General Manager - Global IP

Zydus Cadila

Former Chairman In-Charge & Technical Member-Patents Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Tr

Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.

Head of Intellectual Property

India, Novozymes

Head & Associate Vice President-Business Development

Portfolio & Strategy, Kashiv BioSciences LLC

Global General Counsel

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories

Sr Regional Manager and Head (IPFC & TISC)

National Research Development Corporation (DSIR Enterprise, Ministry of S&T, Govt. of India)

SHAREHOLDER

Maynard's New York

Chris Harnett, a Shareholder in Maynard's New York Office, focuses his practice on the litigation of intellectual property matters. Over the past three decades, Chris has litigated cases in more than 35 jurisdictions around the country, prevailing for clients at the pleadings stage, during claim construction, in securing and opposing preliminary injunctive relief, on summary judgment, at bench and jury trials, and after appellate review. Those cases involved a wide range of technologies, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, computer systems, and consumer products.

Chris works closely with clients to develop integrated legal and business- focused strategies that best serve their needs, relying on his strong background in science and his litigation expertise. A registered patent attorney, Chris also represents clients in IPR proceedings and assists clients in managing their patent portfolios and in evaluating the competitive patent landscape in anticipation of potential litigation.

After graduating from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1990, Chris began his career at the preeminent intellectual property law firm, Fish & Neave, where he was a Partner for many years.

Christopher's Experience Notable Cases and Successes

• Represented Takeda against Torrent Pharmaceuticals and Indoco Remedies, defeating ANDA challenges to Takeda’s patents protecting its Alogliptin product (a DPP-IV inhibitor used to treat Type-II diabetes). (D.NJ).
• Represented Celgene/BMS securing favorable IPR decisions directed to patents covering their breast cancer drug, Abraxane. (PTAB).
• Represented Medac against Antares, prevailing in preliminary injunction, summary judgment and appellate proceedings directed to Medac’s methotrexate injector product used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. (D.Del.; CAFC.).
• Represented Praxair against ATMI securing jury trial, summary judgment and appellate victories concerning delivery systems for highly toxic gasses used to manufacture semiconductors. (SDNY; D.Del., CAFC).
• Represented Fisher Controls prevailing in a jury trial and appeal against Neles-Jamesbury in a case concerning noise attenuating industrial valves. (D.Mass.; CAFC).
• Represented Fisher-Rosemount against Control Systems, Inc. securing summary judgment on several grounds and defeating a nine-figure damages claim in a case concerning computerized industrial control systems. (S.D.Tx.).
• Represented a Multinational Electronics Company against Imperium IP Holdings (Cayman) successfully defending against three patents and a eight-figure damages claim concerning image sensors and camera modules. (E.D. Tx.).
• Represented Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary against QLT Phototherapeutics securing a $125M jury verdict concerning a surgical method and photodynamic drug used for treatment of macular degeneration. (D.Mass.; 1st Cir.)
• Represented Senju Pharmaceutical Co. against Akorn and Apotex in favorably settled ANDA cases directed to the ophthalmological drug, Istalol. (SDNY).
• Represented Schering Plough in an ANDA case against Barr Labs, successfully defending Schering Plough’s patent covering temozolomide, a drug used for the treatment of gliomas. (D.Del.; CAFC.).
• Represented Astra-Zeneca securing a preliminary injunction against Apotex directed to Astra Zeneca’s Pulmicort Respules product, which is used as an asthma treatment for children. (D.NJ).
• Represented Agilent successfully defending against an infringement charge brought by Genetic Techs. Ltd. concerning processes involving the use of non-coding regions of DNA molecules. (N.D. Cal.).
• Represented Forest Labs and ONY Inc. successfully defending against patent claims maintained by Tokyo Tanabe concerning Infasurf, a drug used to treat Respiratory Distress Syndrome in premature infants. (NDNY; CAFC).
• Represented Feit Electric Company, Inc. in a favorably settled case involving Blackbird Tech Inc’s assertion of patent claims directed to lighting technology. (D.Del.).
• Represented Becton Dickinson in an arbitration against Critikon successfully asserting patents directed to IV catheter manufacture. (AAA).
• Represented Tyco in a favorable mid-trial settlement of Surgical Dynamics’s assertion of patents directed to spinal implant technology. (W.D. Tenn.).
• Represented Genzyme favorably settling a case directed to sodium hyaluronate injections for treatment of osteoarthritis prior to appeal, after obtaining a preliminary injunction. (D.Mass.).
• Represented a Multinational Technology Company against Vederi securing summary judgment of non-infringement of four patents directed to geo-location technology. (C.D. Cal.)
• Represented Tessera securing a favorable mid-trial settlement against semiconductor manufacturers concerning patented chip miniaturization technology. (N.D. Cal.).

Christopher's Awards

• Chambers USA: Leader in the area of Intellectual Property: Patent (2018-present)
• The Legal 500 US: Intellectual Property — Patent Litigation
• IAM Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Practitioners (2014- 2016)
• The Best Lawyers in America for Litigation: Intellectual Property and Litigation: Patent (2009-present)

Lawyer

Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals and Biotechnology

Founding Partner

Esq., Pergament & Cepeda LLP

Mr. Pergament litigates patent infringement actions and drafts patent opinions for a variety of pharmaceutical clients from India, China, Russia, and North America. Mr. Pergament primary expertise is in positioning pharmaceutical assets versus patent portfolios, both offensively and defensively, by any means available under the law, including patent litigation, patent strategy considerations, and patent procurement. Mr. Pergament has a broad legal, business and technical expertise in pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry. At present, Mr. Pergament’s practice is focused mainly on pharmaceutical patent litigation and establishing litigation positions for generic pharmaceutical companies, and on counseling brand side clients in pharmaceutical and chemical industries with respect to life cycle management and other strategic issues, including portfolio management. Mr. Pergament was a scientist, an attorney, and an executive with several major pharmaceutical companies, and he has hand-on understanding of legal, business, and technical issues facing a broad range of pharmaceutical products, including NCEs, specialty, generics, formulations, and pharmaceutical solids.
Admissions: New York, 2000, New Jersey, 2001; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (1997).
Education: University of Odessa, former USSR (B.Sc., Chemistry/Organic Chemistry, 1985); Case Western Reserve University (M.Sc., Chemistry/Organic Chemistry, 1993); Rutgers School of Law, cum laude, Order of the Coif (J.D., 1999).
Practice Areas: Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation, Pharmaceutical Patent Law, and Counseling

Head & Patent Counsel Intellectual Property Management

Unichem labs

United States Intellectual Property Counselor for South Asia

United States Department of Commerce

Partner and Head IP of Patent – Design - Copyright Department

United Trademark & Patent Services

Director, Head - IPR department

Neuland Laboratories Limited

Sr. Director (Head) – IP

Fresenius Kabi

Vice President & Head – Global Portfolio

BD & IP, Granules India Limited

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