
About
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With 130 attorneys, Winston and Strawn’s Intellectual Property (IP) Practice is one of the most active and highly regarded in the country. Winston’s IP practice is unique in that no matter the venue, discipline, technology, industry, client, or case, we have a strong story to tell and can offer attorneys who have the right mix of experience and credentials. Winston attorneys regularly represent clients in high-stakes copyright, patent, trademark, and trade secrets matters across the high-tech, financial services, media and entertainment pharmaceutical, medical device, food and beverage, and fashion industries, among others.
Our IP litigation practice has been ranked repeatedly in the first tier nationally by U.S. News & World Report in its “Best Law Firms” survey and by Benchmark Litigation US. Additionally, Chambers USA has selected our IP and ITC practices for national rankings. In 2021, our patent litigation practice was recognized nationally by Chambers Global, The Legal 500 US, and Managing IP. The firm was selected by Law360 as one of the nation’s Top Ten “Litigation Powerhouses” and has been repeatedly named as one of Benchmark Litigation US’s “Top 20 Trial Law Firms.” Notably, more than one-third of our IP partners have been honored by national and international ratings organizations as among the best of the best.
Chambers Review
Winston & Strawn houses a respected patent litigation group with a formidable range of first-chair attorneys, prized for its trial capabilities before the ITC and PTAB as well as district and federal courts. Clients are drawn from a number of sectors including technology, pharmaceuticals and energy. Particularly focused on representation of generic manufacturers in ANDA litigation.
Work Highlights
- Successfully represented Himka Pharmaceuticals in a patent case related to the drug Vascepa (icosapent) used to treat hypertriglyceridemia. The US Supreme Court denied Amarin Pharma’s petition for a writ of certiorari, cementing a Federal Circuit decision that invalidated six of Amarin’s patents.
Notable Practitioners
Tom Melsheimer is an experienced litigator with notable expertise in high-stakes, multi-patent disputes, in addition to matters arising from trade secrets misappropriation.
"He is a phenomenal trial lawyer."
Ranked Lawyers at
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Members
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Barry Shelton
Becky Troutman
Bradley Coburn
Brett Johnson
Brian Ferguson
Charles Klein
Danielle Williams
David Enzminger
Head of Department
Diana Hughes Leiden
Dustin Edwards
Eimeric Reig-Plessis
Erin Ranahan
Ivan Poullaos
Jennifer Golinveaux
Head of Department
Jovial Wong
Kelly Hunsaker
Krishnan Padmanabhan
Laura Franco
Maureen Rurka
Merritt Westcott
Michael Nutter
Michael Rueckheim
Michael Tomasulo
Natalie Arbaugh
Nimalka Wickramasekera
Head of Department
Rex Mann
Richard McCarty
Samantha Lerner
Stephen Kong
Thomas Walsh
Industries
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Automotive
Financial Services and Banking
Media and Entertainment
Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices
Retail and Consumer Products
Technology and Telecommunications