Michael R. Laing

Michael has represented clients in the following matters:

• Obtained a jury verdict of contributory and induced infringement and no invalidity on behalf of a water services corporation. After a two-week trial, the jury awarded more than $7.5 million in royalties to the client after finding the adverse party had infringed two of the client’s patents.
• Represented a pharmaceutical company in a district court trial resulting in a finding that the patent covering a multiple sclerosis treatment was invalid for lack of written description, allowing the client to market the first generic version of the drug.
• Represented multiple global pharmaceutical companies, brand and generic, in Hatch-Waxman litigation related to infringement of compound, formulation, method-of-treatment, and medical device patents.
• Successfully represented sports equipment companies in patent infringement cases directed to football helmet and baseball bat technologies.
• Represented an industrial manufacturer on appeal in a contract dispute over the sale of its fiberglass window intellectual property.
• Represented a healthcare information technology start-up company in a securities dispute during its venture capital funding.