With comprehensive intellectual property capabilities and ‘a deeply technical practice’, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP represents life sciences and tech clients in patent disputes and related IP litigation across a variety of forums. The team is co-chaired by Sara Tonnies Horton in Chicago and Krista Schwartz in San Francisco alongside Washington DC-based trial lawyer Indranil Mukerji, who frequently represents tech companies in disputes relating to electrical hardware, software and networking products. Other notable practitioners in DC include Stephen Marshall, who focuses on patent litigation with an emphasis on software, mobile devices, and Internet of Things technologies, as well as seasoned IP trial expert Aliza Carrano.
Testimonials
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‘The Willkie team was a pleasure to have as co-counsel. The team was diligent, collaborative, and trustworthy.’
‘We worked closely with Krista Schwartz and Barrington Dyer. Both were smart, strategic and great to have as co-counsel.’
‘Patent litigation is a deeply technical practice that requires both legal acumen and the ability to understand complex technologies. All great patent litigators are great litigators, but not all great litigators are great patent litigators. They are agile, smart, creative, and communicative.’
‘Indranil Mukerji, Stephen Marshall, Aliza Carrano and Barrington Dyer each played an integral role in a significant patent litigation matter for us. Each of them individually contributed, but I was most impressed at the team's cohesion and collective ability to tackle complex issues in real time.
Key clients
- Pfizer Legal Alliance Firm
- La Jolla
- Netflix
- Synopsys
- LG Electronics
- Insulet Corporation
- Lupin Limited
- Danieli Corporation
- Provisur Technologies
- Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
- Acco Brands Corporation
- Univar USA, Inc.
- Hospira, Inc.
- Lyric Opera of Chicago
- CC Industries
- Crown Family Philanthropies
- Ulta Beauty, Inc.
- Great Dane LLC
Work highlights
- Represented Provisur Technologies in patent litigation with its primary competitor, Weber, Inc., in a worldwide patent infringement dispute litigation in both the United States and in Germany, and in 12 inter partes review petitions filed in response to the district court litigation.
- Represented Netflix in a case relating to the software architecture of Netflix’s video streaming service homepage.
- Represented Synopsys, Inc. in a declaratory judgment action Synopsys brought in response to a patent litigation campaign NPE Bell Semiconductor brought against the semiconductor industry.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Sara Tonnies Horton, Krista Schwartz, Indranil Mukerji