Weil Gotshal & Manges

Weil Gotshal & Manges earns top ranking in New York for its copyright and patent litigation teams and is recommended for trademark litigation. Much of the firm’s IP transactions team is also housed in the New York office, a practice area which the firm is ranked nationally. Clients of the firm include Campbell Soup, eBay, Ethicon, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Sanofi.

Key practitioners include Michael Epstein, Jeffrey Osterman, Charan Sandhu, Randi Singer and Elizabeth Weiswasser. Weiswasser is patent litigation group co-head and one the firm’s experienced trial lawyers focused on life sciences IP disputes. Epstein heads the technology and IP transactions group, offering deep expertise on complex deals. Singer is a standout in the copyright and trademark group who specializes in in Lanham Act claims, secondary liability issues and infringement disputes, among other areas.

For the firm’s significant client work in 2021, Weil Gotshal & Manges was shortlisted by Managing IP for the US Copyright Firm of the Year, US Life Sciences IP Litigation Firm of the Year, and US Transactions Firm of the Year awards.

Among the firm’s recent representations, the patent group is active for Sanofi in a patent suit in the District of New Jersey and in related IPR proceedings. In another matter, the firm represented Johnson & Johnson-owned Ethicon in a patent suit related to an ITC investigation.

Additional patent clients include GE, LiquidPower Specialty Products, Nuance Communications, AbbVie and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.

Weil also represents Samsung in an action in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York regarding the availability of allegedly infringing downloadable digital watch face apps on the Samsung Galaxy Store. Additional trademark clients include Hilton and CareDx.

The group was recently active for Sirius XM and Pandora Media in a Copyright Royalty Board proceeding related to public performance rights of covered sound recordings. The firm is also representing Alibaba in trademark and copyright actions involving secondary liability issues.

In addition, Weil represents Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and SAGE Publications in a high-profile copyright infringement dispute with Georgia State University involving the fair use doctrine in an academic setting.

Additional copyright clients include Getty Images, the North American Concert Promoters Association, Twitter, the Association of American Publishers and Hearst Communications.