Delphine Knight Brown is an experienced trial lawyer and litigator whose practice focuses on complex intellectual property and technology cases. She has served as lead counsel in patent litigations, including Hatch-Waxman cases for several generic pharmaceutical companies, involving pharmaceutical, medical device, computer software and hardware, and business method patents as well as misappropriation of trade secret claims and unfair competition matters. Delphine has also served as lead trial counsel in complex copyright and trademark infringement cases.
Delphine’s experience includes representing foreign corporations and their subsidiaries and affiliates in legal proceedings in the United States. She represents corporations in state and federal courts nationwide in pretrial, trial, arbitrations and appellate proceedings.
Professional Activities
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- New York Intellectual Property Law Association, Member of Patent Litigation Committee and Member of Women in IP Committee
- American Bar Association, Member of Women Advocates Committee and former Co-Chair, Programs Subcommittee of the Commercial and Business Litigation Committee of the ABA's Section of Litigation
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York
News
- Axinn’s Client Awarded Attorneys’ Fees in “Exceptional” PIV Case
- Axinn Obtains Global Settlement of Claims Against Code Rebel
- Federal Circuit Rules for Axinn Client in Abilify Patent Appeal
- Axinn Successfully Obtains Dismissal of Certain Patent Claims asserted against Zydus Pharmaceuticals in Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. HEC Pharma Co., Ltd.
- Axinn Obtains Stipulated Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement for Zydus
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Thought Leadership
- Lucky Brand Oral Arguments: SCOTUS Likely to Reverse Second Circuit Claim Preclusion Rule, IPWatchdog, January 14, 2020
- Attorneys React to High Court's Bankruptcy Contract Rejection Ruling, Westlaw Journal Intellectual Property, August 14, 2019
- Axinn IP Update: U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Copyright Office Must Grant Copyright Registration Before Infringement Suit Can Be Filed, Axinn Update, March 5, 2019
- Axinn's Delphine Knight Brown Offers Perspective on Arguments in 'Mission Product Holdings v. Tempnology', Wolters Kluwer IP Law Daily, February 21, 2019
Events
- Managing Unconscious Bias to Increase Diversity and Promote Inclusion in Corporate and Law Firm Leadership
- ACI 6th Annual Women Leaders in Life Sciences Law Conference
- Recent IP Cases and Developments
- 2019 Centerforce Women, Diversity & Change Summit - Boston
- ACI 5th Annual Women Leaders in Life Sciences Law Conference
- ACI 4th Annual Women Leaders in Life Sciences Law Conference
- 2017 Centerforce Women in IP & Law Summit - Silicon Valley
- Centerforce 2nd Annual Trademark & Copyright Summit
- ACI 3rd Annual Women Leaders in Life Sciences Law Conference
- ACI 2nd Annual Women Leaders in Life Sciences Law Conference
- ACI 9th Annual Paragraph IV Disputes Conference
Education
- JD, Highest Honors – St. John's University School of Law (1989)
- BA – Princeton University (1985)
Admissions
- Connecticut
- New York
- US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- US District Court Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
- US District Court District of Connecticut
- US District Court District of Columbia
- US Supreme Court
- US Tax Court