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A key component of a company’s intellectual property strategy is the protection of its industrial designs, including the ornamental features of products, graphical user interfaces, icons and fonts, to combat competitors copying its products. Industrial design protection fills a niche between (and...
The pharmaceutical industry faces a challenging business environment as competition drives down prices, R&D expenses rise, and government scrutiny deepens. However, companies have many options for navigating these challenges, generally by making deals with others in the field, including mergers and...
![Teresa Tracy](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-07/Tracy_Teresa_LinkedIn.jpg?h=818fce8b&itok=YGnCJvO3)
Teresa "Terri" R. Tracy represents management in labor and employment litigation and related legal matters. Her experience includes issues involving wrongful termination, discrimination, wage and hour, class action, union organizing campaigns, grievances and arbitrations, and collective bargaining...
![Tom Murray, Ph.D.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-05/Murray_Tom_LinkedIn.jpg?h=f57dba4b&itok=GKsoaJEN)
Tom Murray is a patent agent who helps clients protect their intellectual property through patent preparation and prosecution, as well as analyses involving freedom to operate, non-infringement and invalidity. Tom also has experience with matters involving post-grant prosecutions. His IP work for...
![Andrew Schwerin](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Schwerin_Andrew_LinkedIn.jpg?h=f57dba4b&itok=sGkX989T)
Andrew Schwerin represents clients in patent and trade secret litigation on both the plaintiff and defense sides of these disputes. Outside of his litigation work, Andrew counsels clients on their IP strategy. Andrew has represented clients in connection with a range of technologies including...
![Michelle C. Streifthau-Livizos](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Streifthau-Livizos_Michelle_LinkedIn.jpg?h=7126a54b&itok=zKkPFFZM)
Michelle Streifthau-Livizos represents clients in litigation matters, including disputes involving the Hatch-Waxman Act, patents, copyrights and trademarks. She handles cases involving various types of technology, including representations of pharmaceutical companies, life sciences companies...
![Lukas Pfannenstiel](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-12/Pfannenstiel_Lukas_LinkedIn.jpg?h=e88f149d&itok=yJM01ixB)
Lukas Pfannenstiel draws on his scientific background to assist clients in protecting their intellectual property. Lukas has a Ph.D. in cellular and molecular medicine from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, a bachelor's degree in cell biology from University of Kansas, and practical...
![Sean P. Ritchie](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Ritchie_Sean_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=buZa_ZmW)
Sean Ritchie advises clients on how to protect their intellectual property and assists them in doing so by drafting, filing, prosecuting and enforcing patents and trademarks. He also counsels on the patentability of their IP and on patent infringement issues, and litigates these issues when needed...
![Lisa M. Koblin](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Koblin_Lisa_LinkedIn.jpg?h=1e634fa0&itok=ypX8U50B)
Lisa Koblin assists employers with labor and employment disputes, including litigation of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, unpaid wage and class action claims in state and federal courts as well as mediation. She provides counseling on employee handbooks and policies, non-compete agreements...
![Matthew D. Kohel](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Kohel_Matthew_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=vWLditf0)
Matt Kohel represents clients in commercial litigation, intellectual property matters, and data privacy issues. Clients in an array of industries rely on Matt to protect their interests in courts across the United States and in arbitrations on matters involving allegations of breach of contract...
![Joseph Kuo](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Kuo_Joseph_LinkedIn.jpg?h=f8ed7cbc&itok=4_Sj5Nyb)
Joseph Kuo's practice encompasses a broad range of experience in intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, unfair competition, copyrights, false advertising, and trade secrets. Joseph has counseled a wide array of clients ranging from large established companies, to young start-up...
![Yogini Bhavsar Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Bhavsar-Jog_Yogini_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=9Bjuqogh)
Yogini Bhavsar-Jog (Ph.D.) focuses on drafting and prosecuting patents in the areas including biochemistry, molecular biology, pharmaceuticals, biologics, nanotechnology, physics, chemical engineering and medical devices. In addition to the United States, Yogini is involved in managing prosecution...
![Valerie L. O'Shea Murray](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-09/OShea-Murray_Valerie_LinkedIn.jpg?h=e88f149d&itok=l_Ik4gez)
Valerie O'Shea Murray, Ph.D., is a registered patent agent who prepares and prosecutes patent applications in a broad spectrum of technology areas, including biotechnology, immunology, chemistry, and life sciences. Valerie's intellectual property experience includes work for a variety of clients...
Protecting patents and maximizing their value are paramount to the success of brand pharmaceutical companies and university technology departments, in particular as they relate to generic competitors who file Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs) under the Hatch-Waxman Act. Saul Ewing’s...
Every day, employers are confronted with new, varied and frequently thorny workplace challenges. Going well beyond traditional labor disputes and allegations of discrimination, businesses today are faced with an ever-changing regulatory and legislative environment in areas such as wage and hour...
![Erin Westbrook](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-09/Westbrook_Erin_LinkedIn.jpg?h=f8ed7cbc&itok=YD4sOXRO)
Erin Westbrook assists clients in the food, beverage, agribusiness and cannabis industries with matters involving their intellectual property and business disputes. Her experience includes counseling and litigation involving trademarks, patents, copyrights, trade secrets and contracts, and she...
![Darius C. Gambino](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Gambino_Darius_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=ml73HffH)
Darius Gambino has over 20 years of experience helping clients protect their intellectual property in the United States and abroad. Clients in industries ranging from technology and manufacturing to consumer goods and professional services rely on Darius to represent them in high stakes patent...
![Courtland C. Merrill](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Merrill_Courtland_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=K-qg5OKB)
Courtland Merrill represents businesses across the country in intellectual property disputes, including enforcement of patents and IP rights in trials and appeals. His patent litigation experience includes handling claims of willful patent infringement under the doctrine of equivalents, an area of...
Saul Ewing’s Litigation Department features approximately 200 attorneys across 18 offices. We handle a wide range of matters including complex business and commercial disputes, bet-the-company legal proceedings, and high-profile cases in state and federal courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution...
![Mark D. Simpson](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-11/Simpson_Mark_LinkedIn.jpg?h=b5bab779&itok=NxlEdZE-)
Mark Simpson counsels technology and intellectual property innovators to assist them in developing, protecting, and monetizing the results of their creative endeavors, with a focus on IP strategy and branding. He protects their IP assets via patent preparation and prosecution, IP counseling and...