On June 5, 2023, Chad Shear, Betsy Flanagan, and Geoff Biegler became partners in Cooley’s global litigation department’s market-leading intellectual property litigation practice. The team comes from Fish & Richardson and has extensive trial experience. They have successfully represented early- to late-stage companies in complex patent disputes in district and appellate courts as well as the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Michael Attanasio, chair of Cooley’s global litigation department, stated, “The addition of this team of first-rate litigators reflects Cooley’s commitment to the continued strategic growth of our patent litigation capabilities.” Their aggregate insight and history of outcome in all discussions make them an exceptional expansion not exclusively to our patent case and preliminary groups, yet in addition to our top tier life sciences stage across the whole firm.”
Stephen Smith, chair of Cooley’s IP litigation practice, stated, “Chad, Betsy, and Geoff have a long history of successfully representing industry-leading life sciences, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical brands in high-stakes patent litigation involving core products – both in the US and internationally.” We are thrilled to welcome these formidable three attorneys to our expanding practice. They will be a tremendous asset to our extensive bench of patent litigators and trial lawyers.
With a focus on branded Hatch-Waxman litigation, competitor small and large molecule drug cases, and Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act litigation, Shear, Flanagan, and Biegler represent life sciences companies in crucial patent infringement disputes. The team regularly leads global litigation to harmonize approaches for blockbuster drugs, in addition to providing clients with strategic portfolio advice.
Shear, Flanagan, and Biegler declared, “The three of us are thrilled to join the dynamic team at Cooley and their acclaimed intellectual property litigation practice.” We are eager to utilize the firm’s dominant life sciences reputation to further enhance the practice and be a part of the collaborative culture.
Cooley’s intellectual property litigation practice is renowned for its ability to win bet-the-company competitor cases involving multibillion-dollar products, technologies, and brands, with a team of more than 65 lawyers who have significant experience representing clients in technology and life sciences matters. Cooley brags one the most dynamic patent prosecution rehearses in the US, having dealt with 525+ patent cases and 70+ US Court of Allures for the Government Circuit patent requests – by far most as the appellee – in the beyond five years.
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