An Overview of Fitzpatrick Cella Harper Scinto

An Overview of Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto Robert L. Baechtold Nicholas M. Cannella Brian V. Slater Michael P. Sandonato Feng Xu

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A Brief History § Founded in 1971 by 6 partners – Legal excellence driven – Meritocracy based § The 1970 s: Engaged in high profile cases and legal matters for clients worldwide, such as Bristol-Myers and Canon. § The 1980 s: Represented a wide range of industries in patent prosecution, litigation, and ITC proceedings. Successfully represented E. I. Du. Pont de Nemours and Co. in ITC 337 investigation against Dutch chemical giant Akzo N. V. § The 1990 s: Expanded in all areas of IP law, from patent prosecution and litigation in the U. S. to trademark management in the global economy. Successfully litigated and prevailed on all issues in a complex ITC 337 investigation case over an anti-cancer drug (doxorubicin) involving multiple international companies in Asia, Europe and the U. S. § The 2000 s: A firm with 170 IP attorneys, widely acknowledged as one of the premier IP firms in the country; continues to develop and serve clients globally. FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO © 2009 | www. fitzpatrickcella. com 2

An Overview (1) § Consistently ranked as a top Intellectual Property law firm. – Ranked as a top U. S. Intellectual Property law firm by Chambers USA & Chambers Global – Named ACQ’s Patent Firm of Year, North America, 2009 – Ranked #1 in New York in Intellectual Property Today’s Top Patent Firms survey in the March 2009 issue. Ranked # 5 in the United States. – Canon and IBM named Fitzpatrick as a go-to firm in Corporate Counsels’ 2008 In-House Law Departments at the Leading Technology Companies Go-To Technology Guide – Named MIP’s Pharmaceutical IP Litigation Firm of the Year in 2008, 2009 and 2010 and Life Science/Biotech Firm of Year 2010 FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO © 2009 | www. fitzpatrickcella. com 3

An Overview (2) § Over 175 Attorneys in three offices § Primary practice areas – Intellectual property litigation – Patent Prosecution – Trademarks – Copyrights – Licensing & Transactions – Unfair Trade Practices – Pharmaceutical and Chemicals § More than 50 patent prosecution attorneys – Biotechnology – Electronics and Computers § Close to 100 paralegals, docketing and other support staff – E-Commerce & New Media – Nanotechnology – Interference – New York – Washington D. C. – California § Over 125 litigation attorneys FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO © 2009 | www. fitzpatrickcella. com 4

A Broad Spectrum of Technical Expertise – Technical expertise extends from partners to entry-level associates. – Electrical/Mechanical Engineering (71) – 98% of FCHS attorneys have science or engineering degrees; 13 attorneys have Ph. D. degrees. – Chemistry (28) – Nearly all of the litigation lawyers have pharmaceutical litigation experience (including Hatch. Waxman litigations) – Neuroscience/Neurobiology (3) – Biology/Biochemistry/Biotechnology (51) – Imaging Sciences/Physics (6) – Pharmacology (1) – Molecular Biophysics (1) – Psychology (1) – Astronomy (1) FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO © 2009 | www. fitzpatrickcella. com 5

Our Clients § A long, growing list of clients § From North America, to Europe, to Asia – Amgen – Medtronic – Astra. Zeneca – Merck – Bausch & Lomb – Novartis – Bear USA – Phillips-Van Heusen – Canon – Bristol-Myers Squibb – Prudential – Calvin Klein – Reckitt Benckiser – Astellas Pharma Inc. – The Clearing House – Rohde & Schwarz – Conde Nast – sanofi-aventis – Essilor International S. A. – Schaeffler KG – Entegris – S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. – Frederick Warne & Co. , Inc. – Sepracor – Genzyme – Sirona Dental Systems – Glaxo. Smith. Kline – St. John's University – Honeywell – Tellabs Operations, Inc. – Hughes Network Systems – UCB Pharma, Inc. – IBM – Warner Chilcott – Kyowa Hakko Kogyo § A long history with Asian clients – Daiichi Sankyo – Eisai FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO © 2009 | www. fitzpatrickcella. com 6

Litigation Practice (1) § Over 100 litigation attorneys; many have acted as lead counsel in major jury and bench trials § Hundreds of patent and trademarks disputes successfully litigated § Complex domestic and international IP litigation encompassing – Patents – Trademarks & Trade Dress – ITC Proceedings – Copyrights – Unfair Competition – Trade Secrets FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO © 2009 | www. fitzpatrickcella. com 7

Litigation Practice (2) § We have appeared before federal and state courts throughout the country, the United States International Trade Commission, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. § Technologies involved in litigation span virtually every segment of modern industry and commerce. – Pharmaceuticals – Specialty Chemicals – Computer Hardware – Software/Internet – Mechanical Devices FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO © 2009 | www. fitzpatrickcella. com 8

Litigation Practice (3) § Representative Cases (2008 -2010) – Astra. Zeneca Pharmaceuticals LP and Astra. Zeneca UK Ltd. , v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd and Sandoz, Inc. Fed. Cir. 2009 – Sanofi-aventis U. S. LLC, Sanofi-aventis, and Debiopharm S. A. v. Sandoz, Inc. et al. Fed. Cir. 2009 – Unigene Labs. , Inc. , and Upsher-Smith Labs, Inc. v. Apotex, Inc. , et al. S. D. N. Y. , 2009 – In re: Halftone Color Separations ('809) Patent Litigation (Screentone Systems Corp. , et al. v. Canon U. S. A. , Inc. , et al. ) C. D. CA, 2009 – Daiichi Sankyo Company, Ltd. , et al. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. et al. D. N. J. , 2009 – Amgen Inc. v. Human Genome Sciences, Inc. and Schering Corp. Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences – – Advance Magazine Publishers, Inc. , d/b/a The Conde Nast Publications, Bacardi & Co. , Ltd. , Sidney Frank Importing Company, and Event. Quest, LLC v. Jay Norris, Norris/Nelson Entertainment, Inc. and Tastemakers Media, LLC S. D. N. Y. 2008 Sanofi-Synthelabo, et al. v. Apotex, Inc. Fed. Cir. , 2008 – M Ship Co. , LLC v. Ice Marine LTD. S. D. Fl. 2008 – Merck & Co. , Inc. v. Apotex Inc. , et al. Fed. Cir. , 2008 – Nano-Proprietary, Inc. v. Canon Inc. 5 th Cir. 2008 – Spath v Geyer Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences 2008 – Schaeffler KG v. Brastates Bearings Industries, et al. S. D. Fl. , 2008 FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO © 2009 | www. fitzpatrickcella. com 9

Our Litigating Principles and Promises – Close involvement of client at all phases – Always be available and responsive to client – Use firm-wide experience as a resource – Select attorneys for a case based on legal and technical expertise – Anticipate issues and potential problems before they occur – Understand implement client’s business objectives – Be efficient and cost-effective – Intellectual property isn’t just a practice area, it is our practice. FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO © 2009 | www. fitzpatrickcella. com 10

Expertise in Working with International Clients – Understand unique business models and needs – Firm Foreign Language Expertise – Customize IP strategies – Overcome cultural differences and client’s lack of U. S. litigation experience – Representative cases for Asian clients – Daiichi Sankyo Company, Ltd. , et al. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. et al. D. N. J. , 2009 – Nano-Proprietary, Inc. v. Canon Inc. 5 th Cir. 2008 – Astellas Pharma Inc. , et al. v. Ranboxy Inc. , et al. D. N. J. 2007 – Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co. , Ltd. V. Danbury Pharmaceutical, Inc. Fed. Cir. 2000 FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO © 2009 | www. fitzpatrickcella. com – – – – Chinese Croatian German French Hebrew Hindi Indonesian Japanese Norwegian Russian Spanish Swahili Tamil Telugu Vietnamese 11

Prosecution Practice (1) – Over 50 experienced patent prosecution attorneys, including many former USPTO Examiners – 20, 000 utility and design applications prosecuted to issuance in the past 10 years; 1, 649 patents issued in 2009 – Our prosecution group has successfully prosecuted patents in all technologies —including the electronic, software, chemical, biotechnology and mechanical arts—for clients ranging from Fortune 100 corporations to internet start-ups. – Leverage our broad litigation and licensing experience to obtain patents that can be effectively licensed or enforced against infringers – Specialized and sophisticated areas – Interference proceedings – Prosecution of reissue applications – Ex parte and inter partes reexaminations of issued U. S. Patents. FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO © 2009 | www. fitzpatrickcella. com 12

Prosecution Practice (2) Overview FCHS has a centralized docketing system with checks and balances – The Docketing Department receives, processes, dockets and distributes both client and USPTO correspondence. – The Docketing Department also checks USPTO filings. – Clients and our attorneys may review patent prosecution docket entries through a central database. FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO © 2009 | www. fitzpatrickcella. com 13

Prosecution Practice (3) Client Centralized FCHS DC Attorneys CA Docketing US Patent Office DC Docketing FCHS CA Attorneys FCHS Docketing FCHS NY Attorneys § Incoming Correspondence with FCHS – – § Client correspondence sent to Central Docketing Outgoing Correspondence from FCHS – Correspondence with Clients – Correspondence with USPTO correspondence sent to Central Docketing FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO © 2009 | www. fitzpatrickcella. com 14

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