norris/Nelson Entertainment, Inc. (S.D.N.Y. 2004) - Counsel for Conde Nast in a trademark litigation dispute over the use of the word "tastemakers" in an advertising campaign for Grey Goose® Vodka.
• Celgene Corporation, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation and Novartis Pharma AG v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (D.N.J. 2004) Counsel for Novartis in complex ANDA patent infringement litigation involving one of the patents relating to the drug Focalin®.