Intellectual Property
USA Guide 2024 : New Jersey
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Provided by McCarter & English, LLP
Working dynamically across the core intellectual property law disciplines of patents, IP litigation, post-grant proceedings, trademarks, and copyrights, our Intellectual Property practice takes an integrated approach to delivering solutions that strengthen, defend, and enforce our clients’ innovations, brands, and original works. Our IP team of more than 100 lawyers and patent professionals combines technical and scientific acumen with legal skill and experience to collaboratively advance the assets and aspirations of today’s companies.
We have more than 65 patent lawyers, technical specialists, and patent agents spanning our nine offices who have industry training and/or advanced degrees in life sciences, technology, and engineering, as well as experience as former patent office examiners well versed in the intricacies of the US Patent Office.
An intelligent approach to the pursuit of our clients’ business objectives is a hallmark of our IP Litigation practice. We start with an assessment of our client’s goals and design the strategy that will best fit their situation. Our litigators have decades of experience litigating cases for some of the largest manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies in the world, and in some of the most complex cases in courts all over the country. Whether it is bet-the-company litigation or finding the most cost-effective way to respond to a nuisance action, McCarter’s litigation professionals bring the same experience to bear for each case.
Chambers Review
McCarter & English has an accomplished team which excels in litigation and patent prosecution matters. The firm is noteworthy for its strengths in inter partes review proceedings before the USPTO, and also offers expertise handling Hatch-Waxman litigation. It remains a popular choice of counsel for clients in the life science and technology sectors. The firm demonstrates additional capabilities handling copyright and trademark infringement matters.
Work Highlights
- McCarter & English continued to prepare, prosecute and maintain the patent portfolio of Hemogenyx Pharmaceuticals.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The McCarter & English team is precise, efficient and has command of the subject at hand."
"The McCarter & English team is precise, efficient and has command of the subject at hand."
Notable Practitioners
Scott Christie regularly defends companies against patent lawsuits and handles copyright and trademark enforcement, as well as licensing and trade secrets disputes.
Michael Friscia is noted for his wide-ranging capabilities which take in contentious and noncontentious copyright, patent and trademark matters.