Amy M. Dudash

Of Counsel

Wilmington Phone +1.302.574.7293 Fax +1.302.574.3001

1201 N. Market Street, Suite 2201//Wilmington, DE 19801//United States

Philadelphia Phone +1.215.963.4861 Fax +1.215.963.5001

1701 Market St.//Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921//United States

Amy M. Dudash is a litigator with experience in intellectual property (IP) disputes involving utility patents, design patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. She has also litigated antitrust matters and complex commercial disputes. Building on her trial experience and clerkship in the US District Court for the District of Delaware, Amy routinely devises litigation and trial strategies for complex disputes. In addition to trying cases to verdict, Amy conducts internal investigations and assists clients in working with federal authorities investigating suspected IP crimes. She has helped plaintiffs and defendants navigate through commercial disputes and IP litigation from inception through trial and completion of all appeals in federal and state courts throughout the United States.

Amy also maintains an active pro bono practice, having co-first chaired a federal jury trial for a pro bono client alleging constitutional violations and tort claims. Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, she was a law clerk to Judge Leonard P. Stark of the US District Court for the District of Delaware.

Selected Representations

A large footwear brand company in obtaining a multimillion-dollar jury verdict in a design patent and trade dress infringement case against its competitor in the District of Delaware
A leading technology company in securing a finding of invalidity for two asserted patents involving thermal modeling in printer technology and full dismissal of infringement claims in the District of Delaware
A reflective insulation manufacturer in securing Third Circuit affirmance of a seven-figure bench trial victory against former US exclusive distributor for breach of contract, willful trademark infringement, and fraud
A leading computer manufacturer with a Federal Circuit appeal arising from multipatent litigation involving Power-over-Ethernet technology
A leading provider of hemophilia products in a patent infringement action involving Factor IX/IXa activating antibodies in the District of Delaware
A mobile device manufacturer against claims of patent infringement involving video call functionalities and precoding signals for multiple-input-multiple-output antennas in the District of Delaware
A technology manufacturer in connection with pursuing Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, RICO, and Lanham Act claims stemming from hacking of wireless devices in the Northern District of Illinois
A technology manufacturer in a predatory pricing antitrust and patent infringement action involving drone technology in the District of Delaware
A leading university in an action involving alleged breaches of material transfer agreements and patent infringement relating to client’s cancer treatment program in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
A nonprofit organization that administers standardized tests in copyright infringement and breach of contract actions in the Northern District of California and Eastern District of Pennsylvania
One of the world’s largest toy retailers in actions asserting Lanham Act and related state law claims in the District of Colorado and District of New Jersey
A client in putative class actions under Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act regarding Brent Crude Oil in the Southern District of New York
An individual and a corporation in connection with a proceeding before the Federal Election Commission
A market-leading analytics firm against a claim of patent infringement involving data extraction in the District of Delaware

Awards and Affiliations

Ones to Watch, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Philadelphia, The Best Lawyers in America (2023)

Recommended, Intellectual property: Patents: litigation (full coverage), The Legal 500 US (2021)

Member, Practice Group of the Year, Intellectual Property, Law360 (2019)

Member, Litigation Department of the Year–Intellectual Property, The American Lawyer (2019)

Member, Order of the Coif

Recipient, Stephen P. Frankino Distinguished Service Award for Outstanding Administrative & Editorial Contributions to Law Review (2011)

Recipient, ABA/BNA Award for Excellence in the Study of Health Law (2011)

Member, Board of Directors and Finance Committee, Mighty Writers

Member, Federal Bar Association, Delaware Chapter

Admissions

Delaware
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
District of Columbia
US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
US Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit
US District Court for the District of Delaware
US District Court for the District of New Jersey
US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Clerkships

Clerkship to Judge Leonard P. Stark of the US District Court for the District of Delaware (2011 - 2012)

Education

Villanova University School of Law, 2011, J.D., magna cum laude
Duquesne University, 2008, B.A., cum laude

Services

Regions

North America

News

5/20/2022 - Skilled in the Art, Law.com

January 2020 - A Winning Design, The American Lawyer

6/12/2017 - Morgan Lewis Obtains Dismissal of Oil Pricing Manipulation Class Actions on Behalf of Royal Dutch Shell Subsidiaries

Publications

4/3/2020 - USPTO and Copyright Office Grant Deadline Relief, Further Guidance Awaited

9/22/2017 - Federal Circuit Clarifies Venue Law in the Wake of TC Heartland

9/18/2017 - Delaware Chief Judge Issues Guidelines for Venue in Patent Cases

3/24/2017 - Supreme Court Rejects Laches as Bar to Damages for Timely Asserted Patent Infringement Claims

6/14/2016 - Life Science Patent Cases High Court May review, Law360

2010 - All I Need is a Miracle and a Constitutional Right to Access It: The Rights of the Terminally Ill Reconsidered, Michigan State University Journal of Medicine and Law, Volume 14

2010 - Hydrogen Peroxide: Third Circuit Comes Clean About the Rule 23 Class Action Certification Standard, Villanova Law Review, Volume 55