Q: What are some of the department’s most satisfying successes of the past year and why?
A: One of the most satisfying aspects of Kirkland’s business is the range of successes both in terms of the types and sizes of the matters, and the lawyers involved in creating those successes. Highlights include back-to-back jury trial and ITC wins for a major electronics client, an early case victory on a motion to dismiss for a pharmaceutical client, numerous wins at the PTAB, preserving a district court win for a biopharmaceutical client at the Federal Circuit, and protecting a telecommunications client’s rewards program by defeating a preliminary injunction motion. In addition, Kirkland’s IP lawyers contribute significantly to pro bono causes. One of Kirkland’s New York IP attorneys heads Kirkland’s program representing LGBTQ and HIV positive individuals fleeing persecution in their home countries, who are seeking asylum in the United States. IP attorneys from New York and other Kirkland offices are currently providing advice to an organization that deploys former military veterans to render aid at sites of disasters. The group travelled to Houston to aid in disaster and recovery efforts in connection with Hurricane Harvey.
