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Intellectual Property: Litigation - District of Columbia

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Sidley Austin LLP has noteworthy strength in the IP litigation arena, particularly with respect to life sciences, medical devices, pharmaceuticals and technology. The firm continues to be a popular choice for multi-jurisdictional bet-the-company litigation and has a fine track record for its work before the ITC. They also offer great experience acting on disputes before PTAB.

Work Highlights

  • Sidley Austin continued to represent Illumina in bringing a declaratory judgement case of non-infringement and unenforceability of multiple patents related to DNA sequencing.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Jeffrey Kushan
3
Jeffrey Kushan
3
Band 3

Jeffrey Kushan coordinates the firm's national IP litigation group. He regularly acts for pharmaceutical and healthcare companies on biosimilar disputes and Hatch-Waxman litigation.

Jeff is exemplary at getting into the weeds to understand factual arguments and positions that can be made and asserted in litigation. He can provide meaningful counsel to orient overall strategy.

Carter Phillips
4
Carter Phillips
4
Band 4
Carter Phillips offers significant experience acting in complex IP litigation and related appellate proceedings.
4
Gregory Lantier
4
Band 4

Gregory Lantier is an experienced litigator with substantial expertise in complex patent disputes spanning a range of industries. He is particularly noted for his track record in post-grant proceedings.

Greg is extremely impressive on his feet in front of a judge. He is very calm and always well prepared, with a very good grasp of all the facts and case law.

Greg is wonderful – he is smart and thoughtful, and presents well to clients and internal audiences. He is a good trial lawyer and has an extraordinarily good grasp of technical and trial aspects.

Greg's depth of knowledge, ability to explain complex patent issues to a non-technical audience and ability to factor in the unique attributes of our business has been invaluable to us.

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District of Columbia

Intellectual Property: Litigation

Jeffrey Kushan
3
Jeffrey Kushan
3
Band 3
Carter Phillips
4
Carter Phillips
4
Band 4
4
Gregory Lantier
4
Band 4

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