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William H. Trousdale

William H. Trousdale

Partner
Tel: 973.623.7893   |   Fax: 973.623.7780
wtrousdale@tompkinsmcguire.com

Practices

William Trousdale handles complex commercial litigation, and has served as New Jersey counsel in high-stakes patent and other intellectual property litigation. He is frequently retained by national law firms at local counsel, and has been actively involved in cases involving the financial services, pharmaceutical, medical device and communications industries.



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Related Information

Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., cum laude (1986)
    • Associate Editor, Georgetown Law Journal
  • Georgetown University, B.A., economics (1982)

Admissions

  • New Jersey, 1994
  • New York, 1987
  • United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 1994
  • Law Clerk to the Hon. Alfred J. Lechner, Jr., U.S.D.J., District of New Jersey

Representative Litigation (Intellectual Property)

Straight Path IP Group, Inc. v. Vonage Holdings Corp., Civil Action No.: 14-502 (JLL) (D.N.J.). Patent infringement case involving voice-messaging technology.

Cuozzo Speed Tech. v. TomTom, Inc., Civil Action No.: 12-3263 (CCC) (D.N.J.).  Patent infringement litigation involving vehicle navigation systems.

Allied Old English, Inc. v. Uwajimaya, Inc., Civil Action No. 12-1462 (MJP) (W.D. Wa.).  Lanham Act, trademark infringement and breach of trademark license case litigated in federal court in Western District of Washington.

Howmedica Osteonics Corp.  v. DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., Civil Action No.: 11-6498 (MCA) (D.N.J.).  Patent infringement action involving hip replacements.

Inverness Med. Innovations, Inc. v. Orasure Tech., Inc., Civil Action No.: 08-1856 (GEB) (D.N.J.).  Patent infringement action involving HIV tests. 

Graco Inc. v. PMC Global, Inc., Civil Action No.: 08-1304 (FLW) (D.N.J.).  Trade secret and antitrust case.

Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. v. Mutual Pharm. Co., Inc., Civil Action No.: 07-4350 (SRC) (D.N.J.).  Hatch-Waxman action involving HLR's Boniva drug.

Greenville Commc’n, LLC v. Cellco P’ship, Civil Action No.: 07-4222 (MLC) (D.N.J.).  Patent infringement action involving ring-back tones.

Burberry Ltd. v. The Shoe Stop, Civil Action No.: 07-3715 (JHR) (D.N.J.).  Trademark infringement, trademark dilution and unfair competition litigation.

Waterford Wedgwood Plc. v. Star Indus., Inc., Civil Action No.: 07-405 (FCW) (D.N.J.).  Trademark infringement action.

Howmedica Osteonics Corp., v. Zimmer, Inc., Civil Action No.: 05-897 (WHW) (D.N.J.).  Patent infringement action involving knee replacements.

GlobespanVirata, Inc. v. Texas Instruments, Inc., Civil Action No.: 03-2854 (GEB).  Patent infringement action involving chip sets for DSL.

Ricoh Co., Ltd. v. Katun Corp., Civil Action No.: 03-2612 (WHW) (D.N.J.).  Patent infringement action involving toner bottles for copiers.

Hertz Corp. v. The Gator Corp., Civil Action No.: 03-444 (WGB) (D.N.J.).  Case involving trademark, copyright and unfair competition claims in context of computer pop-up ads.

Cellco P’ship v. Communications Workers of Am., Civil Action No.: 02-5542 (MLC) (D.N.J.).  Action for trademark infringement, false advertising and trademark dilution under the Lanham Act.

Riverside Acquisition Gr., LLC v. 5 Digit Plus LLC, Docket No.: BUR-L-1423-12 (N.J. Super.). Trade secret litigation.

Representative Litigation (Complex Commercial)

Plumbers Local Union 690 Health Plan v. Sanofi Aventis, Civil Action No.: 15-956 (KM) (D.N.J.). 

North Sound Capital LLC v. Merck & Co., Inc. f/k/a Schering-Plough Corp., Civil Action No.: 13-7240 (FLW) (D.N.J.)

GIC Private Ltd. v. Merck & Co., Inc. f/k/a Schering-Plough Corp., Civil Action No.: 13-7241 (FLW)(D.N.J.). 

North Sound Capital LLC v. Merck & Co., Inc., Civil Action No.: 14-242 (FLW) (D.N.J.).

GIC Private Limited v. Merck & Co., Inc., Civil Action No.: 14-241 (FLW) (D.N.J.).

Manning v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Civil Action No.: 12-4466 (JLL) (D.N.J.).  New Jersey RICO claims based on sales of securities. 

In re Schering-Plough Corporation ENHANCE Securities Litigation, Civil Action No.: 08-397 (DMC) (D.N.J.).

In re Merck & Co., Inc. Vytorin/Zetia Securities Litigation, Civil Action No.: 08-2177 (DMC) (D.N.J.).

In re Merck & Co., Inc. Vytorin ERISA Litigation, Civil Action No.: 08-1974 (DMC) (D.N.J.).

Del Giudice v. S.A.C. Capital Mgmt., Civil Action No.: 06-01413 (CCC) (D.N.J.).

Biovail Corp. v. S.A.C. Capital Mgmt., Docket No.: ESX-L-1583-06 (N.J. Super.).

Fairfax Fin. Holdings Ltd v. S.A.C. Capital Mgmt., L.L.C., Docket No.: MRS-L-2032-06 (N.J. Super.).  Securities and New Jersey RICO action claiming billions in damages.

BASF Corp. v. Lyondell Chem. Co., Docket No.: MRS-L-1069-05 (N.J. Super.).   Breach of MFN provision in contract resulting in award of over $200 million in damages and interest.

State of New Jersey, Department of Treasury, Division of Investment v. Qwest Communications Int’l, Inc., Docket No. MER-L-3738-02 (N.J. Super. ).  Securities fraud and accounting malpractice action.