Megan S. Woodworth

Representative Matters

• Served as lead trial counsel for a medical device manufacturer in patent litigation involving distal radius fracture fixation systems. Obtained a judgment of non-infringement, resulting in a complete victory
• Served as lead appellate counsel in successfully defending a judgment awarding attorneys' fees to defendant in a patent dispute involving biometric identification for computer systems
• Served as appellate counsel for an automotive company in successfully defending a judgment of non-infringement and awarding attorneys' fees to the defendant in a patent dispute involving online retail and advertising systems
• Served as counsel for complainant in successfully obtaining consent orders at the International Trade Commission against various respondents relating to a design patent infringement claim on off-road vehicles
• Served as lead counsel in two cases involving various medical devices and surgical techniques. Obtained a stay in the district court of both cases pending five inter partes review proceedings before the PTAB. Succeeded in invalidating every challenged claim across all five asserted patents
• Represented a telecommunications network supplier in two cases involving several patents relating to audio and video transmission standards and techniques; obtained a stipulation of non-infringement after a favorable Markman decision in the Eastern District of Texas.Served as lead appellate counsel in successfully defending the judgment
• Served as counsel for a computer software company in a patent dispute involving data encryption technology and web services
• Represented a semiconductor design software company in a declaratory judgment action involving patents related to electronic design automation software for semiconductor chips filed under the customer-suit exception. Succeeded in defeating the defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint and secured a settlement on favorable terms
• Served as counsel for a major telecommunications network supplier in a series of cases brought by the same patent holder across three districts. Obtained successful results in all three: dismissal of the first case based on a finding of patent ineligibility, which was affirmed on appeal; obtained a covenant not to sue after briefing patent ineligibility in the second case; and obtained summary judgment of non-infringement in the third
• Served as counsel in connection with two interferences relating to patents involving electrically erasable read-only memory. Served as lead appellate counsel on appeal in successfully defending the PTO decision finding that the interfering patent application did not have written support for its claims

Education

• J.D. with honors University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law 2003
• • Order of the Coif
  • The North Carolina Law Review
• B.S. University of Illinois 2000

Bar Admissions

• Maryland
• District of Columbia
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Court Admissions

• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
• U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Clerk Experience

• Honorable Kimberly A. Moore U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Professional Memberships and Activities

• Adjunct professor, George Washington University School of Law, 2011-2013

• The Best Lawyers in America, 2019 – 2024
• Super Lawyers, Washington, DC, 2020 - 2023
• Legal 500, Intellectual Property – Patents: Litigation (full coverage), 2019 – 2024
• Law360, Rising Star, 2014
• IAM Patent 1000, The World’s Leading Patent Professionals, 2015, 2017 – 2019, 2021 – 2024