L. Norwood Jameson

Professional Summary — L. Norwood "Woody" Jameson

Specialty / focus. Jameson is a high-technology patent litigator whose docket centers on networking, cybersecurity, and communications technologies — including IEEE 802.11/Wi-Fi standards, fiber optics, semiconductors, telecom routing and switching, software, MPEG, and network security — with additional exposure to medical devices. Litigation-analytics data (Ex Parte) shows roughly 195 tracked matters concentrated in communications (99), computer architecture/software (74), and software/security (54) cases. He chairs Duane Morris's Intellectual Property Practice Group and has been Chambers Band 1 (Georgia IP) for over a decade.

Side preference. He is overwhelmingly a defense-side trial lawyer for operating companies: four of his five tracked appearances are defendant-side, and his career clients (Cisco, AT&T, Verizon, Broadcom, SAP, Time Warner Cable, Scientific Atlanta, EarthLink) are all accused infringers in NPE or competitor suits. His single plaintiff-side appearance — Unified Patents v. Inspire Medical Systems Inc. — fits that posture as well: Unified Patents is a validity-challenge organization, and the dispute concerns Inspire's implantable sleep-apnea device patents. He has also served as local counsel through Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell in Delaware, reflecting his regular work in that forum.

Firm context. Jameson has been a Duane Morris partner in Atlanta since 2002 and chairs the firm's IP practice group. He previously spent his entire pre-Duane Morris career at King & Spalding in Atlanta (associate 1988–1995, partner 1996–2002).

Notable cases. His signature matter is Centripetal Networks, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc. (E.D. Va.), where he was Cisco's lead trial counsel in the 22-day bench trial that produced a roughly $2.6–2.75 billion judgment, later vacated by the Federal Circuit on judicial-recusal grounds (In re Centripetal Networks, LLC, 38 F.4th 1025 (Fed. Cir. 2022)). On remand Cisco prevailed on non-infringement, and the Federal Circuit affirmed in April 2026 (Centripetal Networks, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc., No. 24-2097). Per firm materials, Duane Morris defeated six of the 11 asserted patents and invalidated another via ex parte reexamination. He also led Cisco's successful defense in Finjan, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc. (N.D. Cal.), and obtained a summary judgment of non-infringement affirmed by the Federal Circuit in MyMail, Ltd. v. America Online, Inc., 476 F.3d 1372 (Fed. Cir. 2007). Earlier highlights include a complete Section 337 defense verdict at the ITC for Scientific Atlanta and a full defense jury verdict on ADSL patents in Delaware.

PTAB / IPR experience. IPRs are a recurring part of his practice: Cisco's Centripetal defense relied heavily on PTAB proceedings (six related patents found unpatentable) plus ex parte reexamination, and his Unified Patents work is IPR-centric. Analytics credit him with active PTAB and Federal Circuit dockets.

Bar / education. Admitted in Georgia (1988); J.D., University of Georgia School of Law (magna cum laude, 1988); B.A. in economics, University of North Carolina (1984).