Ford F. Farabow Jr.

Partner

Ford Farabow has extensive experience in federal district and state court litigation throughout the country, domestic and foreign arbitrations, as well as mini-trials and other alternative dispute resolution processes. He has successfully tried jury and nonjury patent infringement cases for both patentees and for companies accused of infringement.

Mr. Farabow’s work as lead counsel in patent, trade secret, and licensing disputes has focused primarily on the technical fields of chemistry, pharmaceuticals, chemical engineering, and materials science, including, for example, polymers, polymer production processes, paper chemistry, packaging materials, metal alloys, steel products, glass compositions, diagnostic test materials, catheter products, and drug products.

At the appellate level, Mr. Farabow has handled and won numerous cases in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and other circuits.

Mr. Farabow routinely lectures and gives trial demonstrations to bar groups and to industry associations.

Highlights

• Successfully defended Hercules, Inc. against charge of patent infringement by Ciba Specialty Chemicals in 2006 (water treatment chemicals). Won summary judgment of non-infringement and bench trial on privity issue in D. Delaware.
• Won verdict and judgment of patent valid and infringed and lost profit damages for Cryovac, Inc. against Pechiney Plastic Packaging, Inc. in 2006 in D. Delaware (plastic packaging).
• Currently representing AstraZeneca (drug product) and NOVA Chemicals Inc. (polymer products) as plaintiff and defendant, respectively, in patent infringement suits.
• Worked in the patent departments of Swift & Co. and Hercules, Inc.

Professional Recognition

• Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
• Selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, 1995-2012.
• Recognized as a leading patent litigator in the D.C. area by Intellectual Asset Management, 2011.
• Recognized as a leader in the field of IP law by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, 2003-2009; with a special recognition as a Senior Statesmen in IP, 2010-2011.
• Listed in the Washingtonian Magazine as a "Top Lawyer," 2009.
• Phi Eta Sigma
• Delta Theta Phi
• Order of the Coif

Professional Activities

• District of Columbia Bar
• Bar Association of the District of Columbia
• South Carolina Bar
• American Bar Association (Sections on Litigation, Antitrust Law, and Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law)
• Federal Circuit Bar Association
• American College of Trial Lawyers (Committee on Complex Litigation)
• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court