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Litigation Experience
- Regularly acting as local trial counsel in Massachusetts federal courts for companies located in other jurisdictions.
- Successfully defending a client in a design patent infringement case involving a fashion/apparel item. The jury found that the patent did not infringe.
- Successfully representing a start-up drug discovery biotechnology company accused of patent infringement during IPO. The asserted patent was held invalid for obviousness.
- Representing a technology design firm in cases involving wired and wireless telecommunication systems for portable access to Internet and phone service.
- Successfully representing a defendant in a patent infringement case involving indoor positioning systems that use radio frequency signals to track and locate critical, portable devices and personnel in large health care facilities. The case was resolved without business interruption or payment of any royalty after pretrial motion for summary judgment.
- Successfully appealing to the Federal Circuit that a directed verdict against our client should be vacated based on the trial court’s refusal to submit separately to the jury the issues of obviousness and anticipation of prior art.
- Successfully representing a defendant in a patent infringement action related to a viscometer used in high-performance liquid chromatography analytical systems. The jury's verdict of noninfringement upheld on appeal.
- Successfully representing a plaintiff in a case involving misappropriation of trade secrets and unfair competition relating to high-speed liquid chromatography systems. The case was resolved prior to trial, when the defendant agreed to permanently refrain from utilizing our client’s proprietary information.
- Successfully defending a patent infringement suit involving a patent on cathodic protection of underwater naval vessels, which after a one-week trial the court ruled not infringed either literally or under the doctrine of equivalents.
- Serving as lead trial counsel in the successful defense of a patent infringement suit involving three patents on a satellite laser communication system, which after a three-week trial the court found invalid for obviousness.
- Conducting key depositions on behalf of a leading global drug manufacturer in a Paragraph IV ANDA litigation involving mirtazapine.
- Serving as lead counsel for a multi-national drug manufacturer in obtaining a favorable settlement in a Paragraph IV ANDA litigation involving megestrol acetate.
- Representing a leading global drug manufacturer in achieving a favorable ruling on a dispositive motion in a Paragraph IV ANDA litigation involving hydrocodone and ibuprofen.
- Managing extensive pre-trial discovery and depositions on behalf of a leading global drug manufacturer in a Paragraph IV ANDA litigation involving ondansetron.
