WilmerHale was honored by Law360 in the Intellectual Property category of its 2024 Practice Groups of the Year awards, which recognize the attorney teams behind significant litigation wins and major deals that have impacted the legal industry over the past year.
As highlighted in the profile accompanying the recognition, WilmerHale's Intellectual Property practice has been involved in some of the most nationally significant cases, litigating several matters with billions of dollars at stake.
Partners Mark Selwyn and Amy Wigmore, co-chairs of WilmerHale’s Intellectual Property Litigation Practice, detailed a particularly notable win where the WilmerHale team successfully overturned a $2.2 billion jury verdict on appeal on behalf of Intel Corp. against VLSI Technology. This case, which involved complex patent issues, underscored the team's expertise and dedication to achieving favorable outcomes for their clients.
“We're a team of marathoners,” said Selwyn. “Our team is prepared to go the distance when we need to, and that means that we're prepared to take our cases to trial, and if needed onto appeal. We're prepared to go through the PTAB, and along this marathon we take the necessary steps that allow us to be prepared to finish strong and win."
The IP group worked on several critical matters for high-profile clients, including Apple, Intel and Gilead Sciences. These complex, high-stakes matters required expertise across various legal disciplines.
“We have expertise across not just different technologies but different forums,” Wigmore said. “We have tremendous first chair trial lawyers but also a fabulous appellate team who come to trial with us and make sure that we are preparing for the best possible appeal, whether we win or lose at the district court. We also have excellent lawyers before the Patent and Trademark Office, and many times we have parallel proceedings going on there involving patents at issue. Our ability to cover all those bases is really critical to an ultimately successful outcome.”
WilmerHale’s team of highly skilled and experienced IP litigators is well-equipped to handle any courtroom challenge. The group combines effective trial techniques with the knowledge and capability needed to address the most novel and complex legal issues.
Read WilmerHale’s full Intellectual Property Practice Group profile in Law360.