Akin

Partner; Intellectual Property

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

Before law school, he was a technical marketing engineer at National Semiconductor Corporation, where he was responsible for power management and wireless semiconductor products.

PTAB Bar Association

J.D., University of Richmond School of Law, magna cum laude, 2006 B.S.E.E., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1999