Experience

Opinions and Counseling

About

Evaluate your IP assets through opinions and counseling.

We render hundreds of opinions a year ranging from a single opinion on a specific patent to providing long-term, ongoing counseling on complex patent portfolios or litigation. We routinely address patent validity, enforceability, freedom to operate (FTO), misuse, design-around issues, licensing potential, IP contract construction and enforcement, and export controls. We regularly partner with our clients’ legal, business, and technical staffs to identify the potential for risk and reward, from idea to revenue-generating portfolios.

In addition to transactional counseling, we routinely advise clients on prelitigation strategies. Our extensive litigation experience gives us firsthand insight into the various types of arguments opponents may raise. Combining our litigation and IP transactional experience allows us to help guide our clients to favorable settlements of disputes before or during litigation.

Contacts

Danny M. Awdeh: Partner; Washington, DC; +1 202 408 4353; Email

Adriana L. Burgy: Partner; Washington, DC; +1 202 408 4345; Email

Aaron J. Capron: Partner; Palo Alto, CA; +1 650 849 6680; Email

Daniel C. Cooley: Partner; Reston, VA; +1 571 203 2778; Email

Elizabeth D. Ferrill: Partner; Washington, DC; +1 202 408 4445; Email

C. Gregory Gramenopoulos: Partner; Washington, DC; +1 202 408 4263; Email

Dr. Dr. Jochen Herr, LL.M.: Partner; Munich; +49 89 83931 1240; Email

D. Brian Kacedon: Partner; Washington, DC; +1 202 408 4301; Email

Amanda K. Murphy, Ph.D.: Partner; London; +44 (0)20 7864 2814; Email

Gerson S. Panitch: Partner; Washington, DC; +1 202 408 4000; Email

Aaron L. Parker: Partner; Washington, DC; +1 202 408 4387; Email

William B. Raich, Ph.D.: Partner; Washington, DC; +1 202 408 4210; Email

Douglas A. Rettew: Partner; Washington, DC; +1 202 408 4161; Email

Anthony C. Tridico, Ph.D.: Partner; Washington, DC; +1 202 408 4173; Email

M. David Weingarten, Ph.D.: Partner; Atlanta, GA; +1 404 653 6457; Email

Danny M. Awdeh: Partner; Washington, DC; +1 202 408 4353; Email

Adriana L. Burgy: Partner; Washington, DC; +1 202 408 4345; Email

Aaron J. Capron: Partner; Palo Alto, CA; +1 650 849 6680; Email

Daniel C. Cooley: Partner; Reston, VA; +1 571 203 2778; Email

Elizabeth D. Ferrill: Partner; Washington, DC; +1 202 408 4445; Email

C. Gregory Gramenopoulos: Partner; Washington, DC; +1 202 408 4263; Email

Dr. Dr. Jochen Herr, LL.M.: Partner; Munich; +49 89 83931 1240; Email

D. Brian Kacedon: Partner; Washington, DC; +1 202 408 4301; Email

Amanda K. Murphy, Ph.D.: Partner; London; +44 (0)20 7864 2814; Email

Gerson S. Panitch: Partner; Washington, DC; +1 202 408 4000; Email

Aaron L. Parker: Partner; Washington, DC; +1 202 408 4387; Email

William B. Raich, Ph.D.: Partner; Washington, DC; +1 202 408 4210; Email

Douglas A. Rettew: Partner; Washington, DC; +1 202 408 4161; Email

Anthony C. Tridico, Ph.D.: Partner; Washington, DC; +1 202 408 4173; Email

M. David Weingarten, Ph.D.: Partner; Atlanta, GA; +1 404 653 6457; Email

Everyone in this practice

Experience

Advised a global investment firm on patent and life sciences regulatory aspects in respect of medicines for rare diseases and specialty care products.

Advised a global life sciences company on (non-)infringement issues relating to a chemistry-related patent covering an anti-cancer drug for treating leukemias.

Advised a pulmonary drug delivery company on (non-)infringement issues relating to inhalers.

Advised a biopharmaceutical company on patents covering a well-known biologic medicine for treating multiple types of cancer.

Advised a global healthcare company on supplementary protection certificate (SPC) protection covering a small molecule medicine for treating leukemia.

Advised a biotechnology company on patents covering a well-known biologic medicine for treating eye diseases.