North America - United States • Intellectual property
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Fielding a team of ‘experts in multiple patent lawsuits in pharmaceutical field’, McDermott Will & Emery LLP represents global and domestic clients in patent litigation across industry sectors, with particular emphasis on the life sciences space. William Gaede in San Francisco leads the global intellectual property practice and acts for biotech, pharma, and medical device companies. Patent litigator Douglas Carsten in Orange County is a life sciences expert, Boston-based IP attorney Sarah Columbia works across the pharma and tech sectors, and Michael Chu in Chicago has a broad IP practice. The group also includes IP litigators Thomas Steindler in Washington DC, Shane Nichols in Atlanta, and Kevin Meek in Austin, and New-York based lawyer Simon Roberts, who handles patent infringement cases for major pharma companies.
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Testimonials
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‘They are experts in multiple patent lawsuits in pharmaceutical field including ANDA litigations.’
‘Simon Roberts and Jason Leonard lead multiple parallel ANDA litigations efficiently with deep understanding of technical field of inventions. Simon also supports parallel litigations outside of US.’
‘Excellent, understands and executes complex issues.’
Key clients
- Amgen Inc.
- Natera Inc.
- United Therapeutics Corporation
- Aurinia Pharmaceuticals
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
- Viatris Inc.
- K-Fee
- The Coca-Cola Company
- Interim Healthcare, Inc.
- NationsBenefits
- Mercer Global Advisors Inc.
- DataCore Software Corporation
- Traeger Pellet Grills LLC
- ZTE (USA) Inc.
- Werner Co.
- Blackboard Inc.
- Koki Holdings America Ltd.
- OmniVision Technologies
- Natera Inc.
- Next Caller Inc.
- Bell Helicopter Textron
- Dell
- Halliburton Co.
- 7-Eleven, Inc.
- Natera Inc.
- Oxford Nanopore Technologies Inc.
- Sectra Communications AB
- Bausch Health US
- Salix Pharmaceuticals
- Feit Electric Company
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
- Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc.
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals
- Orthopaedic Hospital
Work highlights
- Represented Natera Inc. in a patent litigation against defendants ArcherDX and Invitae.
- Represented Bausch Health Ireland Ltd. in a Hatch-Waxman case in the District of New Jersey against Padagis regarding Padagis’ proposed generic versions of Bryhali and Duobrii.
- Represented United Therapeutics in its patent infringement suit against Liquidia Technologies, a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
William Gaede, Douglas Carsten, Sarah Columbia, Michael Chu, Thomas Steindler, Shane Nichols, Kevin Meek, Simon Roberts