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 lawyers Ali Razai and Joseph Re are skillful trial and appellate lawyers 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.
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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.