The ‘very knowledgeable team’ at Fenwick & West LLP is a tech specialist practice which is regularly sought out by TMT and life sciences clients fore its comprehensive IP capabilities. The group represents a broad range of clients, ranging from startups to industry giants such as Amazon and Google, and is highly experienced in patent disputes in the life sciences sector. The patent litigation team is co-led by Robert Counihan in New York, a life sciences expert who is experienced in a variety of IP disputes in trial and appellate courts as well as at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and Saina Shamilov in Silicon Valley, who represents tech companies in a broad range of commercial and IP disputes. In New York, other notable practitioners include Ryan Johnson, a key contact for clients in the pharma sector, and Jeffrey Oelke, whose experience includes Hatch-Waxman litigation and inter partes reviews at the U.S Patent Office.
Testimonials
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‘Very knowledgeable team with appropriate representation at the partner, senior associate and associate level - both technically competent and very good litigators. Excellent job of guiding me through the various phases of IP litigation. Open to flexible billing arrangements.’
‘Good people - intelligent, committed and driven to obtain the best result possible yet down to earth and personable.’
Key clients
- Amyndas Pharmaceuticals, S.A.
- Amazon.com
Work highlights
- Represented Amazon in a long-running patent dispute related to Amazon’s Music and Audible service.
- Represented of Meta in a suit filed by Virtual Creative Artists alleging Meta infringed two of its patents related to the creation and distribution of media content.