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Overview

William (Bill) Gaede focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation in the life sciences and medical device industries. Bill serves as lead counsel for a wide range of companies and research institutes and has extensive experience in litigating life science technologies such as antibodies, proteins, small molecules and diagnostics. In addition to his jury trial experience, Bill has argued before the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He further provides risk management guidance on freedom to operate issues.

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Repräsentative Mandate

  • Defeated Sanofi’s and Regeneron’s efforts to declare Amgen’s patents, covering a new class of cholesterol lowing anti-PCSK9 antibodies, invalid in this closely-watched competitor case; secured a sweeping jury verdict after a one week jury trial (Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, et al.)
  • Represented Depomed in protecting its flagship pharmaceutical product Gralise® in Hatch-Waxman litigation initiated by six generic drug companies, five of which withdrew their attempt to market a generic drug of Gralise® or settled on terms that secured the market until January 1, 2024; Depomed and remaining entity, Actavis, went to trial, where a sweeping victory was secured for Depomed, finding infringement on all patents and upholding the validity on all asserted patents (Depomed v. Actavis, et al.)

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Auszeichnungen

  • Daily Journal’s Top Intellectual Property Lawyers in California 2016
  • The Best Lawyers in America 2007 to 2020, Biotechnology Law, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law, 2017 Biotechnology Law „Lawyer of the Year“ and 2019 Patent Law „Lawyer of the Year“
  • Daily Journal, including 2015 Top 75 Intellectual Property Litigators, 2011 Top 25 Biotech Lawyers in California, and 2009 Top 50 Intellectual Property Litigators

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Mitgliedschaften

  • Association of Business Trial Lawyers
  • San Francisco Bar Association

Qualifikation

Education
University of California – Hastings College of Law, JD, cum laude, 1988
Pitzer College, BA, 1985

Admissions
California

Courts / Agencies
US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
US District Court for the Northern District of California

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William Gaede

Partner | Silicon Valley, San Francisco

San Francisco: +1 650 815 7435

San Francisco: +1 650 815 7401

William Gaede

Insights & Events / Media

Menlo Park, California / McDermott Event / January 26, 2017

2017 Patent Law Year in Review and Ethics Roundtable - Silicon Valley

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