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David Enzminger

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Nimalka Wickramasekera

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Samantha Lerner

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Chicago

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Patent Litigation

Our Patent Litigation Practice is one of the country’s most active and highly regarded. Our seasoned patent litigators bring extensive courtroom experience to every matter we handle. According to Lex Machina, we are among the top three national patent defense firms in the country for number of appearances and cases filed, and we also were the top national defense firm for number of patent trials in the last five years (2018–2022)....Read more

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ITC – Section 337

The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) is an increasingly popular venue for patent infringement litigation. More and more companies are seeking to halt importations of infringing products into the United States by turning to the ITC for expedited relief. Section 337 investigations conducted by the ITC provide complainants with a “fast track” to remedy IP matters that typically go to trial within 10 months. Since many Section 337 cases go to trial, selecting an ITC litigation team with a command of the technology, patent law, and specialized procedural practice is extremely important. We have handled more than 100 cases before the ITC....Read more

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Intellectual Property

Winston’s Intellectual Property (IP) Practice is one of the most active and highly regarded in the United States per Chambers USA, Benchmark Litigation US, and Best Law Firms®, among other ranking organizations. Our team features some of the country’s best IP lawyers, attorneys with the technical abilities to litigate and try highly complex IP disputes, and technical lawyers who provide critical advisory services....Read more

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Experience

March 18, 2024

Drilling Tools International Corp. Closes on Acquisition of Deep Casing Tools

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January 19, 2024

ITC ALJ Issues Win for AMD

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November 7, 2023

SQM 2023 Green Bond

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Competition Corner

January 17, 2025

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DOJ Files Unprecedented Suit Challenging Allegedly Deficient HSR Filings

On January 14, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against private equity firm KKR & Co. (KKR), alleging KKR repeatedly violated the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act and seeking unprecedented civil penalties of hundreds of millions of dollars.

In the Media

January 17, 2025

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Kathi Vidal Discusses her Return to Winston & Strawn after Serving as Director of the USPTO with Bloomberg Law

Winston & Strawn partner Kathi Vidal was featured in a Bloomberg Law article discussing her return to the firm after serving as Director of the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) from 2022 to 2024. In this wide-ranging article, Kathi talks about her tenure at the PTO and the legacy she leaves behind, her current client work focused on AI litigation and policy, and the use of AI tools to enhance the legal practice....Read more

Competition Corner

January 17, 2025

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Business Groups Sue to Block New HSR Form

In a joint lawsuit filed on January 10, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Longview Chamber of Commerce, American Investment Council, and Business Roundtable (collectively, the Plaintiffs) challenge the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recent changes to the premerger notification rules under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act, seeking to block the requirement to use a new HSR form that requires substantially more information and documents than required under the current HSR form.

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What Is the Patent Dance?

Colloquially referred to as the “patent dance,” the BPCIA provides a framework that includes certain steps and a schedule during which the applicant and reference product sponsor exchange confidential information disclosed in the aBLA. During the patent dance, the applicant and sponsor identify the patents that could be litigated in the future during two potential phases of litigation. In the first phase, the sponsor can allege infringement of a subset of the patents identified during the patent dance. The second phase begins after the sponsor receives the Notice of Commercial Marketing from the applicant. During this second phase, the sponsor can assert any remaining patents that were not asserted in the first phase....Read more

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How Does an Applicant Establish Biosimilarity?

An applicant typically demonstrates biosimilarity based on non-clinical analyses that focus on the structure and functional differences between the biosimilar and reference product....Read more

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What Is the Patent Trial and Appeal Board?

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) is a tribunal within U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The PTAB oversees trial proceedings, namely: inter partes review (IPR), post-grant review (PGR), covered business method (CBM) review, and derivation proceedings. The Board also hears appeals from adverse patentability decisions by patent examiners in original applications, reissues, and reexaminations. And, while phasing out since the passage of the America Invents Act (AIA) in 2011, the PTAB is also responsible for deciding interferences. The PTAB was previously referred to as the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences and was renamed by the AIA....Read more