Biography
John is an experienced U.S. patent attorney focusing on litigation and counseling. He represents life science and high-tech clients in U.S. patent infringement litigation, trade secret misappropriation litigation, inter partes reviews, post-grant reviews, and various counseling matters. He has been lead counsel in numerous matters before the U.S. District Courts, the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
In the life sciences area, John has been lead counsel for clients in Hatch-Waxman (ANDA) litigation, innovator-innovator patent litigation, biosimilar litigation governed by the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA), and in inter partes review and post-grant review proceedings. He has also assisted life science clients managing multi-country litigation. In addition, he has represented medical device clients in patent infringement disputes and clearance investigations.
John's high-tech litigation experience includes patent infringement cases in the U.S. District Courts, International Trade Commission, as well as inter partes and post-grant review proceedings before the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
John also has significant experience counseling clients in procuring patent protection, licensing patent rights, investigating freedom-to-operate issues, and assisting in due-diligence investigations for corporate transactions.
Experience
Lead Counsel in the following cases:
Pfizer Inc. against multiple defendants – ANDA patent infringement litigation involving Nurtec ODT® for migraine.
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA et al. v. Pfizer Inc. – innovator-innovator patent litigation concerning Pfizer's Abyrsvo® RSV vaccine.
CureVac SE. et al. v. BioNTech SE and Pfizer Inc. – patent litigation concerning Pfizer's Comirnaty® COVID-19 vaccine.
Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. against multiple defendants – ANDA patent infringement litigation involving Eucrisa® for atopic dermatitis (eczema).
Merck Sharpe & Dohme Corp. v. Wyeth LLC and Pfizer entities – multiple district court litigations involving patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation in connection with pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, including Pfizer's Prevnar® vaccine.
Merck Sharpe & Dohme Corp. v. Wyeth LLC and Pfizer entities; Sanofi Pasteur Inc. v. Pfizer – thirteen inter partes review proceedings and two post-grant review proceedings against patents underlying Pfizer's Prevnar® vaccine.
Pfizer Inc. v. Genentech, Inc.: Pfizer Inc. v. Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc.; Pfizer Inc. v. Biogen, Inc.; Pfizer Inc. v. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. – BPCIA patent dance related to bevacizumab and rituximab; multiple inter partes review proceedings challenging patents arising therefrom.
Counsel in the following cases:
Amgen Inc. v. Hospira Inc. and Pfizer Inc. – BPCIA litigations involving biosimilars of filgrastim and pegfilgrastim.
Pfizer Inc et al. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. – ANDA patent litigation against multiple defendants involving the blockbuster drug Lyrica®.
Astellas and Item Dev. AB against multiple defendants – ANDA patent litigation against multiple defendants concerning the drug Adenoscan®.
Item Dev. AB v. Apothecary Prods., Inc. – trademark infringement litigation involving medicine dispensers.
Glaxo Group, Ltd. v. Sandoz Inc. – ANDA patent infringement litigation involving Zofran®, a drug used to help relieve nausea and vomiting.
Novartis Corp. v. [multiple defendants] – ANDA patent litigation against multiple defendants concerning the drug Lotrel®.
Novartis Seeds, Inc. v. Monsanto Company and DeKalb Genetics Corp.; Syngenta Seeds, Inc. v. Monsanto Co.et al. – patent litigation involving transgenic corn.
Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc. v. Monsanto Co. and Delta & Pine Land Co. – patent infringement litigation involving transgenic cotton.
CollaGenex Pharms., Inc. v. Ivax Pharms., Inc. – patent litigation regarding Periostat®, a drug used to treat periodontitis.
Smart Ceiling Fans, Components Thereof, and Associated Systems and Software, ITC 337-TA-1374 – patent infringement matter involving smart fans; related IPR proceedings against the involved patents.
Communications or Computing Devices Thereof, ITC-337-TA-925 – represent Intervenor in patent infringement proceeding involving mobile devices.
BRK Brands, Inc. v. Nest Labs, Inc. – patent infringement litigation involving multiple patents asserted against defendant's smart home smoke/carbon monoxide detectors.
British Telecommunications plc v. Google Inc. – patent infringement litigation involving five patents asserted against numerous Google products.
Brotech Corp. v. White Eagle Int'l Techs. Group, Inc. – litigation to correct inventorship of eleven patents concerning copolymeric resins with macronet and micronet structures.
Interdigital Tech. Corp. v. NEC Corp. – arbitration concerning patent license dispute regarding cellular telephony.
Netcraft Corp. v. AT&T Mobility LLC et al. – patent infringement litigation involving internet payment methods.
Canton Bio-Med., Inc. v. Integrated Liner Techs., Inc. – patent infringement litigation relating to polymeric septum discs.
Chemical Fabric Corp. v. Textile Coated, Inc. – patent infringement and contract-related litigation concerning flexible polymeric composites used in high temperature food processing equipment.
