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Winston Taylor’s Illinois Intellectual Property (IP) practice is one of the nation’s most active and highly regarded. It is ranked in all the major national directory and survey publications and features some of Illinois’s and the nation’s top IP practitioners. Winston Taylor has built a reputation as a trial lawyers’ firm, routinely delivering remarkable results at trial, on appeal, and pre- and post-trial. Winston Taylor's Illinois IP litigators are some of the most seasoned in the industry, bringing extensive courtroom experience to every matter our firm handles. Notably, Winston Taylor's Illinois IP practice is consistently recognized for its experience representing pioneers in the pharmaceutical, life sciences, medical device, and hi-tech industries in patent, trademark, and trade secret litigation. Patent litigation comprises the core of the group’s practice, with noted strength in disputes involving the Hatch-Waxman Act and the BPCIA.

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Intellectual Property - Illinois

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What the Team is Known For

Winston Taylor is known for its particular expertise representing clients in the technology, pharmaceutical and life sciences industries. Patent, trade secrets and trademark litigation form the core of the group's practice, with noted strength handling Hatch-Waxman disputes. It provides effective representation for Federal Circuit and ITC proceedings, and has notable experience before the Supreme Court representing blue-chip clients in major disputes.

Work Highlights

  • Winston Taylor represented Cisco in a patent litigation matter brought by Scale Video Coding regarding network management of layered video streams by routers.

Strengths

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The team is very detail oriented, always responsive and maintain multi-jurisdictional consistencies.

Intellectual Property respondent
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Winston Taylor is incredibly thorough and goes above and beyond to keep us in the loop.

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Notable Practitioners

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George C Lombardi
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George C Lombardi
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George Lombardi is an esteemed trial lawyer who comes highly recommended for his expert handling of patent infringement cases in the pharmaceutical sector. He also represents clients in trade secrets and copyright infringement disputes.

George is one of the best trial lawyers in the country.

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Ivan Poullaos
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Ivan Poullaos
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Ivan Poullaos is noted for his work in patent disputes involving highly technical subject matter. He offers demonstrable expertise taking cases to trial.

Ivan is engrained in all of the substance of the matters. His leadership and vision make him a trustworthy decision-maker for us.

Ivan is savvy and steeped in the weeds.

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Maureen L. Rurka
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Maureen L. Rurka
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Maureen Rurka acts on a range of patent litigation in the pharmaceutical sector. She has experience advising on disputes under the Hatch-Waxman Act, as well as matters involving biosimilars.

I always find Maureen's advice to be practical, and she is quick to address issues. She is detailed and offers practical solutions taking into account costs and likelihood of outcomes.

Maureen has a good strategic sense and we like working with her.

Maureen is very open-minded in terms of thinking outside the box on how to achieve certain things. She's good at creative brainstorming.

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Ranked Lawyers at
Winston Taylor LLP

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Intellectual Property
George C Lombardi
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George C Lombardi
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Band 1
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Ivan Poullaos
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Ivan Poullaos
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Band 4
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Maureen L. Rurka
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Maureen L. Rurka
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Band 4
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Members

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Brian Nisbet

Bryce Cooper

Diana Leiden

Head of Department

Dustin Edwards

Head of Department

Julia Johnson

Kurt Mathas

Michael Meneghini

Nimalka Wickramasekera

Head of Department

Ron Rothstein

Samantha Lerner

Saranya Raghavan

Industries

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Communications

Consumer Products

Electronics

Financial Services & Banking

Food & Beverage

Life Sciences

Media & Entertainment

New Media

Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices

Retail

Semiconductors

Software

Technology

Telecommunications