Matters
- Represents brand, generic, and specialty pharmaceutical companies in Hatch-Waxman Act cases, including first-filer, subsequent filer, and large multi-defendant NCE-1 cases.
- Regularly appears before Trademark Trial and Appeal Board on behalf of both opposers/petitioners and applicants/registrants in opposition and cancellation proceedings.
- Defends clients accused of patent infringement by non-practicing entities and patent assertion entities.
- Represents both plaintiffs and defendants in trademark, trade dress, and unfair competition cases.
- Advises clients on freedom to operate searches, marketing and branding initiatives, and policing to protect national and international brands.
- Prosecutes patent infringement actions on behalf of patentees and patent owners.
- Drafted Markman briefs and argued Markman hearings that resulted in favorable, case dispositive claim construction decisions.
- Obtained early dismissal of all asserted patents under Alice and successfully defended district court’s determination on appeal.
- Successfully defended Alice challenges on behalf of patentees.
- Drafted successful appellate briefs and second-chaired appellate arguments in the Federal Circuit and Seventh Circuit.
- Prosecuted and defended inequitable conduct claims, including related Walker Process action, on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants.
- Obtained personal jurisdiction dismissals for clients sued in federal district courts in California.
- In Eastern District of Texas, District of Delaware, and District of New Jersey, obtained stays of patent litigations pending resolution of related IPRs.
- Successfully transferred patent infringement action from a rocket docket to a more convenient venue.
