Related Practices
Many law firms have litigators. Many law firms have patent lawyers. Axinn offers patent litigators with national reputations as trial lawyers and deep training and experience as patent counselors. The firm has an extensive record of successfully litigating high-stakes patent cases and trying them to verdict. Axinn also offers extensive experience and understanding of PTO practice and procedure, and serves as counsel in numerous contested proceedings.
Representative litigation experience includes:
- Trial for Johnson & Johnson in case involving medical devices
- Trial for Actavis in pharmaceutical case involving billions of dollars in potential damages
- Multiple trials and appeals in pharmaceutical cases
- Litigation in many cases involving tools and hardware
- Litigation for Unilever in case involving non-butter spreads
- Trial for 3M in case involving filtration devices
- Litigation for FILA in cases involving sneakers and articulated-toe footwear
- Litigation for URL Mutual of preliminary injunction hearing and Federal Circuit appeal
- Litigation for New York Community Bank in case involving business methods patents
- Litigation for R.R. Donnelley in cases involving gift and phone card technologies
- Litigation in many cases involving tools and hardware
Representative industry experience includes:
- Biotech. Axinn’s team is led by lawyers and professionals with advanced degrees and industry experience in areas such as organic chemistry, microbiology and immunology. Axinn provides counseling, regulatory and litigation services in the areas of biologics, diagnostics and human tissues, including technologies and therapies targeted to cancer, autoimmune disease and reconstructive surgery.
- Chemicals. Many Axinn attorneys are chemists and chemical engineers. They practice in areas such as coating compositions, cosmetics, topical compositions, specialty chemicals, polymers, process engineering, surfactants and water treatment chemicals.
- Mechanical. Axinn attorneys have extensive experience in numerous industries and hold specialized degrees in fields such aeronautical engineering, civil engineering, computer science and mechanical engineering. Axinn has served clients in a variety of industries, including aerospace, apparel, athletic gear, automotive, consumer products, hand and power tools, manufacturing and industrial processes.
- Medical Devices. Using the experience of its mechanical, electrical and life-sciences trained attorneys, the firm helps its clients across a broad range of different technologies, including spinal implants, stents, catheters, blood pressure sensors, contrast agents and wound dressings.
- Pharmaceuticals. Axinn offers the leading pharmaceutical practice in the country. It also combines its deep substantive and litigation experience with its FDA, antitrust, and commercial litigation practice areas to offer clients a unique end-to-end solution.
- Technology. Axinn offers the experience and skills necessary to assist clients in the information age, including software development, systems consulting and electrical engineering. The firm has represented companies in industries such as electronic equipment, semiconductors, software and e-commerce. The firm also has extensive experience representing insurance, financial services and other companies in connection with business methods patents, and has a particular interest in defending clients in actions brought by non-practicing entities.
Axinn partners with its clients to provide day-to-day intellectual property advice, to formulate strategic plans and to execute those strategies, including in the courtroom. Axinn attorneys also perform IP due diligence, audits and analyses, provide counseling services for all major corporate transactions and draft license agreements and other contracts.
News
- Axinn Scores Multiple IPR Victories on Behalf of Applied Materials
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Articles & Newsletters
- Federal Circuit Reverses Course on ‘Appropriate Deference’ in Indefiniteness Determinations
- Pharmaceutical Supply Chain – Patent Considerations
- The Uncertain Future of Patent Indefiniteness Under Federal Circuit's Deference Standard
- How Justice Barrett’s Confirmation Might Impact Patent Eligibility
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