The Patenting of Medicine
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Ever wonder if someone can own your DNA? Or maybe some cells? The intellectual property issues pertaining to medicine and health are diverse and complex. Please join us for this fascinating discussion on the intersection of medicine and intellectual property ownership.
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About Susan Tull:
With years of particular focus on patent litigation, Susan Tull, partner at Finnegan, has been involved in all phases and forums of litigation. Her patent litigation, appeals, and post-grant proceedings practices focus on technologies related to consumer products, medical devices, automotive, and other mechanical and electrical systems.
Susan focuses her practice on patent litigation and client counseling in the mechanical, industrial, electrical, and medical device fields. She represents clients before U.S. district courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Susan has actively participated in several trials, where she has examined and cross-examined fact and expert witnesses, and has managed attorney and support teams throughout every phase of patent litigation. She has extensive experience developing litigation strategies, taking complex discovery, working with technical and damages experts, and drafting summary judgment motions, pre-and post-trial briefs, as well as appellate briefs.
About Finnegan:
Awarded “U.S. PTAB Firm of the Year,” 2019 (Managing Intellectual Property Americas IP Awards)
“Law Firm of the Year—Trademark,” 2019 (U.S. News—Best Lawyers Best Law Firms)
Chosen as “U.S. Specialty Firm of the Year,” 2016, 2018 (Managing Intellectual Property Americas IP Awards)
Awarded “U.S. Trade Mark Contentious Firm of the Year,” 2018 (Managing Intellectual Property Americas IP Awards)
Selected as “U.S. ITC Firm of the Year,” 2018 (Managing Intellectual Property Americas IP Awards)
Recognized as “Intellectual Property Firm of the Year,” 2016; “Hatch-Waxman Litigation Firm of the Year—Branded,” 2017; and “Intellectual Property Boutique Firm of the Year” and “Inter Partes Review Firm of the Year,” 2018 (LMG Life Sciences Awards)
Recognized for “Milestone Case of the Year: Aqua Products v. Matal,” 2018 (Managing Intellectual Property Americas IP Awards)
Selected as “Practice Group of the Year” for Intellectual Property, 2017 (Law360)
Recognized as “Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year” in the United States, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2017 (Managing Intellectual Property North American IP Awards)
Chosen as “Global IP Firm of the Year,” 2016 (Managing Intellectual Property Global IP Awards)
Selected as “U.S. IP Firm of the Decade,” 2015 (Managing Intellectual Property North American IP Awards)
Ranked as a top firm for Intellectual Property and Trademark Law since 2010 (U.S. News—Best Lawyers Best Law Firms)
Ranked as a top U.S. law firm for Patent Contentious and Prosecution Work since 2005; for Trademark Contentious, Trademark Prosecution, and International Trade Commission Work since 2008; for Bio Life Sciences since 2011; and for PTAB Litigation (USPTO) Work since 2015 (Managing Intellectual Property’s World IP Surveys)
Ranked as a top firm for Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution, Re-examinations, and Post-Grant Proceedings, Patent Licensing, Trademark Prosecution and Non-Contentious Work, and Trademark Litigation since 2008; and for Patent Litigation—International Trade Commission since 2010 (The Legal 500 U.S.)
Ranked as a leading firm in the United States for Patent Litigation and Patent Prosecution since 2012; and for Patent Transactions since 2015 (Intellectual Asset Management, Patent 1000)
Recognized as a leading firm for Trademark Work in the United States since 2011 (World Trademark Review, WTR 1000)
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