Washington, DC
Patent infringement Lawyer at Washington, DC
Practice Areas: Patent Infringement, Intellectual Property, Litigation
OUTCOME: En banc appeal at the Federal Circuit pending.
Granting GSK's motion for preliminary injunction and enjoining the implementation of the PTO's controversial Final Rules that would limit the number of continuing applications, requests for continued e ... xamination, and claims an applicant may file.
OUTCOME: En banc appeal at the Federal Circuit pending.
Granting GSK's motion for summary judgment; holding that the PTO lacks substantive rulemaking authority and that the Final Rules that would limit the number of continuing applications, requests for con ... tinued examination, and claims a patent applicant may file are substantive in nature and, thus, void; and permanently enjoining the implementation of the PTO's controversial Final Rules.
OUTCOME: Vacated. En banc appeal pending.
Affirming that the PTO lacks substantive rulemaking authority and that the Final Rule limiting the number of continuing applications an applicant may file is invalid; concluding that the Final Rules li ... miting the number of requests for continued examination and claims an applicant may file are procedural and not contrary to law despite their dramatically substantive effect on a wide range of industries and innovation and decades of law holding otherwise.
OUTCOME: Obtained highly favorable resolution when USPTO withdrew its proposed rules that we had challenged..
Order granting GSK's motion for rehearing en banc and vacating the panel decision Tafas v. Doll, 559 F.3d 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2009).
OUTCOME: Obtained a favorable settlement after full discovery and GSK/ViiV asked the court for a preliminary injunction.
2008-2010: Represented GSK and ViiV in Hatch-Waxman patent infringement litigation to protect Combivir® brand anti-HIV medication.
OUTCOME: Obtained a favorable settlement in the midst of trial.
2007-2010: Defended MPT against breach of contract and equitable claims in Delaware Chancery Court.
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