Intellectual Property: Appellate
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About
Provided by Perkins Coie LLP
Perkins Coie’s IP practice includes more than 250 lawyers focused on IP litigation, post-grant proceedings, patent and trademark prosecution, strategic portfolio counseling, technology licensing, copyrights, and trade secret and unfair competition counseling. Its clients include companies in all technologies and industries around the world. The IP practice has extensive experience litigating patent and trademark infringement actions, internet disputes, trade secret, and gray market and anti-counterfeiting claims for companies in the online, biotechnology, medical products and electronics industries. More than 175 of Perkins Coie’s attorneys have degrees in electrical engineering, computer science and life sciences-related fields. Perkins Coie’s clients benefit from its interdisciplinary approach to matters, which combines extensive legal and technical experience with strong corporate and litigation resources in a leading technology law firm.
Chambers Review
Perkins Coie is highly active in the representation of global clients in the pharmaceutical and technology spaces before the USPTO, and also noted for its capabilities in patent-based transactions. Supported by a litigation team with an enviable trial before the PTAB and Federal Circuit. Frequently handles complex patent appeals before the Federal Circuit. Also noted for its handling of post-grant proceedings.
Work Highlights
- Perkins Coie represented Google in an appeal that successfully overturned an adverse patent-infringement ruling that had awarded $20 million in damages plus a running royalty to the plaintiffs.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The Perkins Coie team is fantastic and consistent from top to bottom. The lawyers are experienced, practical and knowledgeable."
"The Perkins team is knowledgeable, professional and understands ITC and district court matters. They help us to minimize our risks and are very good at negotiations."
"The team is legally very strong, technologically very knowledgeable and very responsive and reliable."
"The Perkins Coie team is fantastic and consistent from top to bottom. The lawyers are experienced, practical and knowledgeable."
"The Perkins team is knowledgeable, professional and understands ITC and district court matters. They help us to minimize our risks and are very good at negotiations."
"The team is legally very strong, technologically very knowledgeable and very responsive and reliable."
Notable Practitioners
Dan Bagatell has impressive experience in complex Federal Circuit patent appeals, typically acting for high-tech and pharmaceutical industry companies.
"Dan is very knowledgeable of patent law and has a lot of experience."
"Dan is very smart, extremely experienced and understands the best way to bring a case to the appellate court."
Nathan Kelley cochairs the firm's Federal Circuit patent appeals practice. He handles high profile patent litigation appeals, IPRs at the PTAB, and related USPTO work for notable clients in the technology and pharmaceutical industries.
"Nate really understands important issues and how to present them in a way that gets the appellate court to focus on the right things."
"Nate is incredibly knowledgeable on Federal Circuit appeals, Supreme Court appeals and USPTO matters."
"Nate is an excellent appellate advocate."
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