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Fish & Richardson Attorneys Megan Chacon and Crystal Culhane Named 2021 Women of Influence in Law by the San Diego Business Journal

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Megan Chacon focuses her practice on complex patent litigation across a wide range of technologies. She currently represents Gilead Sciences, one of the largest and most well-known biotechnology companies in the world, in multiple patent litigation matters. In addition to her patent work, Culhane leads the San Diego office’s U.S.

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Fish & Richardson Elevates 17 Attorneys to Principal 

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Newly promoted principals for 2022 are: Michael Ballanco focuses his practice on all aspects of patent infringement matters at the trial and appellate level. and foreign patent prosecution and counseling in the technology areas of bioinformatics, mobile communications, e-commerce, database, and data processing.

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Fish & Richardson Firm Members Named 2021 Up and Coming Attorneys and Unsung Legal Heroes

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Grace Kim focuses her practice on patent prosecution, client counseling and strategic portfolio development, clearance investigations, patentability analysis and due diligence investigations.

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San Diego Metro Magazine Names Fish & Richardson Senior Principal John Phillips a 2021 Top Attorney

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He represents startups to Fortune 500 corporations in inter partes and ex parte post-grant work, due diligence and freedom-to-operate investigations, patent opinions, and strategic patent prosecution. Phillips was one of 18 honorees selected as a top legal practitioner in the San Diego area.

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Fish & Richardson Attorneys Named Recipients of the 2020 Patent Pro Bono Achievement Certificate

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Fish & Richardson is proud to announce that six of its attorneys were named recipients of the Pro Bono Achievement Certificate by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This recognition acknowledges those law firms and attorneys who help make the Patent Pro Bono Program a success. Jacqueline Tio – Georgia PATENTS.

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Fish Principals Named to IAM’s 2021 Strategy 300 List

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His practice centers on complex legal analysis and writing – in federal appeals, patent prosecution, reexamination, pre-suit and due diligence investigations, and patent opinions. John Dragseth is a senior principal in Fish’s Twin Cities office. Principal Christine Goddard, Ph.D., Eric Schulman.

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What to Know About the USPTO’s Duty of Candor Guidance Regarding FDA Submissions

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Information and statements” may include, among other items, information that “refutes, or is inconsistent with, a position that the applicant takes in” either “opposing an argument of unpatentability relied on by the Office” or “asserting an argument of patentability.”. the party has a duty to submit the information to the USPTO.”.