Eric Moran

Eric R. Moran is a partner with McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP and has been practicing patent law for more than 20 years. Mr. Moran has experience in all areas of intellectual property law, with particular emphases on litigating and counseling clients on patent, trademark, and domain name issues. Mr. Moran’s litigation experience includes successful district court trials, Federal Circuit appeals, and proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. His practice includes a significant concentration in the mechanical, software, electronics, telecommunications, consumer products, and injection molding arts, with a particular expertise in IP aspects of cannabis law.

Mr. Moran has experience with Inter Partes Review (IPR) proceedings, which includes successful arguing of oral hearings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, as well as successfully obtaining a number of denial of institution decisions in favor of patent owners.

In addition to litigation, Mr. Moran assists Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, and individuals in the procurement of utility patents, design patents, and trademarks—from clearance through appeal.

Mr. Moran frequently counsels clients on and prepares intellectual property license and transfer agreements, and has coordinated due diligence on complex intellectual property transactions. He also routinely handles unfair competition, false advertising, trade dress, design patent, and copyright matters.