Ropes & Gray

Ropes & Gray is an international with a domestic IP offering in Boston, Washington DC, New York, Palo Alto and San Francisco. The firm currently holds national rankings in IP transactions, patent litigation and PTAB proceedings. In the life sciences area the firm is particularly active, frequently engaging in patent litigation, transactions and patent strategy for biotech and pharma companies.

Key practitioners at the firm include James Batchelder, David Mcintosh, Edward Black, Scott McKeown, Steven Pepe and Filko Prugo.

The firm assisted biotech client Sarepta Therapeutics in a noteworthy licensing and collaboration agreement with Roche to launch and commercialize an investigative gene therapy treatment.

The firm was also active in notable deals for Alexion, Medtronic, uniQure and Qorvo.

The firm was recently active for Emerson Electric in a longstanding dispute that involved an ITC litigation and connected Patent Office proceedings. The team achieved a favorable outcome for the client in two IPRs and a Covered Business Method proceeding.

In other matters, the firm also represented Samsung in multiple patent disputes, including an Eastern District of Texas case against Imperium with a subsequent appeal, and a Northern District of California suit that was dismissed in favor of the client on Section 101 grounds.

Other key representations include Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1, Roky, Sony, TiVo and Google.