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Provided by Donald Ware
Donald Ware is a partner in Foley Hoag’s Intellectual Property Department, with over 30 years' experience in IP litigation, licensing, and counseling. He has litigated patent and inventorship disputes for global biopharmaceutical, medical device and high technology companies, universities, and research institutions. He is experienced in mediation and arbitration, including as arbitrator in patent disputes. He has extensive expertise in life sciences patent litigation, including recombinant DNA, RNA interference, monoclonal antibodies, cancer immunotherapy, polymer chemistry, molecular diagnostics, and medical devices. Don has been lead counsel in numerous high profile biotech patent cases, including Dana Farber Cancer Institute v. Ono Pharmaceutical; In re Columbia University Patent Litigation; Max Planck Institute v. Whitehead Institute; Enzo Biochem v. GenProbe; and Johns Hopkins v. CellPro. He has represented universities and biotech companies in Bayh-Dole march-in proceedings in the NIH and also advises biopharma companies on biosimilars litigation under the BPCIA.
Education: Harvard Law School, JD; Yale College, AB
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Donald Ware co-chairs the firm's patent litigation group and is noted for his first-class skills in complex patent disputes. He is often the first port of call for clients in the life sciences sector.
Provided by Chambers
"Don Ware is an excellent attorney who provides great insight."
"Don Ware is very experienced and very intelligent."
"Don Ware is an excellent attorney who provides great insight."
"Don Ware is very experienced and very intelligent."
