Background
Morrison, Thomas C. was born in 1941 in Columbus, Ohio, United States.
Morrison, Thomas C. was born in 1941 in Columbus, Ohio, United States.
Otterbein College (Bachelor of Arts, 1963). New York University (Bachelor of Laws, 1966).
Worked at Patterson, Belknap Webb & Tyler Limited Liability Partnership (New York, New York) specializing in Litigation, Advertising, Trademarks. Admitted to the bar, 1966, New New York 1967, Ohio; 1971, United States.
District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York
1972, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1975, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
1981, United States. Court of Appeals, Third and Eighth Circuits.
1983, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and United States. Supreme Court; 1986, United States.
Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. 1991, United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Order of the Coif. Author: "Drastic Change Needed to Curb Excess in Federal Discovery," Inside Litigation, Volume 2, Number.
2, 1987. "The Emerging Burden of Proof Rule In Drug Advertising Cases," The Trademark Reporter, Volume 78, Number. 5, 1988; "The Regulation of Cosmetic Advertising Under The Lanham Acting," Food Drug Cosmetic Law Journal, Volume 44, Number.
1, 1989; "The False Advertising Of Specialty Products Under The Lanhan Acting," Food Drug Cosmetic Law Journal, Volume 44, Number.
5, 1989. "Burden Of Proof In Drug Advertising Cases," Advertising Compliance Service, Volume 7, Number. 22, 1987; "Judicial Attitudes Toward False Advertising Litigation," Advertising Compliance Service, Volume 8, Number.
5, 1988; "Curbing Charitable Abuse By Federal Litigation," Foundation News, March-April, 1989.
"The Offensive Use of Estoppel in False Advertising Litigation," Food Drug Cosmetic Law Journal, Volume 46, Number. 3, 1991; "Corrective Advertising as a Remedy for the False Advertising of Prescription Drugs and other Professionally Promoted Medical Products," Food and Drug Law Journal, Volume 49, Number. 2, 1994. Editor and Author, "The Use of Intellectual Property Litigation to help Achieve Marketing Objectives," Outside Counsel Newsletter, Summer 1994.
Company-Author: "Plaintiffs Benefit from Shift in Courts" View on Trade Dress Protection," The National Law Journal, Volume 17, Number.
9, 1994. Lecturer on: False Advertising Developments, The Food and Drug Law Institute, 1982. Advertising and Marketing Regulation, 1983.
American Bar Association Section of Litigation, 1984. The Proprietary Association, 1985.
New York State Bar Association Food, Drug and Cosmetic Law Section, 1988.
Cosmetics, Toiletries and Fragrances Association Annual Scientific Conference, 1988. Drug Information Association Workshop, 1992. Lecturer on Trademark and False Advertising Developments, United States.
Trademark Association Annual Meetings, 1991 and 1993.
Member: American Bar Association (Member, Section on Litigation). Federal Bar Council.
Member: American Bar Association (Member, Section on Litigation). Federal Bar Council.