Rasheed McWilliams

Rasheed McWilliams is a first-chair trial counsel with almost two decades of experience advising technology companies in a wide variety of intellectual property matters, including claims for patent infringement, trademark infringement, copyright infringement, and trade secret misappropriation. He litigates before trial and appellate courts nationwide, representing clients in disputes involving branded pharmaceuticals, computer hardware and software, LED televisions, telephony and Voice over IP (VoIP), network security, nutraceuticals, secure storage media, image processing, payment systems, e-commerce, electro-optical systems, speech recognition, haptic devices, and automotive products.

Rasheed also represents clients in commercial litigation matters, including enforcing and defending against claims under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Stored Communications Act, the California Consumer Privacy Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and claims for breach of contract and unfair competition.

Rasheed's clients include companies in established and emerging areas of technology and commerce, such as computer hardware, computer software, food testing, management consulting, mobile devices, artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR), nutraceuticals, and blockchain applications.

He is further experienced with transactional matters in the fields of entertainment and technology, particularly with relation to intellectual property acquisition, divestment, and licensing agreements.