Elissa Sanford

Associate

  • Elissa Sanford
  • Phone: +1 202 776 5231

    Import to Address Book

  • Duane Morris LLP
    901 New York Avenue N.W., Suite 700 East
    Washington, DC 20001-4795
    USA

Elissa Sanford practices in the area of intellectual property law with a focus on patent litigation. Ms. Sanford’s practice also includes counseling her clients in many other aspects of patent law, including infringement and validity opinions, pre-suit counseling, licensing, patent prosecution, patent strategy, portfolio review, and clearance review. Ms. Sanford has handled numerous cases in federal court and has represented clients across a wide range of technologies including biotechnology, genetic engineering, telecommunications, consumer electronics, software solutions, and cloud networking solutions.

Ms. Sanford also maintains an active pro bono practice counseling veterans across a wide variety of legal issues.

Ms. Sanford is a 2020 graduate of College of William and Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law, where she was a member of the Environmental Law and Policy Review, and a cum laude graduate of Old Dominion University where she studied medical sciences.

Admissions

  • Washington, D.C.
  • Virginia
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Education

  • College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, J.D., 2020
    - Environmental Law and Policy Review
  • Old Dominion University, B.S., Biology, cum laude, 2016

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Associate, 2023-present
  • Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt LLP
    - Associate, 2020-2023

Representative Matters

  • Won a complete non-infringement jury verdict in Waco, Texas before Judge Alan Albright, on behalf of Roku. Plaintiff IOENGINE, LLC was backed by litigation financiers. Plaintiff had won two previous jury verdicts against other defendants (represented by other law firms), and Plaintiff sought $318 million in this trial. Instead, the jury found that Roku did not infringe any claim of any asserted patent. IOENGINE, LLC v. Roku, Inc., Case No. 6:21-cv-01296-ADA.