Megan R. Wood

Megan R. Wood is a highly experienced intellectual property trial lawyer and Partner at Blank Rome LLP in Washington, D.C., focusing on complex patent litigation across various technical fields. Her practice encompasses a broad range of technologies, including oil and gas, electronic devices, medical devices, mechanical products, and chemicals. She also advises clients on intellectual property due diligence for corporate mergers and acquisitions and is involved in patent prosecution for electrical, chemical, and medical device applications. Prior to her legal career, Ms. Wood worked as a mechanical engineer at Lockheed Martin.

Ms. Wood demonstrates a balanced litigation practice, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in federal courts, before the International Trade Commission (ITC), and at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). While the tracked case data shows her appearing on the defendant side in Blackbird Tech LLC v. TomTom, Inc., her professional background includes securing multiple jury verdicts for plaintiffs in patent infringement actions involving downhole tools, and a favorable initial determination for plaintiffs in a medical device case before the ITC. She also assisted in a patent infringement action involving home office software applications where a jury verdict was found in favor of the client.

She is notably active in Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings, including Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs). Ms. Wood has successfully defended clients' patents against IPR petitions, with the USPTO denying institution. She was counsel for TomTom in IPR proceedings related to Blackbird Tech LLC v. TomTom, Inc. Her involvement extends to leadership roles, including serving on the Board of the PTAB Bar Association and chairing the Federal Circuit Bar Association's PTAB committee. For a decade, she has co-authored a chapter in PLI Patent Litigation titled "Nondiscovery Motions and Court-Initiated Procedures."

Ms. Wood earned her B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, with a concentration in nanotechnology and interfaces.