About

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Perkins Coie advises and represents life sciences leaders, healthcare companies and emerging innovators in guiding regulatory compliance, building strategic patent portfolios and prosecuting, defending and enforcing quality patents that consistently withstand challenges.

Perkins Coie attorneys help to create new opportunities within this fast-paced industry as they steer clients’ venture capital financings, initial public offerings (IPOs), licensing agreements and other defining transactions. With focal areas in healthcare, biotechnology & pharmaceuticals and medical devices.





Chambers Review

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Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation - California

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Perkins Coie LLP represents clients in relation to the management of IP portfolios, including freedom to operate analysis, patent prosecution, due diligence and enforcement actions. The team is noted for corporate transactions, licensing deals, strategic partnerships and capital markets offerings. The team also assists with PTAB proceedings and advises on FDA compliance matters.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Michael Wise
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Michael Wise
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Band 2
Michael Wise's experience includes handling a broad range of patent concerns for life sciences sector clients. He chairs the firm's life sciences group and advises clients from a range of industries, including medical devices and software.
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Mark Wicker
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Band 3

Mark Wicker represents established and emerging clients in the life science industry. Boasting significant corporate experience, he provides expertise on strategic partnerships, licensing agreements and joint ventures.

Mark is one of the greatest legal minds I've met. His transactional problem skills are really exceptional and he is truly sensitive of clients' perspective and restrictions.

Viola Kung
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Viola Kung
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Viola Kung regularly advises clients in the biotech, chemical and pharmaceutical fields both nationally and internationally on an array of matters, particularly patent prosecution and portfolio management.

Viola provides outstanding service. She takes time to understand our inventions and works to get our patents granted.

Viola Kung excels in all metrics: professionalism, expertise and ability to get patents granted.

Ranked Lawyers at
Perkins Coie LLP

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California

Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial

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Mark Wicker
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Band 3
Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation

Michael Wise
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Michael Wise
2
Band 2
Viola Kung
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Viola Kung
3
Band 3

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