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Intellectual Property & Technology Litigation
Media, Electronics, Telecommunications & Consumer Products
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Life Sciences: Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Medical Devices & Pharmaceuticals
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Financial Services
Life Sciences: Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Medical Devices & Pharmaceuticals
Shearman & Sterling’s IP litigators represent companies in high-stakes cases covering a wide range of pioneering medical device patents for drug-eluting stent technology, spinal surgery, catheter technologies, and coronary stents, to name only a few. We have mastered the art of guiding a judge or jury through technical complexities to understand the core of a dispute. Our primary focus in developing any litigation strategy is to understand the client’s needs and long-range business goals.
Selected Life Sciences Experience
- Represented Incyte Corporation (formerly Incyte Genomics) in patent infringement actions against Affymetrix, Arcturus Engineering, Gene Logic, and Invitrogen involving RNA amplification, gene expression analysis, and reverse transcriptase technologies
- Defended Incyte Corporation in an arbitrated breach of contract action brought by Iconix Pharmaceuticals concerning a technology license and development agreement related to a toxicogenomics database
- Defended Japanese cosmetics company Noevir against infringement allegations by TriStrata Technology, Inc. relating to patents for the use of glycolic, lactic and citric acid for the treatment of human skin wrinkles
- Represented Genentech executive regarding oncology-related receptors
- Representing The Laryngeal Mask Company in a patent action involving laryngeal mask airway devices
- Represented Becton Dickinson and Company in patent actions against Alaris, B. Braun, and Critikon involving intravenous catheters and intravenous infusion sites
- Represented Becton Dickinson and Company in patent actions against Baxter and Organon Teknika related to blood culture analyzers
- Represented Becton Dickinson and Company in patent action against Syntron involving immunoassays
- Represented Avecor in a patent litigation involving blood oxygenators
- Represented Orthofix Group in an intellectual property litigation involving trademark infringement, unfair competition, and distribution contract issues against former distributor and corporate parents
- Represented Coulter Corporation in a patent case against Hematronix involving blood cell counters
- Represented Boston Scientific in a patent litigation against Medtronic, Johnson & Johnson, and Guidant involving balloon angioplasty catheters and stent delivery systems
- Defended Auguron, a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc., in a patent litigation brought by Chiron Corporation involving hepatitis C virus protease patents
- Represented Amersham Biosciences in a suit involving nucleotide and protein storage solutions
- Represented Mitaka Kohki Ltd. as plaintiff in a patent litigation against Leica involving medical optical equipment
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