Woodcock Washburn Named a "Go-To" Law Firm in Corporate Counsel's "The Go-To Law Firms of the World's Leading Companies"
National intellectual property boutique Woodcock Washburn LLP is honored to be recognized as a "Go-To" law firm in the 2012 edition of Corporate Counsel's "Go-To Law Firms of the World's Leading Companies" survey. The survey identifies each company's primary outside law firms in seven practice areas, including intellectual property. The primary research used in the survey was direct feedback from general counsel. Research was conducted by American Lawyer Media (ALM). Woodcock ...more
Woodcock Washburn Secures Patent Jury Verdict for the University of Pennsylvania
A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has ruled in favor of Woodcock Washburn client the University of Pennsylvania in a patent infringement lawsuit brought against Penn and Avid Radiopharmaceuticals by the Alzheimer's Institute of America ("AIA"). The patents at issue in the suit relate to nucleic acids that code for amyloid precursor protein with the Swedish mutation and to transgenic mice that express the protein.more
Woodcock Recognized for Quality of Patents
National intellectual property boutique Woodcock Washburn is pleased to announce that the firm has been recognized in the annual IAM/Ocean Tomo patent quality rankings. The firm was ranked in the top 20 "overall" category that combined all industry areas represented in the rankings. The individual industry areas included consumer electronics, information technology, industrials, and healthcare (pharma/bio). An editorial accompanying the rankings titled "Paragons of Prosecution" ...more
Woodcock Washburn's Trademark Practice Recognized by the World Trademark Review
Woodcock Washburn is pleased to announce that the firm's trademark group and its chair, Nancy R. Frandsen, were recognized in the World Trademark Review's (WTR) "The World's Leading Trademark Professionals" guide. The firm's trademark team was recognized for "expertise in trademark prosecution and portfolio management, enforcement and commercial strategy." The guide recognized Nancy individually as a "brilliant prosecutor and litigator," adding that she "has valuable experience ...more
Woodcock Washburn Negotiates $70 Million Settlement of Patent-License Dispute for Client Kensey Nash
Woodcock Washburn attorneys David Wolfsohn, John Caldwell, and Jake Soumis recently negotiated a favorable settlement on behalf of Kensey Nash involving two Kensey Nash patent licensing agreements involving vascular closure devices. Under the terms of the settlement, St. Jude Medical agreed to pay Kensey Nash $39 million in cash over the next three years, and agreed to enter into an exclusive supply agreement with Kensey Nash over five years, valued at approximately $31 million.more
Michael J. Kline and Lisa N. Collins Join Woodcock Washburn's Atlanta Office
National intellectual property boutique Woodcock Washburn is pleased to announce that Michael Kline and Lisa Collins recently joined the firm's Atlanta office. Michael Kline has been practicing intellectual property law exclusively since 1985. He joins the firm as a partner from The Coca-Cola Company where he served as Senior Patent Counsel, and earlier as Senior Litigation Counsel for Intellectual Property. Earlier in his career, he was the outside chief IP counsel for Sunbeam ...more
Erich M. Falke Joins Woodcock Washburn as Partner
National intellectual property boutique Woodcock Washburn is pleased to announce that Erich M. Falke has joined the firm's Philadelphia office as a litigation partner. Erich focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation and client counseling. Erich has first chair patent litigation experience and has been a member of numerous trial teams. Erich has litigated patent cases involving a wide range of technologies, including computer software, database access and remote access ...more
Woodcock Washburn Recognized in Law360's "100 Largest IP Practices"
National intellectual property boutique Woodcock Washburn was recently recognized in Law360's "100 Largest IP Practices" feature. The firm was ranked at number 62 with 75 IP attorneys. Woodcock Washburn is the largest intellectual property boutique law firm in Pennsylvania. The firm also has offices in Atlanta and Seattle.more
Woodcock Washburn Partner Named Fellow of Litigation Counsel of America
National intellectual property boutique Woodcock Washburn LLP is pleased to announce that John P. Donohue, litigation partner in the firm’s Philadelphia office, has been selected as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. The Litigation Counsel of America (LCA) is a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Fellowship in the LCA is highly selective and by invitation only. Fellows are selected based upon excellence and accomplishment ...more
Woodcock Washburn Attorney and Co-Inventors Win 2011 Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award
Dr. Stephanie Barbosa, attorney at Woodcock Washburn, is a co-inventor of U.S. 6,869,952, entitled Pyrrolo[2,1-f][1,2,4]Triazine Inhibitors of Kinases, which was awarded the 2011 Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award in the pharmaceuticals category ...more