Patent Litigation

Winston & Strawn's patent litigation team—named in the January 2010 issue of The American Lawyer as one of the top four IP litigation practices in the United States—has extensive experience before the trial bar and the Federal Circuit, a proven ability to quickly master a range of complex technologies, and a command of the intellectual property disciplines. Our attorneys have tried dozens of intellectual property cases, including patent infringement cases, to juries.  The firm tried its first patent case in the 1970s.  In the mid-1980s when patent cases increasingly were being tried to juries, our attorneys began handling a string of major patent and other IP litigation matters, many of which were “bet the company” cases.  Winston & Strawn continues to handle a number of high-profile patent cases today.

Our attorneys are currently assisting clients in dozens of patent litigation cases filed in federal courts across the country involving a diverse range of technologies, from electronics and computer software to medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and chemical processes.

This volume of work is supported by approximately 30 trial attorneys who devote some or all of their practice to patent matters.  In trying patent cases, our litigators can call upon the resources of our patent prosecution practice comprised of 14 registered patent attorneys to assist in understanding and addressing what are often complex technical issues.  We work to distill the complicated concepts at issue in patent cases to their essence; then we craft the most persuasive arguments and themes to advocate our client’s cause to the jury and court.