Areas of Arbitration Practice
Intellectual Property Contract Litigation
Extensive experience with contractual and other intellectual property disputes, involving patents, trade secrets, software and pharmaceutical licenses, trademarks and copyrights. Contractual disputes include litigation over ownership rights, licensing terms, alleged misappropriation, development rights, and other related claims. Very comfortable with technology, including high technology (software, hardware, internet, telecommunications and mechanical) and biotechnology (pharmaceuticals, medical devices). Exemplary cases involved alleged misappropriations of various software under joint venture agreements, development contracts and/or license agreements; patent actions involving novel drug compounds and delivery methods, software, and/or mechanical equipment; copyrights to software; trademarks to various products, as well as non-competition and employment related intellectual property disputes.
Business and Commercial Contract Litigation
Extensive experience with virtually all types of complex contract and other business litigation involving both technical and non-technical matters. These cases included both contract disputes and related business torts (fraud, misrepresentation, interference, etc.), involving business acquisitions, construction, employment, energy, licensing, joint ventures, real estate, securities and technology development. Representative engagements included fraud claims over business acquisitions, alleged breaches of contracts for construction, energy supply, joint venture, licensing, non-competition, non-disclosure, software installation and technology development; alleged business and/or contract interference; claims under unfair competition statutes, as well as securities and mass tort cases.
Life Sciences Contract Litigation
Extensive experience litigating disputes deriving from Life Sciences transactions, including joint ventures and collaborations, licensing agreements, and R&D, supply, manufacturing, and/or distribution agreements. These disputes involved alleged breaches of and interpretation of such agreements, disputes over performance, damages assessments, and valuation of intellectual property for damages purposes. Considerable experience analyzing drug manufacturing and supply problems, and marketing and sales performance, related to alleged breaches and damages evaluations. Very experienced evaluating disputes over research and development, including analyzing R&D documentation, regulatory FDA submissions for NDAs and ANDAs, and pre-clinical and clinical trial submissions. Broad experience taking and evaluating testimony from experts and other individuals involved in drug development, manufacturing and sales.