McCarter & English

Founded more than 170 years ago, McCarter & English now has offices in eight states and the District of Columbia. The firm's IP practice specializes in aspects including patent, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets, joint ventures/strategic alliances/licensing, information technology, and IP liability coverage disputes. Connecticut is home to two of the firm's locations. Basam Nabulsi, founding partner of the Stamford office, has more than 25 years of IP practice experience, with time both in-house and in private practice. Nabulsi is involved in all areas of litigation and works with trial clients on injunction hearings, mediation, arbitration and appeals. His clients include industrial/manufacturing companies, universities, and entrepreneurial ventures. Nabulsi is known for his business expertise, which he applies in IP transactions, building and maintaining portfolios, and asset protection and management. He regularly handles post-grant challenges and review procedures. Eric Grondahl, managing partner at the Hartford office, focuses on patent prosecution, licensing and patent infringement litigation, concentrating on chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices. Grondahl's patent prosecution represents chemical and petrochemical manufacturers, medical device manufacturers, higher education institutions, and independent researchers biotechnology and pharmaceutical and companies. He has successfully defended clients accused of infringement as well as patentees and copyright owners in infringement litigation. For the past 25 years, Hartford-based partner Mark Dunn Giarratana has represented businesses in patent and trademark litigation in federal courts in the US. Giarratana has handled more than 20 patent infringement suits as lead counsel through the Markman summary judgement.

McCarter & English, with about 400 lawyers in nine locations in the US, has an intellectual property practice that helps protect copyrights, patents, trade secret and trademarks. Its Boston office continues the firm's efforts to help clients identify and protect those assets, manage and prepare IP applications and portfolios, and establish defensive and offensive strategies. Partner Elizabeth Hanley is the IP practice leader and offers more than three decades of experience as a patent professional. Hanley practices in areas related to chemistry and biotechnology patent law. Her specialties include small molecule and organic chemistry, drug delivery and pharmaceutical development. Her background is highlighted with experience in helping early stage companies build their patent portfolios. Partner Lee Bromberg is an IP trial and appellate attorney who has successfully handled patent infringement actions in addition to trademark, copyright, trade secret and unfair competition cases. He has become known for wins for his clients in pharmaceuticals, medical devices, life sciences, power systems, software and electronics. In a medical device case, Bromberg obtained a jury verdict denying any recovery on a claim for over $30 million in patent infringement damages.

McCarter & English, recognized by one peer for its biotechnology practice, is a firm of approximately 400 lawyers with offices in Boston, Hartford, Stamford, New York, Newark, East Brunswick, Philadelphia, Wilmington and Washington, DC. It is one of the oldest law firms in America, founded more than 170 years ago. Scott Christie, of the firm's Newark office, played a leading role in a Federal Circuit case in which the court ruled that the USPTO incorrectly applied the Patent Term Adjustment statute, a decision that effectively redefined the rules of this particular statute.