Led by seasoned trial lawyer Sheila Swaroop in Orange County, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP has a dedicated intellectual property practice handling patent infringement disputes for a broad range of clients, with particular expertise working for biotech, medical device, and pharma clients. Orange County lawyer Joseph Re is a skillful trial and appellate lawyer with particular experience in tech. The group also includes Seattle-based IP litigator and patent attorney Carol Pitzel Cruz and Jeremiah Helm in Washington DC, who is a pharma litigation expert. In Irvine, William Adams maintains close relationships with a roster of life sciences companies. Trial lawyer John Sganga has now retired, while Ali Razai left the firm in early 2025.
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Key clients
- Amazon.com, Inc.
- Spectrum Solutions, LLC
- Masimo Corporation
- Cercacor Laboratories
- Edwards Lifesciences
- Orbicular Pharmaceutical Technology Pvt. Ltd.
- Cipla Ltd.
- Spinal Elements, Inc.
- Pavemetrics Systems, Inc.
- RealTruck, Inc.
- Lund Motion Products, Inc.
- Institute for Cancer Research
- Fox Chase Cancer Center
- Tokyo Ohka Kogyo, Ltd.
Work highlights
- Represented Masimo Corporation and Cercacor Laboratories in a patent infringement suit against Apple regarding their Apple Watches, Series 6 and up.
- Represented Amazon in ongoing district court proceedings in a patent infringement suit brought by Jawbone Innovations relating to nine of their patents.
- Represented Spectrum Solutions LLC in inter partes review challenges of five separate patents owned by Longhorn Vaccines & Diagnostics.