Weil Gotshal & Manges

Weil Gotshal & Manges is well-represented across practice areas, this year retaining national rankings in patent litigation, copyright and IP transactions. Key offices for the firm include New York, Washington DC, Silicon Valley and Houston.

2023

"Weil Gotshal & Manges performs its analyses quickly and efficiently and focuses on key financial and business drivers."

"They are extremely knowledgeable, responsive, practical and cooperative to work with."

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 contours of the fair use doctrine in the academic setting.

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

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. The firm also continues to represent Johnson & Johnson-owned Ethicon in a patent suit related to an ITC investigation.

Additional patent litigation clients include LiquidPower Specialty Products, Altria, Guardant Health, Bio-Rad Laboratories, the University of Chicago, Illumina, HP, GE, Nuance Communications, AbbVie, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Oracle.

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