Christopher G. Hanewicz Partner

Christopher Hanewicz and Truscenialyn Brooks analyze recent stay statistic as overall success rates of motions to stay district court litigation pending review at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board have dropped noticeably in the past fiscal year.

An In-Depth Look at Factors Affecting Your IPR Strategy
Fifth anniversaries are milestone occasions. Following our prior reports marking the passage of three and four years of inter partes review practice, we proudly offer this year’s report, Inter Partes Review Proceedings: A Fifth Anniversary Report.

In patent cases, as one respected district court judge noted, “experts and lawyers end up playing the starring roles.”  Illumina, Inc. v. Affymetrix, Inc., No. 09-C-277-bbc, 2009 WL 3062786, at *2 (W.D. Wis. Sept. 21, 2009). Furthermore, “granting the status of expert cloaks [that witness] with some indicia of authority before the jury.”  Read the full article. 

Perkins Coie Patent Litigation Practice Firmwide Chair Christopher Hanewicz and Partner Adrienne Ehrhardt will present on a panel for the ACC WI Annual Conference held in-person and virtually on November 4, 2021 from 11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. CDT.