ATLANTA and PHILADELPHIA, January 9, 2012—International law firm Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce new leadership positions in its Intellectual Property Practice Group.
Louis Norwood "Woody" Jameson, the managing partner of the firm's Atlanta office and a well-known IP litigator, will lead the firm's nationally ranked Intellectual Property Practice Group. Jameson succeeds Lewis Gould, Jr., who assumed the chairmanship of the group in 1999 and led it through more than a decade of significant expansion.
Effective immediately, Duane Morris has also formalized 5 divisions within its substantial IP Practice. This new structure is reflective of the substantial growth of the Duane Morris IP Practice across the offices of Duane Morris both domestically and internationally. Those divisions are patent prosecution; trademark and copyright; ANDA and generic pharmaceuticals; life sciences; and IP litigation. Each division will be co-chaired by two partners. In addition, and reflective of its continued plans to grow all of these divisions, the IP Practice Group will have a specially designated recruiting partner for the practice.
Patent Prosecution
Samuel W. Apicelli and Patrick D. McPherson lead the Patent Prosecution division. Apicelli, a partner in the Philadelphia office, provides strategic guidance to executive management on the development and commercialization of products and services and the implementation of patent strategies. He assists investors in negotiations and transactions involving intellectual property, including due diligence reviews of patents and trademarks, and assists parties in mergers and acquisitions involving intellectual property of all types.
McPherson, a partner in the Washington, D.C. office, represents clients in the acquisition, enforcement and protection of all aspects of their intellectual property rights. He represents U.S. and foreign clients in the acquisition of patent rights in diverse technologies, such as telecommunications, wireless communications, computer software, ink jet recording paper, medical devices and electronics, and assists clients in establishing competitive patent review programs.
Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition
Gregory P. Gulia and Mark A. Steiner lead the Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition division. Gulia, a partner in the New York office, has counseled clients concerning a broad range of intellectual property issues; negotiated trademark licenses, purchases and consent agreements; and litigated numerous trademark, copyright, anti-counterfeiting, domain name, unfair competition, trade secrets, rights of publicity and privacy, and First Amendment cases for various major media corporations, entertainers, luxury goods makers, fashion companies, international store chains and consumer products companies.
Steiner, a partner in the San Francisco office, offers clients a strong combination of trial experience, counseling, enforcement, procurement and licensing know-how in matters concerning trademarks, trade identity, Internet domain names, copyrights, trade secrets and unfair competition. He has represented companies ranging in size from startups to Fortune 500 in a wide variety of industries.
ANDA and Generic Pharmaceuticals
Vincent L. Capuano, Ph.D., leads the ANDA and Generic Pharmaceuticals division. Capuano, a partner in the Boston office, has extensive experience representing pharmaceutical companies in prelitigation strategic planning and patent litigation. He counsels clients in all areas of patent procurement, exploitation and enforcement, including domestic and foreign patent preparation and procurement, patent validity and infringement analysis, patent licensing and due diligences.
Life Sciences and Biotechnology
Lee Crews, Ph.D., and Vicki G. Norton, Ph.D., lead the Life Sciences and Biotechnology division. Crews, a partner in the Boston office, assists clients in the life sciences and medical devices fields with securing patent rights in the United States and abroad. She also represents clients in those industries in licensing and transactional work, and has significant experience in resolving inventorship disputes.
Norton, a partner in the San Diego office, focuses on biotechnology and chemical patent counseling and litigation. She also advises clients on worldwide patent strategy, including identifying patent coverage issues; auditing technology portfolios to assist clients in transactions and venture opportunities; and formulating strategic objectives for prosecution.
IP Litigation
Matthew C. Gaudet and Anthony J. Fitzpatrick lead the IP litigation division. Gaudet, a partner in the Atlanta office, is a trial lawyer who practices in the area of intellectual property litigation with a focus on patent litigation as well as related complex commercial litigation and technology litigation. He has successfully tried numerous cases, has defeated dozens of patents prior to trial and has appeared before panels of the U.S. Court of Appeals, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation and federal district courts across the United States.
Fitzpatrick has litigated matters involving diverse technologies, and has gained particular experience in pharmaceuticals, biologics, medical devices and other life sciences. Fitzpatrick has extensive experience as lead trial counsel in federal and state courts and before arbitral tribunals.
Duane Morris has 140 intellectual property lawyers, patent agents and support staff working across all intellectual property disciplines and technologies. Industry publications, including Intellectual Property Today, IP Law & Business and IP Law360, have consistently ranked Duane Morris among the leading law firms in the U.S. handling IP work.
About Duane Morris LLP
Duane Morris LLP, a full-service law firm with more than 700 attorneys in offices across the United States and around the world, offers innovative solutions to the legal and business challenges presented by today's evolving global markets.