Jason White leads litigation teams tackling intellectual property disputes involving utility patents, design patents, trademarks, trade dress, unfair competition, and trade secrets. Jason has served as lead counsel in several recent bench and jury trials in district courts, the International Trade Commission, and the US Court of International Trade. He also leads appellate teams and has argued many cases before the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Jason is the head of the Chicago intellectual property practice and a co-leader of the technology intellectual property disputes practice.
Jason regularly represents both petitioners and patent owners in post-grant proceedings before the US Patent and Trademark Office, and he has a strong track record for both petitioners and patent owners. With an undergraduate degree in electrical and computer engineering, Jason has experience trying cases that involve technologies such as the internet, ecommerce, computer hardware and software, cellular communications, database search and retrieval, global positioning systems (GPS), automated guidance systems, vehicle control systems, electronic gaming, and medical devices.
Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Jason was a partner in the intellectual property practice at the Chicago office of another international law firm.
Recommended, Intellectual property: Patents: Litigation (International Trade Commission), The Legal 500 US (2024)
Recognized, Elite Patent Practitioner, IAM Global Leaders (2022, 2024)
Listed, The Best Lawyers in America Litigation - Patent, Chicago (2022–2025)
Ranked, Intellectual Property, Illinois, Chambers USA (2020–2024)
Member, Practice Group of the Year, Intellectual Property, Law360 (2019)
Lawyer of the Year, Litigation – Patent, Chicago, The Best Lawyers in America (2020)
Recognized, IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals (2018–2024)
Recognized, IP Patent Star – Illinois, Managing Intellectual Property (2020–2024)
Recognized, IP Trademark Star – Illinois, Managing Intellectual Property (2018, 2019)
Recommended, Intellectual property: Patents: litigation (full coverage), The Legal 500 US (2020–2024)
Recommended, Dispute Resolution - Appellate - Supreme Court (federal and state), The Legal 500 US (2016, 2017)
Recognized, Illinois Super Lawyers (2009–2020)
Recognized, Illinois Leading Lawyers Network (2007–2020)
Director, HFS Chicago Scholars