Andrew J. Gray IV

Partner

Andrew J. Gray IV is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Intellectual Property Practice, resident in the Palo Alto office.

Mr. Gray’s practice focuses on IP litigation, counseling, developing, and helping technology, media, and entertainment companies develop international and domestic intellectual property strategies including prosecution, licensing, and enforcement methods involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.  Mr. Gray's practice also includes transactional matters involving the entertainment industry.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Mr. Gray was a partner at Pennie & Edmonds, a leading intellectual property boutique, where he litigated diverse patent, trademark, trade dress, trade secret, copyright, and anticounterfeiting cases on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants. He has acted as trial counsel before several federal trial and appellate courts throughout the United States, including district courts in California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. He has also acted as trial counsel before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Federal Circuits, and the U.S. Supreme Court, among others. Mr. Gray has argued before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Mr. Gray is also admitted to practice in California, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, the District of Columbia, multiple U.S. District Courts and Courts of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Besides litigation, Mr. Gray has counseled both established and start-up companies on issues relating to computer and Internet law, on transactional matters involving the establishment and financing of technology firms, the sale and licensing of technology and entertainment properties, and the creation of joint ventures. His practice also consists of patent, trademark, and copyright prosecution and portfolio management for both start-up and Fortune 500 firms.

After receiving his J.D. from Louisiana State University Paul M. Herbert Law Center, in 1992, Mr. Gray clerked for Judge James T. Trimble of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. In addition to completing substantial course work in physics, he received a degree in economics from the University of Texas in 1989. During law school, he was a member of Phi Delta Phi, a finalist in the Ira S. Flory Mock Trial Competition, and a regional finalist in the Robert C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

A member of the International Trademark Association, the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, and the Southwest Louisiana Bar Association, Mr. Gray is also a frequent public speaker at institutions around the country, including Stanford Law School and the American Intellectual Property Law Association.

Mr. Gray is admitted to practice in California, the District of Columbia, and Louisiana.