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Akin Offices
Robert S. Strauss Tower
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-1037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Brandon Rash
Work Department
Partner; Intellectual Property
Position
Brandon focuses on patent infringement litigation in federal district courts and at the U.S. International Trade Commission and post-grant proceedings at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. He represents high-tech companies in a broad range of sectors, including electronics, computer hardware and software, Internet and network communications, wireless, and semiconductors. Brandon counsels clients in IP transactions, due diligence, strategic patent portfolio management, and other IP-related matters. Brandon has more than a decade of experience in all aspects of patent litigation, from pre-litigation through trial and appeal. He has served as lead counsel in district court actions and ITC investigations. He has substantial experience in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, known as the “Rocket Docket,” where he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Henry E. Hudson.
To learn more about Brandon, please visit his profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/c-brandon-rash.html
Career
Before law school, he was a technical marketing engineer at National Semiconductor Corporation, where he was responsible for power management and wireless semiconductor products.
Memberships
PTAB Bar Association
Education
J.D., University of Richmond School of Law, magna cum laude, 2006
B.S.E.E., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1999
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
Akin offers a team of attorneys with extensive experience in all aspects of intellectual property-related litigation, and are highly active in cases in federal district courts. Clients of the team include Fortune 500 companies, multinational corporations, research foundations, and government agencies. The breadth of the team’s capabilities are evident through its work for Boston Scientific against Nevro Corp, spanning multiple patent infringement claims, petitions before the Patent Trial and Appeals Board, and appeals to the Federal Circuit. Based in Philadelphia, Steven Maslowski is the head of the team, acting as first chair for many of the team’s most prominent clients. Cono Carrano leads the Washington DC IP group, with vast experience in semiconductors, electronics, software, and wireless tech. Also based in DC, Julius Chen, Rachel Elsby, Andrew Holtman, and Brandon Rash are key figures.
Lawyer Rankings
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- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
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